Open Eyre Bolts In!

Well, he looked like Lonhro, Kingston Town and Octagonal all rolled in to one on Saturday-especially as he let down in the run to the line, lengthed out and donkey licked the oppostion by nearly four lengths!

OK it wasn't Randwick or Flemington, but it was a big day for the small seaside town of Esperance and the finely tuned, muscular, slick black coat of Open Eyre's stood out like a beacon as the best presented horse by far of any horse at the entire meting. He didn't let favourite backers down in the opening event either.

To be fair, he beat a bunch of hacks that couldn't run out of sight on a dark night. They had to pay the rider of the last placed horse double time and a half for all the extra hours he spent in the saddle! But a wins a win and Open Eyre is certainly capable of achieving similar results in better company.

Special mention must be made of syndicate members Ian Haddon who "baggsed" the honour of leading Open Eyre back to the Winners Circle to the adulation of the large crowd, and Neil Munroe who has raced horses for FOUR YEARS before finally getting a winner! Now there's a stayer!

- Peter Morley