Northerly pulled up fine. It was an impressive workout.
Re overseas horses it seems the heat may affect them on racedays. Cool weather on Cox Plate Day makes the race even tougher. My feeling is I probably will not bet in the race. If all punters boycotted races with overseas horses they'd soon have better races to bet in - you can bet the overseas horses wouldn't be here.
I'm not desperate to bet in every race so I am quite happy ignoring races where everyone else has to "have a go".