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Ahh you’re a Saintly fan too then Andy.
Undoubtedly my favourite winner of the Cup ever. It was definitely a very good quality running. To think well down the field that day was Circles Of Gold the dam of Haradasun and Elvstroem.
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he was a damn good racehorse, and when you think of the calibre of horses he beat that year, it was pretty good.Ethereal’s field in 2001 was alright too, although it was hampered a little by the wet track.
Plans for the autumn are fluid right now but the Aussies are seemingly very keen for Presvis to have a crack at the Cox Plate, so that will be an option we will look at ahead of a possible assault on the Japan Cup.
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Is it just me that writes Autumn, Spring, Winter and Summer with a capital letter? It just doesn’t look right to me in lower case.
Just going through the motions here, so as not to needlessly leave a stone unturned.
John Porter Stakes
1m 4f, Group 3
2.00 Newbury, Saturday
11pm Sydney/Melbourne time?1 (12) 540-21P Halicarnassus (IRE) 44 Course winner Distance winner 6 9-3 M R Channon A Munro 113
2 (4) 151111- Akmal 182 Distance winner 4 9-0 J L Dunlop R Hills 108
3 (13) 102327- Allied Powers (IRE) 182 Course winner Distance winner 5 8-12 M L W Bell M Fenton 111
4 (7) 673226/ Balkan Knight 546 Distance winner 10 8-12 D R C Elsworth J Fortune 107
5 (5) 16804-1 Dansili Dancer 21 Distance winner 8 8-12 C G Cox A Kirby 103
6 (1) 5/3119-5 Furmigadelagiusta 20 Course and Dist winner Beaten Favourite 6 8-12 R A Fahey P Hanagan 107
7 (14) 5292/43- Purple Moon (IRE) 385 Course winner Distance winner 7 8-12 L M Cumani K Fallon 115
8 (6) 634128- Traffic Guard (USA) 181 Course winner Distance winner 6 8-12 P F I Cole J P Spencer 114
9 (9) 13- Blizzard Blues (USA) 190 4 8-11 b H R A Cecil I Mongan 104
10 (16) 111 Buxted (IRE) 31 Distance winner 4 8-11 R A Mills S Donohoe 106
11 (8) 2144-46 Claremont (IRE) 44 Distance winner 4 8-11 M Al Zarooni Ahmed Ajtebi 113
12 (15) 21173- Harbinger 175 Distance winner 4 8-11 Sir Michael Stoute R L Moore 112
13 (2) 213- Manifest 198 Distance winner Beaten Favourite 4 8-11 H R A Cecil T P Queally 103
14 (3) 1/91325- Oasis Knight (IRE) 182 Course winner 4 8-11 v M P Tregoning R Hughes 104
15 (11) 4114/24- Clowance 174 Course winner 5 8-9 R Charlton L Dettori 111
16 (10) 103112- Polly’s Mark (IRE) 204 Course and Dist winner Beaten Favourite 4 8-8 C G Cox William Buick 102From memory both Furmigadelagiusta and Traffic Guard were "confirmed" to come out here at some stage before they didn’t come.
And Purple Moon’s been out here of course.
I’m interested to see Buxted.
I’m not sure, but I think Buxted may be a brand of chicken here (as well as the name of a small town).
Used to be trained by Terry Mills, who died recently. He was very popular, and was a self-made man, having broken into racing, instead of being born into it.
Dynaformer seems to have a bit of a fan club here, as we don’t have too many of them, but there have been some good ‘uns.
I’ve heard the Oaks, but as usual haven’t seen it. I’ll leave the post-race analysis to the experts!
Buxted is bred on similar lines to the St Leger winner Lucarno. Both by Dynaformer, our of a Diesis mare. However, in addition they also have Be My Guest in their pedigree.
Oaks was a disgrace – I’d suggest that even though Once Were Wild won by 3 lengths, Faint Perfume was actually the superior run. OWW had everything go her way.
It’s been a day of emerging Cup horses, Herculian Prince and Booming will probably head that way!
Hahaha not quite, seriously though they dawdled in front, Faint Perfume got a long way back and she rattled home.
I’m slightly embarrassed by Booming, as he came 2nd in the Auckland Gold Cup, and I wrote that race off.
Herculian Prince is a very annoying name – it seems far more natural for it to be Herculean to me. Not too sure that this one will stay 2 miles, but need to find out more about it.
I’m going to have my first bet at Wagga.
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Who’d you back? Some people believe that the Murrimbidgee Cup winner Leica Larrikin could run in the Melbourne Cup, he’s a full brother to Leica Falcon (who ran 4th in 2005).
I have some very sad news to report, 2008 Melbourne Cup winner and 2009 Caulfield Cup winner (and Melbourne Cup favourite) Viewed has died of a twisted bowel. He was very close to me, I backed him throughout the spring of 2008 when he ran crap, and followed up in the Cup when he won at 40-1.
I’m devastated.
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That’s a real shame to hear about Viewed. I was just thinking about him yesterday. The only time I supported the horse was in the 2009 Caulfield Cup. I didn’t intend on backing him then either but Bart turned him out in such outstanding condition that I couldn’t resist having a wager. R.I.P
I wouldn’t give up on Buxted just yet. I think it all came a bit too quickly for him yesterday and he was niggled along most of the way. A combination of bad gate and a trip that may ultimately prove to be short of his best. I can see him returning to the winners stall over a longer distance from a better draw. He did keep battling to the line.
Yes, I’ve only just found out about Viewed.
It was Leica Larrikin I was going to back, but I didn’t like the price, it kept on going in on betfair. I read about him for the first time about 10 or 11 days ago, and then again after his win last week, and then again a couple of days ago. Trainer has confessed to having the Caulfield Cup in mind, and it is only a short step from there to the Melbourne Cup. He seems to have a bit more in hand, but there is another cup in a few weeks time, with a long Australian name.
I was talking bollox about Herculian Prince – should get 2 miles just as well as any other Kiwi horse. At least I learnt that Caucasus won the Irish St Leger.
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