just a note on my observation of Gold Edition;s run on Saturday.

Not apportioning any fault here but I didnt think the jockey took advantage of his barrier 1 draw. he didnt keep the fence/lead and when he tried not to be locked in on a horse that had prior difficulty with the distance left the fence (too early) and then got done by a horse coming through on the fence.

If he had been beaten by being run down from barrier 1 and holding the fence/lead then I think fair enough but it didnt look good and made it harder for Gold Edition to win (over confidence???)
Disclaimer; I backed neither Gold Edition or the winner.

Nothing new about corruption in racing Red Anchor. If anything there is far less of it nowadays [it's still there though] than their used to be before cameras were everywhere and they had vet checks which can pick up any type of drug enhancements. The crooked things still going on in racing though will mostly be happening on a Sat. for sure.
Your right on the money about country racing. I win more money during the week than I ever do on a Sat. In fact all my winning bets in the 'sudden death' comp. were all during the week, not Sat. Cherry picking for for the right horse and odds is the go.

I agree with Topsy about 'class'. It's an elusive thing that comes and goes in a lot of nags. How many Golden Slipper winners every go on to win another decent race and I wouldn't have liked to be on Gold Edition at $!.40 last Sat. [3 failures at 1400m now]. A good way to go broke is chasing the shorts that so called 'class' attracts. I want winners at decent odds and they are usually horses that are beating the 'class' runners :-)