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Has Rekindling broken down or something?
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He has an injury that ruled him out of the major spring races. They do hope or they did hope to attack a Sandown race.

Whilst I do not wish ill health on any horse it serves Williams right skipping all the autumn. 
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https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/ill-receive-trophy-in-thong-if-magic-circle-lands-melbourne-cup-warns-koukash/344260

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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

If anybody has online access to The Australian can you copy and paste the article :Race That Shames a Nation" please ?

As I have said before it is NOT our horses or breeders that are at fault it is our trainers.

We see what they can do with already established and developed stayers, They fail dismally in developing them themselves.




Glancing over Weir’s many entries, I can only see 1 horse that started its career with him. The rest he picked up later in their careers.
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Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow
Those who know don't tell, Those who tell don't know
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Originally posted by horseshoe horseshoe wrote:

Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow


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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

[QUOTE=horseshoe] Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow


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Originally posted by horseshoe horseshoe wrote:

Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow


Whichever one you’re thinking of horseshoe, you’ll get a nice price in the Cup!!

It would be a real boost for the NZ racing industry if a Kiwi trained (& bred) horse won the Melbourne Cup this year. It’s been a long time since the last one.....Ethereal, I think?
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Originally posted by horseshoe horseshoe wrote:

Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow
Hope so, I backed it in the Autumn at 35s for the M Cup!!!
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Surely Humidor is the nominal top weight ?

How embarrassing should our handicapper give that honour to a horse who has only won 2 group 3 races.
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Originally posted by horseshoe horseshoe wrote:

Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow


Zacada?
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Best Solution wins again overnight in Germany, starting to put it together as a 4yo. Will get a run and still good odds available.
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Originally posted by Shawy38 Shawy38 wrote:

Originally posted by horseshoe horseshoe wrote:

Hastings R6: M Cup Winner Goes Around Tomorrow


Zacada?


Well horseshoe he has the right trainer, only Murray and Darren Weir, look remotely like training a cup winner from our region of the world!
Remember, it might take intelligence to be smart , but it takes experience to be wise
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Originally posted by VOYAGER VOYAGER wrote:

Just watched a race on racenet, called the Oleander-Rennen from Germany, where there was a controversial delegation of the winner, but leaving that aside I am wondering what our European form students think of this as a Melbourne cup guide.

Thought the race was run as a Melbourne cup usually is and the winner looked pretty good.


I see the winner, Sound Check, has been brought by Paul Moroney and will join his brothers Flemington stable for a tilt at the cups.
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It will take a special horse to get near Youngstar this MC.
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I just saw his last run in France behind Best Solution and to my eye, it was better than his german win.

He looks to be improving, have added him to the futures bets I have already taken @$81.00.
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Back anything Charlie Appleby brings down.

Will be winning.
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Originally posted by VOYAGER VOYAGER wrote:

I just saw his last run in France behind Best Solution and to my eye, it was better than his german win.

He looks to be improving, have added him to the futures bets I have already taken @$81.00.


GIven his never raced in France that's a good trick- he woudlnt win if he cut through the infield
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Originally posted by Bushy Bushy wrote:

Originally posted by VOYAGER VOYAGER wrote:

I just saw his last run in France behind Best Solution and to my eye, it was better than his german win.

He looks to be improving, have added him to the futures bets I have already taken @$81.00.


GIven his never raced in France that's a good trick- he woudlnt win if he cut through the infield


Yeah sorry I got my French mixed up with my German, which is even better as the German form is not bad when it comes to the Melbourne Cup.
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Hi guys:
Are the weights released today for the Caulfield cup and the Melbourne cup?.
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Originally posted by djebel djebel wrote:

Surely Humidor is the nominal top weight ?

How embarrassing should our handicapper give that honour to a horse who has only won 2 group 3 races.

Darren Weir's Humidor is the top weight for the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, having been given a 58 kilogram burden in both events.

Saeed Bin Suroor's Best Solution, a German group 1 winner in its last start, is second in the weights on 57.5 kilograms. He will bid to give Godolphin its first ever Cup winner.

Aidan O'Brien's Lancaster Bomber, a group 1 winner in Europe, is on 57.5 kilos in the Melbourne Cup, his only entry, while the now German-trained Torcedor is on 57 kilograms. In Europe this year he has been close to the champion stayer Stradivarius on a number of occasions.

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Caulfield and Melbourne Cup - top weighted horses. Humidor - 58kg Best Solution - 57.5kg Lancaster Bomber* - 57.5kg Torcedor - 57kg Cliffs Of Moher - 56.5kg Comin’ Through - 56.5kg Idaho - 56kg Magic Circle* - 56kg
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Well of those 8 highest weighted horse, there’s 3 that would have to be questionable runners:

Humidor - surely won’t go to Melb Cup, focus should be the Mackinnon Stakes 2000m
Lancaster Bomber - hasn’t met 2300m+ performance qualifying clause
Comin Through - hasn’t met 2300m+ performance qualifying clause

Although a top 5 placing by the latter 2 in the Caulfield Cup would get them into the Melb Cup.
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Not that it matters because Boom Time has been spelled due to a tendon injury and is out of the spring carnival but I noticed he was allocated 55kg for the Caulfield Cup this year. Last year e carried 52kg to win the Caulfield Cup. I would of thought maybe he would of been given 56kg this year?
Australian racing is only good up to 1400m in terms of world standards when it comes to depth/quality in numbers
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Originally posted by Lord Hybrow Lord Hybrow wrote:

Well of those 8 highest weighted horse, there’s 3 that would have to be questionable runners:

Humidor - surely won’t go to Melb Cup, focus should be the Mackinnon Stakes 2000m
Lancaster Bomber - hasn’t met 2300m+ performance qualifying clause
Comin Through - hasn’t met 2300m+ performance qualifying clause

Although a top 5 placing by the latter 2 in the Caulfield Cup would get them into the Melb Cup.
Humidor wont be accepting for either cup, are sticking to WFA
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Anyone word on which horses the O'Briens are bringing out?

There's some juicy odds around, however if I back all 10 to 15 of them it kind of defeats the purpose. LOL

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