Second shot at Sydney success

Corey Brown did everything right on Polarisation in the Sydney Cup two weeks ago, he just doesn’t have the trophy to show for it.

Brown was ready to celebrate only to be told the Sydney Cup was a no-race as he pulled up after Godolphin’s English raider Polarisation outstayed his rivals.

‘‘You are riding for the biggest racing operation in the world and you tick all the boxes but don’t get the result,’’ Brown said.

‘‘You ride it exactly how they wanted and win the race and you don’t get the trophy.

‘‘It hasn’t happened before. I would like to know who else has even tried doing this before - win the same race twice. I have never done it before, but I will be out there trying.’’

Polarisation got the better of Chance To Dance and stablemate Penglai Pavilion as a handful of runners raced to the line in the two-miler that was called off at the halfway point by stewards because of a catastrophic leg injury to Almoonqith in a fall turning out of the straight on the first occasion.

Brown couldn’t believe the Sydney Cup was declared a no-race but has the benefit of a ride on Polarisation. But in some ways he is stepping more into the unknown in Saturday’s rerun.

‘‘Obviously the more you ride a horse the more you get to know him,’’ Brown said.

‘‘They train them differently to how we train them here in Australia and he had had plenty of miles in his legs before I got on him [for the first Sydney Cup].

‘‘He was one of the five that were pushed out to finish the race, which is not ideal. That sort of run is generally their grand final. So now we have to get another grand final game out of him. It is hard to know if he can do that.

‘‘Fingers crossed, he can back up and do the same thing again.’’

Polarisation had to pass a vet check earlier in the week after showing signs of heat in a fetlock but reports from are positive about how he has come through the run.