I've seen it compared with the Melbourne Cup, an Ashes cricket test and even winning the Davis Cup. I think just Australia's built up such a tradition in the 1500. And I think, too, Aussies always like the tough races. They like to go for the underdog and the bloke that is really under the hammer for a long period of time. When you think of something like the Melbourne Cup, it's a long race, they like to see the change and the fight for the win and that sort of thing.
Relief is the word.
It really is. It's been a very hard time for me. I personally am still against them. At the end of the day, in probably 10 years time, we'll all decide it was just psychological and we were all getting upset over nothing, but at the moment I think there is an advantage. That's the reason I personally am against them being introduced into the sport because there aren't really any clear guidelines.