A pity tornado valley didn't make the trip, as far as I'm aware, he never came up to race in Auckland in his 50 or so NZ starts, so I imagine you're right about not him liking going right handed. I backed mclovin in the Dominion handicap after his great 2nd to tough monarch on NZ cup day and was counting my money after he was trailing marcoola on a hot speed, but didn't seem to stay the 2 miles the 2700m should suit him better in the idom final!