Far away from the glitz and glamour of Royal Randwick on day two of The Championships, Amy McLucas rounded off an amazing week at Saturday’s Goulburn meeting.

Kym Davison was driving south on the M31 near the Campbelltown exit when he took my phone call on Sunday morning.

It’s unlikely there was a more impressive maiden win anywhere in Australia on Saturday than the almost four length romp by first starter Sir Les at the Wyong meeting.

With due respect to the McDonald mania and Waller wizardry that made the Slipper meeting so special, perhaps a handful of other fine achievements didn’t get the accolades they deserved.

Kim Waugh really doesn’t know why the Provincial Midway Championship has become such a bucket list project, but the series dominates her thoughts from Christmas time each year.

By the time I spoke to Craig Newitt on Sunday morning he’d pushed the elation of a Newmarket win into the background and was on his way to the Stoney Creek Cup meeting