Leap to Fame has earned the rarest and hardest earned title - CHAMPION.

As for the timing of the Pacing Grand Final, what were they thinking? An almost embarrassed Ryan Phelan had to keep referring to the Trotters Final - 1hr 52 min later - as the main race just to keep audience interest.

Meanwhile, the Melbourne greyhounds at The Meadows attracted a capacity crowd (official attendance unknown) tor the $1.65 million The Phoenix. In Perth, the WATA attracted over 8,000 on track for hometown champ Damien Oliver's last ever meeting as a jockey. What a master-stroke of programming that was, with Olly winning the last three races in the fashion that has taken him from a champion to a legend. His last ever ride was a was one of his greatest in the $1.5 million Damien Oliver Gold Rush. You had to see it to believe it and, if you were patiently awaiting the ID Pacers Final, you did!

All of this highlighted what a bucket of scraps the Inter Dominioin has become. A lousy $530k for the final after 3 torrid rounds of heats is not enough to attract Australasia's best. It belittles the sport; the $250k Golden Nugget 4yo was held the previous night just demonstrates what a mess our programming and feature race scheduling is in.

And how irrelevant we have become to the gallops and now the dish-lickers. Not good.