As far as I could see Abitofado, Rubijon, and Red Buttons swapped the lead for the first 1400, mainly because every time Abitofado got in front for a only short while it did try to slow it up. Rubijon trailled in Britomart's lane in the straight. The only thing I can think is that Britomart was the one horse in the race that really loves heavy, heavy going.

The 1200 record is 1.08.97. Both Saturday's efforts were around 1.15.80. Thats about 8 seconds.

The 1600 is 1.34.87. Both Saturday's efforts (not R5) were around 1.44.80. Thats about 10 seconds.

The Mares 1600 (R5) was a rack'em and stack'em affair with stablemates Clandon and Partiva getting to the front and slowing things down. The started moving from 500M out. That race was nearly a second slower.