All week I was worrying about tacking that race on to the end of a six-race preparation. He had been in work for a long time.

Prepare for the worst. Plan for the best.

I ran Brockman's Lass against some of the better colts last week on unsuitable ground and she was competitive, and this filly has certainly got the score on the board.

He does look a Melbourne Cup horse - a Flemington horse. But I don't know about him taking her on in the Cox Plate.

Most of these boys have raced horses for so long and never had a filly this good.

I've always suspected he had good staying potential.