Kellstorm

I think this horse has snuck well & truly under the radar!

A full brother to Order of St George, trained by Darren Weir. Has won his last three starts in Adelaide with ridiculous ease carrying decent weights.

Listed for the favourite for this Saturdays Colin Stephen Handicap in Sydney which I assume is to get him into The Metropolitan?

I have had a nibble at the $2500 available on Ubet for the Caulfield/Melbourne Cups double.

Not the most stupid bet in the world given he is weighted down at or near the minimum imho.

$51 in the CC seems well over

Ah, but the way he's doing it Shawy is what I like. Totally untouched

Was trainers decision apparently , thought the SA race suited more

What was that?

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I didn't see it but the horse has had 5 starts on Good tracks in his career and failed each time. 2 from 4 on Soft tracks and 3 from 4 on Heavy tracks.

Could explain it, maybe.

Forgive run - Worst ride of the decade.

Don't want to bag the kid, but if it were a senior rider you would be going over the betting ledgers with a fine tooth comb ... horse had no hope, wide no cover, pushed forward, went back, took off again ... I was on the 3rd placed horse, so it was probably worse than I thought too! Dead

In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!

the kid has never ridden a winner in town and I am fairly sure this was his first ride at Morphettville , bad error by the stable for putting someone inexperienced on.

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Tontonan wrote:

I didn't see it but the horse has had 5 starts on Good tracks in his career and failed each time. 2 from 4 on Soft tracks and 3 from 4 on Heavy tracks.

Could explain it, maybe.

I bet around him for that reason, the fact Vic seniors have a hard enough time against the locals, let alone a 3kgs kid who'd never ridden there, long odds on he was always going to be watched closely & staying horses rarely keep winning streaks intact forever.

The stop/start tactics were awful to watch too which didn't help the kid or horse get into a rhythm.

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

Much improved run yesterday despite the leap in class. A full brother to Order of St George, I am stunned that Darren Weir hasn't given him more opportunity to qualify for the major Cups.

Off to the Lexus

I had $20 on him @ $2501 for the CC/MC Double! Wanted him qualified for the CC :'(

mikey wrote:

I had $20 on him @ $2501 for the CC/MC Double! Wanted him qualified for the CC :'(

Good luck Mikey! But I think you took massive unders....there should be another digit on the end of your payout 😁

DK Weir did win the Melb Cup with a 100/1 shot in Prince of Penzance, so anything can happen.

Looks like he is on the Puissance De Lune strategy.

Get him through his grades one spring, and have a good lash at the cups the next year.

The only thing with a preparation like that is he needs to race right through the next twelve months, no spell, just space his races accordingly, which if his next start is the Lexus would be reasonable.

The Queen Elizabeth would be the better option this spring however as he showed good form yesterday, if he is a wet tracker!

Remember, it might take intelligence to be smart , but it takes experience to be wise

Top run yesterday but thought it was a poor ride. looks unlikely to get into the cup field.