All Star Mile Vic Autumn

Who would be the 4 that should be elevated into the 14 ?

The top 10 could change dramatically with Greg Carpenter saying that up to the end of Saturday 50,000 votes had been added to the 100,000 recorded up till then.

Probably getting out in front of the announcement of the 10 with some ''good news'' first. 

The 10 voted into the field are:

Balf's Choice (Ryan Balfour) - 9793 votes;
Urban Ruler (Chris Munce) - 8428 votes;
Grunt (Mick Price) - 7097 votes;
Alizee (James Cummings) - 6744 votes;
Amphitrite (David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig) - 5784 votes;
Foundry (Terry Kelly) - 5558 votes;
Material Man (Justin Warwick) - xxx votes;
Man Of His Word (Dean Krongold) - 5135 votes;
Moss 'N' Dale (Peter Gelagotis) - xxx votes; and
Mr Money Bags (Robbie Griffiths) - xxx votes.

Hilarious how they’re already trying to spin this. This surely is not what they were thinking would happen. Farce.

It’s not great, but there are 4 G1 winners there. I imagine that all 4 wildcard invites will go to G1 winners.....Happy Clapper, Hartnell, etc

So 8 of the field of 14 are already G1 winners. Having 60% of the runners being G1 winners isn’t horrible, but the massive difference in quality across the field is not a great look.

Top 10 is proof that Victorian racing has no idea in how to organise a chook raffle in comparison to racing Nsw who are leading the way with innovation . This concept was clearly not thought through and the current field is substandard. 5 million would of been better spent on future pathways for unwanted and retiring racehorses to not end up at the knackery. There needs to be a balance in where the money is being spent, this type of miss spent funds does not enhance the image of racing IMHO. All STAR MILE should mean a truly international event with invitations to attract All Stars , I am not being disrespectful toward some of the top ten owners, but the race name is the all star mile not The Debacle.

Lord Hybrow wrote: It’s not great, but there are 4 G1 winners there. I imagine that all 4 wildcard invites will go to G1 winners.....Happy Clapper, Hartnell, etc So 8 of the field of 14 are already G1 winners. Having 60% of the runners being G1 winners isn’t horrible, but the massive difference in quality across the field is not a great look.

It doesn't rather make a muddle of their stand against the Everest.  This format doesn't work for the best field.  Even the Kosciuszko has a better format with the country horses.  

A $2 million restricted sales juvenile race? Where could they have possibly gotten that idea from? 

RV CEO Giles Thompson said, “To receive near on 140,000 validated eligible votes is a resounding endorsement of the All-Star Mile and shows that Australian sports fans have embraced the concept in its first year.

“We’re particularly pleased that 45 percent of our voters were female and that people within the 25 to 34 year-old age group were the most active, accounting for a quarter of all validated eligible votes.

JudgeHolden wrote: goldey wrote: Top 10 is proof that Victorian racing has no idea in how to organise a chook raffle in comparison to racing Nsw who are leading the way with innovation . This concept was clearly not thought through and the current field is substandard. 5 million would of been better spent on future pathways for unwanted and retiring racehorses to not end up at the knackery. There needs to be a balance in where the money is being spent, this type of miss spent funds does not enhance the image of racing IMHO. All STAR MILE should mean a truly international event with invitations to attract All Stars , I am not being disrespectful toward some of the top ten owners, but the race name is the all star mile not The Debacle. You mean like 2 million dollar races for restricted sales juveniles- the Inglis Banner or whatever. Another mill for an ordinary bunch of 3yos.  They're all as bad as each other.

Totally agree the magic millions day is another that could be spent on welfare on the 1000 plus horses sold every year, Qld racing are well behind the other 2 .

TJMitchell wrote: Are reporters there asking questions? Is this a field deserving of $5m? Does it diminish the race in anyway the fact you can currently get $61 for one of the "All-Stars" in an Eagle Farm class 6 this weekend?

The on-course bookies are going to have to get new, wider boards with room for the extra 0’s needed for the prices some of these will be put up at.