Don’t discard country form entirely, that message was loud and clear after the all way win of Just Wonderful at Sandown yesterday.

The gelding was well beaten at Ararat, his one and only start; there was plenty of money to say he could win as he started at odds.

Times have changed, no longer are maiden races taken for granted, they are well patronised by leading trainers at present.

Colours Easy To Pick

There was no mistaking the colours carried by Sandown winner, Bel Seal, whilst it was some years ago they are still fresh in the mind of those that saw Light Fingers defeat her stable mate Ziema in 1965, wearing white blue spots and cap.

The following year Light Fingers finished second to Galilee, she had to give him 1kg in weight, however, it made little difference as he was the best horse that Bart Cummings trained.

Royal Glance Remains Unbeaten

Royal Glance kept her unbeaten record intact when she accounted for her opposition in the Mistable Handicap at Sandown yesterday.

No one is complaining, least of all not Mitchell Freedman, a young man who has joined the ranks of trainers; he is enjoying his immediate success.

He is preparing his horses out of Warrnambool, a great racing town that has always been a popular training centre way back since Gerry Moloney won the Grand National Steeplechase with Belar.

Royal Glance is by King Of Roses out of David Haines’s most successful families.