Edited sentence: Certainly, few could argue that at the very least the watering of the track looked bad.However, this track watering policy was subsequently found to be a farce when the club failed to water the track under similar conditions over the summer months.The VRC however stated that it was their policy to prepare a track in this fashion.The VRC's failure to adhere to its own policy only served to give credence to the comments of rival trainers and certainly suggested that the state of the track was altered to benefit the mare.The marketing bonanza that has ensued since that third Cup win has also cast a grey cloud over the whole sorry incident.There was high controversy before the race however, as the Victorian Racing Club heavily watered the track after trainer Lee Freedman stated that she wouldn’t run if the track was too hard.This watering was seen as pandering to one horse and many people claimed the track had been prepared specifically for the mare