The last two days have been a helter-skelter of emotions. It is sad that the whale died, but we really did give it the best chance possible.

I?m pleased with the pitching performance. We did a nice job of hitting our spots.

We hit it well, but we ought to hit with a pitcher throwing with that kind of speed on the mound.

While we received comments from major CSR and SRI groups--for whom this is an important issue--we did not receive comments from any of the organizations focused on shareholder activism. Of course the standard is being published as an exposure draft, so we are still looking for comments and will be piloting it to seek feedback over the next 12 or more months.

The ground was the key. Last time he ran at Sandown we declared him on good to firm but it rained all day and came up soft.

Basically this is probably the right thing to happen in the end. If it had continued in this way, we certainly wouldn't have released it. Perhaps this has saved that very difficult decision.