Quite possibly the slowest run G1 mile on a Dead4 track was recorded at Trentham today under WFA. The track bias was rampant at Trentham and favoured on pacers and the inside lanes the run home were clearly superior by a margin. Julinsky Prince won a by a nose from Authentic Paddy in a pedestrian 1:38.73, which was thirteen lengths inferior to the Special Condtions race that contained a lot of maidens won by Torba two events earlier. Julinsky Prince was fourth the outer but the leader Authentic Paddy was walking and not one other rider dared make a move or put some pace into the race. Jonathan Parkes moved across the top to go up and apply some pressure on Authentic Paddy and from this point on the race became a sprint home. The closing sectionals were slick, which shows you just how slow they went for the first half of the race and in fact a little more than that. Authentic Paddy and Julinsky Prince then had a ding-donger the run home with the latter just getting there. Running on well from the rear duo was Soriano and the South Island mare Hayley Maree that trailed the leaders on the inner finished a good fourth. Shuka kept coming for fifth and surprisingly beat home the odds on Kawi at the finish to be fifth and sixth respectively. Kawi has been beaten more than once as a hotpot and bettors never looked likely to get a collect from him after being settled back and not making any move whatsoever. The fact he could not even place was alarming and showed he is one-dimensional in that he needs to be set up by a strong clip to unleash properly. If he is to fly the flag in Australia in the autumn next year then will need solidly run races as they have many gallopers that can run very slick closing sectionals. Ringo is a handicapper while Sakhee’s Solider came off the bit too early to think he had come back this campaign. Left-handed may be the issue but until he shows he has come back properly from having chips from both knees removed then the jury is well and truly out. Nashville never ran on from the rear but this is not his sort of race as he likes to close over the top in solidly run races. Overall a poor spectacle and the time was laughable plus only two riders came out of this with any tactical credit namely the winning rider Jonathon Parkes and the runner up rider Robert Hannam that got away with walking for so long. Doubtful this result has any worth whatsoever as the next G1 at WFA could see three of the last five home today fill the trifecta. Every runner in this race barely had a run so it was trackwork in effect for 200K at G1 under WFA.