The final contest on the eventful nine-race card was cancelled due to a very strong south-west wind, and it was remarkdable that the first eight races went off without incident. Two rainstorms blew through the area in the middle of the card.

Stakes-placed Strike Me Down stamped himself as a contender for the Queen's Plate with a front-running score in a quality maiden special weight route. Waterkloof, the debuting runner-up, ran super in defeat, and the Kentucky-bred shouldn't be a maiden much longer.

First-timer Fire Angel Mikaela run to her striking pre-race appearance with a gate-to-wire tally in a seven-furlong maiden special, giving leading trainer Norm McKnight a double on the afternoon.

Despite drifting out dramatically entering the stretch, Safe to Say upset the favored Split the Sea in the featured first-level allowance sprint for 3yo fillies.

Racing resumes tomorrow with a solid 10-race program, headed by the $100K Woodstock Stakes.