The wind was from the west all the way which pushed them out to the other side of town.
In the Breeder's Plate the "gun" flyer in the club had 3 in 1 second to take the first 3 placings. Again. He did the same thing last year.
One of mine was 4th, 4 minutes off the first one for my mate Terry. A grizzle cock off the grizzle Thone and the Billiondollarbaby. Again.
His sister was 4th in it last year. Kevin King was 5th and Terry was 6th with a pair of nestmates from David Cox, 7 and 24 minutes behind.
Then the tail got very long, very quickly. They were well spread out.
So we all are happy with that result.
In the open race a yearling of mine was 3rd, beaten 51 seconds. after a 6 hour fly. Last year one of mine was second in the same race.
We are well pleased with that, if the wind had been a bit more favorable things might have been a bit different but no excuses.
Next week we have 4 of mine in the Ballarat Breeder's Plate, they all arrived in a bunch yesterday in the open race and are hard fit and roaring to go. At this point the forecast is for a north easterly wind which will play into our hands a bit.
It's all very good fun.
