Hey Mav,

Congrats on a good day (and carnival by the sound of it). Art Success took an eternity to get to them today, but it was a well deserved win for this bloke, hes promised to do it for a while now, and i'm glad he got there today.

Great to see Tony Pattillo get a group 1 too, hes been riding in great form lately and he seems like a really nice bloke. Every time they interview him on SKY, hes always got something positive to say about his horses. I hope he has lots more success in the future.

Reigning to Win was a good win, was a bit good for these. Danleigh was a top run for second...these are the 2 most promising ones to come out of it...though i think some of the ones finishing back in the field will develop into nice 3yos - Lasoron and Upper Echelon in particular.

In the Guineas, well....Nova Star just had the last shot at em. They went pretty hard early and Fashions afield looked to have them beaten at the 200m, but Nova Star chewed up the ground late to score. Thought the run of Funlove was a good effort. While she had a nice run on the inside and didn't cover any extra ground, to get so close to these quality 3yos was a great effort. Had a wrap on her for a while, and i think there are better races in store in the future.

Overall, it was a good carnival at EF (and Doomben), but in my view the form to come out of some of the races will be dubious because of the track. With horses scouting so wide, the inside brigade didn't have their chance to 'show their stuff'. Thats taking nothing away from the winners though - its great to see Queenslanders winning 3 of the 4 group 1s at EF too .

Sven