In Queensland yesterday Lloyd Williams and Graeme Rogerson celebrated victory with Victorian stayer Perlin in the G1 Doomben Cup (2200m), the gelding with the tender feet and tendon injuries that forced a lengthy break from the racing scene beating Platinum Scissors and Natural Blitz to the line.

Meanwhile the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that a 7-year-old thoroughbred by the name of Sabertooth set a world record at Emerald Downs last Sunday after more than 2 years break and a range of injuries during his career that included stiffness and soreness in the hips, hindquarters and chest as well as ankle surgery (of note - he has also broken one handler's ankle, and the shoulder of another).

The journalist likened the record-setter to "a 40- to 50-year-old athlete setting a world record in something else, say the 100-meter dash."

The 61/2-furlong record of 1:131/5 stood for 10 years, set at Hollywood Park by Lucky Forever ("apparently not" quips the writer).