this from a friend in Oz: <<Obadele Thompson has arrived for the Stawell Gift in the Victorian country town of Stawell. The big controversy this year is that the Victorian Athletics League's chief sprints handicapper, Ricky Dunbar, has given his own son, Cam Dunbar, a favourable mark of 8.50m (in front of the scratch backmarker, Oba. The biggest mark only goes out to 9.00m). The race is held on grass over 120 metres. If Cam Dunbar wins, the mail is the punters will burn the grandstand down in protest. The Oztrack chatline has been full of this alleged scandal for weeks, but no one has filed a complaint to the Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority - I know coz I checked.>> gh
