HG Nelson

Yes.

I'm not going to forget that when he said, this is Rurula coming back to scale for a long time.

You get it right like that and the horse does what he knew he could do.

It might be my biggest win.

However, he won't forget it for another reason.

In his desperation to leave all the stars, and there were a lot of big-name horses running in this race, in his wake, Rurula broke the whip rule by striking, think it over, eight times before the 100-metre mark...

And 20 times in total.

So if I do the maths right, from the 100 metre mark in the last 100 metres, he banged it 12 times.

Right.

The stewards suspended Barilla for two weeks and issued the two weeks I might add starts after today, I think.

Good.

You know, issued a $40,000 penalty.

A $40,000 fine?

Mm-hmm.

One of the biggest fines for excessive whip use.

Wow.

But let's face it, it was a fraction of what he earned for the ride.

Oh, okay.

Because it was a very rich race.

He said afterwards, to win on that horse for the trainer Parker, at the end, it was one of my best moments in racing.