I read,think it was the west australian,on the w.a tab site in an article that Fred Kearsley said that Northerly definately would need the run on sunday and that he should be spot on for yallumba 3 weeks later and the cox plate 2 weks after that. Has anything changed since the run yesterday,i thought his run was okay and he only started to weaken the last little bit and will strip pretty fit next run,couldnt believe people would want to back him yesterday though,he had next to no chance of running a place.