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Shawy38
Champion Joined: 13 Jun 2015 Status: Offline Points: 17382 |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2016 at 4:58pm |
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Strong looking specimen
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deejays destiny
Champion Joined: 11 Sep 2015 Status: Offline Points: 4148 |
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Will love the step up in grade but Flemington will be tougher field but he is in with a chance
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djebel
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I doubt he will stay the 2 miles.
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reductio ad absurdum
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Carioca
Champion Joined: 13 Nov 2015 Status: Offline Points: 21821 |
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Could be a nice pacemaker djebel, thoughts?
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Lord Hybrow
Champion Joined: 05 Jul 2015 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 6665 |
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I concur with this comment, he'll be an 'also-ran' in the Melb Cup. He would be better off in shorter staying races like QE Stakes or Sandown Classic. But OTI won't be able to resist running him in the Mel Cup and it will also boost Matt Cumani's profile to have a Cup runner.
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MJM
Champion Joined: 19 Oct 2016 Status: Offline Points: 606 |
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Saw him at the races today and thought if km didn't fumble the whip he wins and was strong through the line should enjoy the step up in trip as long as it's dry . Handsome chap too . I think he will run a decent race in a pretty average cup .
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MJM
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And they only ran .1 of a second slower than the Caulfield cup .....
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early4lunch
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awful field
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Beliskner
Champion Joined: 10 Apr 2015 Location: Victoria Status: Offline Points: 4236 |
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Look what they did with Brambles, they were told not to race him, they did, he was beaten by the last turn and it pretty much cooked his career.
Also it's big for OTI to have runners in the cup, it's great for attracting people into their syndicates, what horse owner, a mug owner or a serious one, doesn't want a runner in the Melbourne Cup? Doesn't matter if its a 100-1 shot, i mean aside from what POP did, having been to Melbourne Cup day before, aside from all the PEOPLE, so many PEOPLE, it's something else altogether. |
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speedingaway
Champion Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Location: Carlton Status: Offline Points: 632 |
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OTI would run a broomstick in the Melbourne Cup if it was qualified
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Lord Hybrow
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RUSCELLO is a prime example of OTI's agenda. This handy imported stayer wins the Hotham Hcp on Derby Day and his UK trainer Ed Walker recommends that the horse miss the Melb Cup as he didnt think the horse was capable of backing up so soon. OTI ignore the trainers advice, run him and he runs 23rd beaten 56 lengths. The horse is basically wrecked by OTI and in 5 more career starts he runs last or near last every time.
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MJM
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I don't think ruscello got the trip and was given no favours by the jock , but agree he didn't come up again after that .
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tillyras
Champion Joined: 11 Oct 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 7540 |
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going to run in the Ballarat Cup on Sat 19th
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Magnolian Khan
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He looks good
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SkyDancer
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Had every possible
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early4lunch
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Looks like a horse that you have to leave till the last 50 yards before you let it get to the front
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Lord Hybrow
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I’m really glad Matt Cumani has got him back into good form this Spring. After his poor form in the autumn, I really thought the horse was cooked.
He probably doesn’t quite stay out much past 2400m. But hopefully Matt can win a race here in Australia with him. |
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SkyDancer
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Ballarat Cup will be his next run. Back to 2200m |
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Magnolian Khan
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Lay of the day
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Smoke and Mirrors
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Enigma
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"Go Hard or Go Home”
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Lord Hybrow
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Might have got beaten but showed good heart to tough it out for yet another placing. Must be frustrating for Matt Cumani in trying to get a win out of him. Are there any more suitable races for him over the next month? |
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Smoke and Mirrors
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Pakenham Cup 2wks 2500 |
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"Go Hard or Go Home”
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Magnolian Khan
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Bad news...... he’s been gelded
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Prince of Penzance
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Field of four in Sydney today.
Surely he can finally win a race. Takes on a smart Waller runner though. |
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djebel
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He has gone right off the boil since being gelded.
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reductio ad absurdum
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acacia alba
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You should jinx horses in that way more often
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animals before people.
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Prince of Penzance
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You ripper, good effort.
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Tontonan
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Grey Lion was good for the wallet. 4 horse field and he's paid $4.80 . The quinella has paid $12.70 and the Exacta has paid more than the trifecta ($36.80).
The Duet was refunded with only 16 cents in the pool !
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Prince of Penzance
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Is Grey Lion better the Sydney way of going? That seems to be the case after the six-year-old stuck his neck out to beat Braces over 2400m at Royal Randwick.
Grey Lion and Jean Van Overmeire (Pic: Steve Hart) Punters better get used to seeing him in New South Wales because Grey Lion will stay here now, being transferred from Matt Cumaini to the Warwick Farm-based stable of Matt Smith. Jean Van Overmeire was full of praise for Grey Lion, who broke a 869 day winning drought. “He was very strong. The other horse going past him probably did him the world of good because he wanted to put his head back in front so full credit to him,” the jockey said. “Once the other horse came past me he didn’t drop off, he stuck with him and I knew then he was going fight back and tough it out to the end.” As for the odds on favourite, Ombudsman, Kerrin McEvoy blamed the firm track, which was later upgraded to a Good 3, on finishing a well-beaten third in the field of four. “They just quickened away from me,” said McEvoy, “He probably wants a stronger tempo and a bit more juice in the ground.” |
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djebel
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He beat scrubbers, It is a long way from his best Victorian form.
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reductio ad absurdum
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