curious

3 inquiries actually.

Imo, if anything, the inquiry should have been adjourned, not the race.

Good to see that you took my advice and can now tell which way she veered, though I'm afraid I can't see any unexpected obstacle that she was confronted with myself.

Yes and she veered towards the rail, not shied away from it. She also tried to jump it which she hardly would have done if she couldn't see it. In the Railway, she veered in when hit left handed and then out late when CW changed his stick over, didn't she?

Agree.

I know it's getting boring. Meeting News Riccarton Synthetic Trials Cancelled Due to lack of entries Riccarton Synthetic Trials Tuesday 10th March have been cancelled.

Looking to see if she was going to get another left hander on the flank.

You mean like Craig Williams did in the Railway after she veered inwards from the left-handed strike?

"She's reacted to the stick and jumped inwards" "Whether she needed to hit or or not, I don't know" Any one who's trained more G1 winners than Ken, please feel free to post an alternative opinion.

So, you agree that blinkers don't stop horses reacting to pain or the anticipation of it, as AL did?

If you don't realise that horses react to pain and that blinkers will make no difference, then it might be a good thing that you are not a trainer.

The track drying out during the course of the day may have been a factor too.

That maybe. I'm not disagreeing necessarily but it seems that concluding the pattern favoured the inside prior to the Newmarket is a bit of a leap.

From what I can see for the 4 straight sprints, 3 were won on the outside, only the Newmarket on the inside?

What does that equate to in race time? I didn't see any races from there which is why I asked. I knew from those readings that it was likely to be marginally better on the inside.