Chautauqua

Golden Jubilee the world champion sprint? You're kidding haha. The HK Sprint is a much better representation

Call me old-fashioned but I'd like to see him do something in a G1 first...

Superb wrote: Call me old-fashioned but I'd like to see him do something in a G1 first...

Call me old fashioned but I would rather see a gelding stay in Australia and win a s##t load of money than go to england just so I could wear a poncy hat and tell everyone how good my horse is if he won.

Does that make him the Best Sprinter in the World?

I wouldn't take a gelding to Ascot unless they seriously upped the prizemoney. Hell, I am doubting the stud value of taking a colt!

Interesting that he's favourite for the Darley Classic.  Seems the TAB's form guys agree with me that he's the best sprinter in Aust.

Nice sprinter, very impressive win, but I question it a bit, the horse that ran 3rd is really just an honest Saturday Brisbane horse. To me it looked like the inside was a lot quicker which flattered the win a lot. Still impressive, but we will see when he lines up against the big boys.

The manner in which he dropped the field was scary.

G1 written all over him

I admit I didn't see it comng either.  I thought his previous win was flattered by the track bias that day, but on Saturday this wasn't the case and he was even more impressive.

Be interesting to see where they go next, if he's going to the Emirates they can go Moonga and/or Chatham then Emirates, or if they go to the Darley they can go to the Manikato next... I reckon they'll go to the Emirates unless they have concerns that a mile will be to far for him, if they're happy he can get a mile they may as well go that way because if he keeps improving he won't have a better chance to win that race, they can always come back in the autumn for all the sprints if they go to the Emirates and it turns out he isn't a miler...

subastral wrote: Speediskey wrote: Nice sprinter, very impressive win, but I question it a bit, the horse that ran 3rd is really just an honest Saturday Brisbane horse. To me it looked like the inside was a lot quicker which flattered the win a lot. Still impressive, but we will see when he lines up against the big boys. He made Temple of Boom look second rate, and Temple was mixing it with our best earlier this year. Vince Accardi said his numbers are frightening, and easily Group 1. And what big boys??? Buffering? Lankan Rupee? Terravista? They are the best we have, and no way in the world would I doubt Chautauqua's ability to beat them down the straight.

Temple of Boom pulled up with a respiratory problem so put a line through that run. Final Crescendo is not in the same postcode as him when right.

Chautauqua still beat Bound convincingly and she's pretty good. It was the best sprinting performance of the spring so far IMO. That said, I believe the market has overreacted making him $3.50 fav for the Darley Classic. That's a bit short for a race that will be significantly stronger and he may not even contest it. You'd be better off waiting till he's a confirmed starter before jumping on.

Gary Crispe rated him 124 in his win on the weekend... huge!!

Bonfield wrote: These are my ratings for a few sprinter to give some perspective of how high I rate Chautauqua.   99.0 Black Caviar 97.0 Chautauqua 96.2 Hay List 95.5 Lankan Rupee 94.6 Buffering 93.4 Bounding 92.1 Deep Field

Not necessarily.  His ability is an open book.  The bookies certainly haven't missed him.