WHILE there was some dismay in Australia over Craig Williams’ going solo on the stand side with Brazen Beau, in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, perhaps the best summation from the Australian press came from the Fairfax journalist Patrick Bartley.

“They look like heroes when the ball sails through the middle but like dunces if they miss,” he said, using Australian Rules Football as a metaphor for Williams’ ‘left field’ tactics.