This G3 for 3yo fillies over 1550m saw a last start maiden winner Queen Of Diamonds dish out a shellacking and justify her starting the favourite. The track at Awapuni today saw some impossible to accept times recorded and the re-configuring of the top turn may have seen some starting points now incorrect. A 4yo mare ran a track record for the 1200m that broke the 1994 time of Red Cent (1:08.69) by a second and a quarter, which is absurd considering she won by over ten lengths and ran 1:07.46. A one win horse ran 1:09 and change today. For some perspective the fastest time Black Caviar (won 25 from 25 starts) ever ran for 1200m was 1:07.36 and that was in a straight line. The most recent track record set prior to today at Awapuni was in 2008 but ten years later suddenly a 1994 record is shattered and that simply does not pass muster. The winner and where they turned for home in race order today were seventh (second widest turning in and four and a half lengths from the leader), third (length back inner from the leader), led (three and a half lengths clear), ninth (second widest turning in and four and a half lengths from the leader), fourth (four-off the fence and two lengths from the leader), eighth (one-off and four lengths from the leader), second (neck away the outer) and fourth (three-off and two lengths from the leader). Queen Of Diamonds raced third the inner and then worked off second turning for home and led at the 300m before powering well clear. She won by almost three lengths and clocked 1:32.80 for the 1550m, the worst time of the day by a second and it showed how slow and pressure free this race was early on and allowed to be run. It was the second win from four starts by Queen Of Diamonds that had won her maiden prior easily too so she has come ahead in leaps in bounds early Summer. Elate after racing fourth the outer was third at the 200m and kept chasing in vain to be second at the 25m. Just Fabulous, one of three maidens in this eight-horse field was sixth the inner early then fifth the inside across the top and fourth at the 200m but she kept trying and got rewarded on the post with a G3 third. Rocket Fuel led up and got away with murder and after being headed at the 300m was second still until the 25m mark then lost third on the post. Sentimental Miss ran on distantly from sixth to finish fifth but was over five and a half lengths from the winner. Another maiden in Ambitious Showgirl ran on from last while the other maiden Guillada after sitting second stopped the run home. Secret Allure the second favourite got back in the rear duo and never ever looked a possibility. This was not a G3 race and a weak field overall that saw several flops but the winner Queen Of Diamonds has scope and is on an upward ratings spiral. The fact she started favourite in the field tells you all you need to know as the second favourite Secret Allure, which had run fourth in the G1 1000 Guineas last month, ended up running last today. Queen of Diamonds and Elate both will get over more distance and win more races and the stablemates Sentimental Miss and Secret Allure will show today was an aberration. The three maidens from this race are all winners in waiting but in particular Ambitious Showgirl. The G3 status of this race should be in extreme doubt for the future.