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Not sure where the Buccellati comment comes from. He was finally coming into a suitable race following his only runs under 2000m in three years, changed his racing pattern, and him and Shoot Out were the only ones running in the front half of the field to finish it off. And this was after he was galloped on. The Turnbull actually showed that he deserves his spot.
I’ve taken a bit of interest in another one of Lloyd’s, Martial Law. Was balloted out of the 1500m race at the Valley tomorrow, but is nom’d for 1800m at Sandown next Wednesday.
Finally got a start yesterday over 1700 at Caulfield and it was a really nice effort. Settled 2nd last, drifted widest at the turn and ran on well to get past the main group. Finished an easing 7th of 15, six lengths off a dominant winner but less than three lengths from 2nd.
I’ve taken a bit of interest in another one of Lloyd’s, Martial Law. Was balloted out of the 1500m race at the Valley tomorrow, but is nom’d for 1800m at Sandown next Wednesday.
I expect they are looking at a Cox Plate – Melb Cup prep, and I don’t think anyone will be sure about the 2 miles until he gets there.
I cringe whenever I see the name alexxx or stuey.
Will be good to see Doctor Fremantle go around in the Queen Elizabeth tomorrow. Has been backed in from $11 to $4 now with the Rangi scratching!
If Lloyd is on the right path, it will be even more interesting to see how the Galileo – Makybe Diva colt turns out.
Andy, yep, this is Ted from TBV
Here is an update on Lloyd Williams’ imports from The Age.
(Muir is the renamed Johann Zoffany)
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/horserac … -tfz8.html
THREE-YEAR-OLD Rundle may be the new Melbourne Cup talking point if he takes out Sunday’s St Leger Stakes at Flemington as is expected, but owner Lloyd Williams does not always measure success by victory alone.
For while Rundle can stake his claim as a stayer of the future in the 2800-metre event, 35 minutes after he runs, Williams will keenly watch three stayers imported from England, who will make their debuts in the owner’s familiar colours in an unsuitable 1200-metre race.
Williams is always realistic when he assesses his horses and he said yesterday that he did not expect the imported trio Grand Ducal, Muir and Martial Law to trouble the field of local sprinters in the Kokoda Track Handicap.
But Sunday’s Australian debut for the three lightly raced horses still ranks as an important step in his quest for the 150th Melbourne Cup this November. ”They were bought as 3200-metre horses and so they won’t be a factor in that race on Saturday, but it’s about getting them acclimatised,” the owner said. ”They might just have the one run and be turned out again but it will serve them in the long term well I think.”
Earlier this week, four-year-old gelding Stillman was the first to step out on Australian soil of ”a dozen or so” European-born and raced stayers that Williams purchased late last year with an eye to winning a fourth Melbourne Cup.
He finished a credible second over 1400 metres at Betfair Park on Wednesday in what Williams described as an encouraging effort.
He plans to unleash several more of his European stock over the next few weeks, including his highest-rated gallopers Alandi and Mourayan. Alandi is a dual group-1 winner in England and France last season while Mourayan is group-1 placed and is the half-brother to Mourilyan, who, among his many fine international performances, ran third in last year’s Melbourne Cup.
As for Rundle, who has won three of his four starts to date, Williams toyed with the idea of waiting another week and running him in the SA Derby at Morphettville. ”But I’d rather run him at Flemington. I am very parochial. I’m Melbourne through and through.”
Williams has changed his focus in an attempt to win another Melbourne Cup. Not only did he turn to Europe in an attempt to find the right sort of stayer, he is now relying heavily on the stallion Galileo. For more than a decade, Williams has relied on the Zabeel stock to supply him with his Melbourne Cup hopefuls.
But now the Coolmore-owned Galileo has taken over as the main source of the owner’s racing stock, with nearly 30 horses by Galileo under the Williams banner, including the promising Australian-bred Rundle and Linton, as well as Muir, Martial Law and Alandi.
Galileo’s credentials as a stallion are unmatched. A winner of the English and Irish derbies in 2001, he is by Sadler’s Wells and his dam Urban Sea also produced Sea The Stars, possibly the best racehorse in Europe for more than 20 years.
Thanks for that Gerald. Speed Gifted was also a year older when he came out, so we’ll just have to see what natural improvement there is in Martial Law.
I know Andy loves Bart so I won’t speak ill of the ill, except to say that I thought he would have gone to his stables for treatment rather than the hospital – they have better chemists at Leilani Lodge than at St Vincent’s!
Hello, thought I’d add another Australian voice to the discussion.
Going back to the very first post on this thread, Lloyd Williams has Martial Law nominated for a 1500m race at Sandown (Melbourne) on Saturday. I see that he scored ok in Gerald’s dosage analysis. Do you guys know much about him or have any other thoughts?
