Too good - no matter the track condition, Northerly is just too good and any slight hope of exploiting a factor against his class is generally a waste of time (ask B Martin trying his hardest to squeeze out a protest during the race call). With thanks to Kevin Costner: "Here endeth the lesson". Couldn't agree more Ra Sun and the lesson has been learnt. To give him his credit, Mr Martin did concede shortly afterwards his interest was beaten by a better horse, which adds weight to Ra Sun's comments.