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Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup 2500m
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    Posted: 18 Oct 2021 at 10:06am
Nominations out today.

I think most of the interest around this race this year is it's boost to a million dollar purse, no doubt inspired by the Sydney Melbourne arms race, with the re-started St Leger in Sydney being over 2600m and also a SW+P race but worth $500k.  The following is from racing.com and doesn't exactly present as a field worthy of running for $1 million.

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup has been boosted in prizemoney this year going up to $1 million and will be a key lead up towards the Lexus Melbourne Cup. Macedon Lodge will nominate a few runners in King Of Leogrance, Pondus, Dawn Patrol and have booked Jye McNeil to ride for them.

Popular galloper Floating Artist will line up here instead of the Geelong Cup.

MOONEE VALLEY GOLD CUP 2500m G2 SWP- Likely Field

SOUND (M Moroney) J Mott

HARPO MARX (B Baker) D Lane

STARCASTER (A & S Freedman) B McDougall

LE DON DE VIE (A & S Freedman) D Oliver

SECRET BLAZE (T & C McEvoy) L Currie

ATTORNEY (M Smith)

MIAMI BOUND (D O'Brien)

FLOATING ARTIST (C Maher & D Eustace)

DAWN PATROL (R Hickmott)

PONDUS (R Hickmott)

KING OF LEOGRANCE (R Hickmott)
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Has the boost in prize money to $1.0m attracted the field the MVRC were hoping for?  I’d suggest not & I’m not really sure what the motivation to double the prize money from 2020 to 2021 was?

At least it’s not the worst $1m race being run in Australia on Saturday.  The Bondi Stakes in Sydney takes the cake there.
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Waste of money.
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Race 8 - 4:25PM McCafé Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500 METRES)Times displayed in local time of Race Meeting
Of $1,000,000.1st $600,000, 2nd $180,000, 3rd $90,000, 4th $45,000, 5th $25,000, 6th $20,000, 7th $20,000, 8th $20,000
Prize money contribution totalling 3% will be directed to jockey and equine welfare prior to distribution GROUP 2
Set Weights plus Penalties, Four-Years-Old and Upwards, Apprentices cannot claim.

Track Name: Main Track Type: Turf Track Condition: Good 4

Field Limit: 15 + 4 EM

NoLast 10HorseTrainerJockeyBarrierWeightPenaltyHcp Rating
11x62309x97SOUND (GER)Michael MoroneyJamie Mott1257kg104
2855167x033GOOD IDEAPhillip StokesCraig Newitt257kg95
35x57170x50LE DON DE VIE (GB)Anthony & Sam FreedmanDamien Oliver856.5kg101
4241441x060ATTORNEY (FR)Matthew SmithCraig Williams156.5kg100
58227x05516SECRET BLAZETony & Calvin McEvoyLuke Currie756kg101
653x6133x08FUTURE SCORE (IRE)Matt CumaniDean Yendall656kg99
72x54151163HARPO MARX (IRE)Bjorn BakerDamian Lane456kg102
80x31851447THE GOOD FIGHT (NZ)Michael MoroneyJordan Childs1356kg97
9851175x331STARCASTER (GB)Anthony & Sam FreedmanBlaike McDougall956kg88
100x22x722x5PONDUS (GB)Robert HickmottJye McNeil356kg103
11878333x009MIAMI BOUND (NZ)Danny O'BrienDaniel Moor1155kg103
125x55x01113FLOATING ARTIST (GB)Ciaron Maher & David EustaceTeodore Nugent (a)1055kg99
138x33149221LUNAR FLAREGrahame BeggMichael Dee554kg91
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There have always been too many well staked staying races at this time of year.  In 18 days we have the Caulfield Cup, the Geelong Cup, the MV Cup, the Bendigo Cup, the Hotham and the Melbourne Cup... too many.  

It isn't so bad when there are 15 to 20 international raiders in town.  That forces the better locals into races like the Geelong, MV and Bendigo Cups but take them away and the quality gets very thin.  
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Exactly Tontonan.  And some of those races can be a bit thin even with the raiders here.
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