After the win of the crack Sydney colt Rubick, in the colts and geldings Blue Diamond Prelude, this is the answer to a promoter’s dream, the battle “Of The Titans”, the unbeaten colt against the unbeaten filly since the inception of the race 43 years ago it can hardly get better than this.

Rubick didn’t let his army of supporters down, if he was going to get beaten it was going to be on Saturday when everything didn’t go exactly as planned.

They all wanted to take him on from the outset and it didn’t help much when he was inconvenienced at the start.

He absorbed a lot of pressure early in the race, he had a much harder run than the filly, and in fairness to her in a stronger field, as you would expect.

His trainer, Gerald Ryan, formerly from Melbourne, had no hesitation in quoting his colt can improve lengths.

“He’ll improve on that, he did a lot of work early, he dwelt at the start, he sustained his speed throughout, it was a pretty good effort,” said Ryan.

Both Prelude winners were drawn close to the fence on Saturday, the all important barrier draw could be the determining factor as to who starts favourite on Saturday week

Rubick brilliant winner.