I read it arrived on course bleeding from the hip and the offside nostril, why would anyone start a horse they have an opinion of on that shoddy track and with such float injuries? 

PS.  I suppose since they turned down such a big offer, they now feel they have to run, run, run, to get their money,s worth.

Re tail swishers - Look at Makybe Diva in the last 100 metres of her first Melbourne Cup win in 2003! Went on to win 2 more Melbourne Cups, a Sydney Cup, A Cox Plate....they can be genuine LOL.

rusty nails wrote: as an aside, as a youngster we were given a huge tip to back Risley In a Brisbane by one of the commission agents. We were told not to back it until the 2nd call, but the interstate ring was in a frenzy, so we charged in and had our last on it. Watched the money just keep coming for it right until the jump. It tacked on last, coming to the bend, just as my brother said It must come home with a wet sail, it just swishing it’s tail like no ones business. Our hearts sank. Never looked like passing a horse. Last runner ever trained by George Brown......

djebel wrote: When it coincides with being hit with the apparent feather duster it is probably indicative of something.

They are nasty stingers arnt they !  Was really bad here about a month ago.  Kept me inside for a few weeks.

Watched this horses run for the first time just now and hadn't realised what a good run it was , all this considered float fiasco, blood in nostril, track racing badly in patches his best work was late but boy oh boy he resents a smack on the rump ( or is he getting hit low?)
my initial post re tail swishing was on his Randwick win , he may well be genuine but to me he's a hands and heals job and whips a last resort, time will tell as VE had this little trait early in her career ( I think lol) racing may change all that. my I-pad playing up last 10 days , Telstra says it's fixed, they really tell you rubbish , this site and local weather , that's it.

Gone for a spell.

The horse is well and truly good enough to win anything in Australia at 2000m and beyond.

Not sure his trainer is quite so.

Not sure about.

We have some exciting spring middle distant prospects.

How much will they be wasted in short course races ?

I really wanted him to win if only for Brent Zerafa 

Isn't Mick Kent and owner? I think that is why Oli was able to be engaged.

I backed him last start. He had a similar run to Chapada in that race and that horse ran past him like he was a bm58 horse. Tomorrows distance will suit but can I pull the trigger again? Don't think I can.