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Yep, both of them - the horse's performance and Luke McCarthy's drive.
It took guts to do what McCarthy did once crossed because if another horse came knocking he was cooked. Nothing did and, as a spectacle, the race degenerated into a 400 metre sprint out of the gate. I expected Bondi Lockdown to test the King but he immediately dropped anchor when the King regained the lead and the race was as good as over. Bondi Lockdown, as foretold earlier in the week, might have been cherry ripe had the race been run as scheduled but the extra week left him underdone. It showed.