To tell you the truth Derek i would be against us going with the national as i usually send all my yearlings to the longest inland race as they are all coming into the 1 area but if we went with the national i would'nt be sending any as they would just get dragged up the east side of the country and would keep going as most yearlings do and we would'nt be seeing many of them back...am i being selfish here? yes i probably am but when i go to our fed meeting i'm trying to look after number 1 mate and that is our fed birds 1st and foremost but this year i hardly have any yearlings left so it wont matter this year anyway :(