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Prior to saddling up, one of the presenters went to see Vaubon.
He was very settled and content, just taking in the surroundings. He was tethered in an open fronted barn/lean-to (I presume the other horses were also in this building), and above was a misting system that seemed to be running constantly. I didn’t see a fan, but it would be logical to have them set up to circulate the air.
Of the races I watched, none of the horses at any of the Aussie racecourses appeared to be in any discomfort from the heat.
Vauban drawn 3 in 2400 Gr1 Tancred Stakes Rosehill Saturday , 2nd Fav . Fav Dubai Honour inside him , Duke de Sessa outside him. Duke de Sessa will lead out and it should be a very good race , I fancy Vauban to win it but will be cheering on Dubai Honour as would like to see Haggas win it .
At Flemington two tearaway front runners could set it up for Middle Earth in Australian Cup .Rosehill off waterlogged , that will scupper some plans , id guess they will race meeting early next week as some serious money up for grabs . May make Tancred field weaker as some wait now for QE2 and Syd Cup .
Very good run by Vauban in Tancred Stakes , just got a bit far back but ran on real good late for 3rd , another 200 K AUD into bank to go with the 150k few weeks back . Looked way more relaxed on cooler day , he’s not the worst buy at all .
Winner , Dubai Honour , 870k AUD not too bad . Trainer just a genius , he’s is so good , very nice ride by Aussie Tom . The travelling team Haggas has really know their stuff . Top job .Haggas has Marama going round in a benchmark 75 at run of mill midweek Warwick Farm meeting tomorrow , I think she will stay in OZ .
Vauban drawn 14 in QE2 at Randwick Saturday , 20k for 12th and should beat 3 home to get at least that .
Dubai Honour drawn wide as well , Via Sistina drawn 1 could be tricky .
Fawkener Park could be a decent each way value bet in this race .38 inc emergencies across the QE2 and Sydney Cup Saturday , 27 ex or current European runners , only 4 Aus bred , 4 kiwi bred .
Two from Japan , and Full Count Felicia ex USA .
Total dominance by imported horses 2000 metres upwards in best all aged OZ races nowdays .Vauban had nice hitout over 1000 metres in a trial last week , beat home Via Sistina and few other decent horses . Cannot read too much into it , heavy track so none of them would have been pushed too hard but hes still got some zip , hes looking a decent buy , Melbourne Cup 10 million AUD this year , about 6 miilion quid so run top 4 or 5 theres a decent chunk to add to the rest of the cash he has earmt them , and a guarenteed start in the race so they cam train him how they want , not like lighter weights chasing a penalty or free ticket race
Vauban entered in Sky High Stakes at Rosehill this weekend , fresh up , had a couple decent trials . Decent entries so won’t be easy .
About 600k AUD ran back so far since transfer , if it was million quid sale he still has a bit to do . One big hit will do it this Autumn .Great effort by Vauban , sat behind leader Just Fine and popped out and went by in straight , looked in a bit of trouble on bend but knuckled down well and went past . Won same race last year .
Hes a tough old horse but they have put some zip in him .
Whole field of 7 ex euro imports . There is the odd decent middle distance horse bred in OZ but imports dominate fields .
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