Calidan hadn't finished any worse than 4th at it's first eight starts on good and dead tracks but was then beaten 12.8 len at it's first run on a slow track at Randwick. The stewards report for this race gave "unable to handle track conditions" as the reason for the poor run so when it went around at Rosehill next start on slow ground of course no one wanted to be on, hence the long odds.

Unless someone can mount a convincing argument that the slow at Rosehill was somehow different from the slow at Randwick then it would be fair to say that the stewards have given punters a bum steer par excellence. Hopefully the latest stewards report will address the improved performance under similiar conditions.

wunfluova