Shambolic scenes took place to start the New Year races at Ellerslie in Auckland today.
The Auckland Cup field was dispatched with one runner still waiting to be loaded in the starting gates. A false start was eventually declared with three horses late scratched.
Ironically, one of the defectors, stablemate 'Platinum Invador' took out the re-run.
Injury plagued eight-year-old "Julius" justified his return from retirement, winning the big sprint "the railway", prompting emotional scenes from jockey Jason Wadell.
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