Whether Saturday’s winner, Lord Of The Dance, continues his current preparation, or goes back to the paddock, was in the melting pot.

The colt looked a bit tucked up returning to scale, his trainer, Robbie Laing, seemed apprehensive, he needed a little time to sort the issues out.

It is now business as usual, Laing will now press on, after the colt worked this morning he was as bright as a button, all fears have been erased, however, he will not run again until the New Year.

The Adams Handicap and the Rubiton Stakes, at weight for age, are being pencilled in; form from there would determine whether he pressed onto the Oakleigh Plate.

Thoughts of the Christmas Handicap at Caulfield are out; it was nothing more than a shot in the dark.

Saturday’s race didn’t prove a lot when the horses, with the best form around them, were all scratched, punters had nothing to hang onto but Lord Of The Dance at odds on.

Lord Of The Dance is by Danerich, previously trained by Laing, a sire that is getting a host of winners over a variety of distances every week, but the auction houses don’t want to know about

The Derby winner, Polanski, returns to the stable next Monday, his mission, the Australian Guineas, on route to the Derby, at Randwick.

He will most likely open his autumn campaign in the Autumn Stakes at Caulfield. 

Lord Of The Dance winning first up