Lights Go Out, Walls Come Tumbling Down

Last night’s Kadina Cup meeting at Port Pirie was supposed to be one of the biggest country meetings of the year. The main event of the night was a qualifier for the prestigious $60 000 South Australia Cup, with the winner to go straight into the field for the big one, which had attracted the interest of the Andy Gath stable that had brought their pacer Tango Tara down from Victoria specifically for the race.  This in turn attracted widespread media interest in the otherwise unremarkable affair.