are we forgetting Northerly's 2 cox plates beating the best field ever assembled last year. Beating the great mare and a brillant 3 yo the year before. are we forgetting NOrtherly's caufield cup weight carrying record(22 years). are we forgetting northerly's 2 australian cups the first in course record after travelling 3 wide the trip and winning by 3 1/2 lengths. No we are not forgetting those.

His loss to freemason - he broke the course record, payne slaughtered him, he took off 1100 from home and lost by a lip. i can forgive him.

His loss to republic lass - beaten on his merits.

HIs loss to grand city - fred kersley sent out a search party for northerly and P. Payne. shocking ride. got clear 100 out with 60 kg 's and stormed home.

Mr trickster - 9 kg pull in weights on wet track. weight will stop a train.

Yell - champion sprinter, it was a fitness run for northerly he ran the quickest last 600 of the race and again was ridden poorly by payne. had he been up the front he would have won.

now lonhro was beaten by SPORTSBRAT and royal courtship and true jewels. Have we forgotten these defeats - no champions there.