I think Makybe would have won no matter what the track rating, but I think they should have prepared the track as they do for every other meeting of the year. it just puts a bit of an unneccesary ? over the race.

When have they ever prepared Flemington by saying we will make it a dead rating for the start of the meeting because we know it will be good at some time during the day. Can we expect to see dead ratings throughout the summer from here on in.

I became a little annoyed with all the "we will scratch if the track is not what we want." by L. Freedman. who has also become a little too smug for my liking. Maybe I am becoming a little too carried away, excuse me if I am.