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SWR is out to an appealing ew quote of $7.
Track record under threat today again..can see a sub 1.08 time if they run along??
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30,000 turn up.
You don't necessarily just need a Winx or Black Caviar to get them in - "if you build it, they will come..."
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Bloody stiff
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Ok. I stole that joke from Trainspotting 2 so i may have been death riding the horse so i could use it
Only those that backed it what did he do wrong TRK??
Would like to see the replay so Williams' ride can be put in context. The horse usually goes forward. Willo overthinking it again?
Mate racing needs to capture any promotional opportunity it can.
This race has been covered and discussed for weeks, non-racing friends who only ask for a tip in the Melb Cup knew about it here.
Melbourne Spring will have its coverage, this is an expansion not a detraction.
Anything that gets 30,000 to attend and generates the media traction this has is only a positive for the sport. And yep - money does drive things, that's the sheer reality of the business world.
To think anything else is folly.
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Agree we need all the promotion we can get but I think the timing was poor. Turnout was great for the first one, I’m just skeptical of it going forward. I guess time will tell..
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He looked like he was surging past the line like he had more to give-just as he has the past two starts. I always said having a new rider was a huge negative for him and so far this prep the bookies havent had to sweat too much.
Ron Dufficy wasn't rapt in the 1200 metre 'straight' form..his only two wins in Australia both down the Flemington straight...he didn't like that compared to going around the bends of Randwick. He also said they can 'dawdle' and sometimes run some slow sectionals in those races down the straight...that was the gist of it from him.
The other guy he just didn't like at all. Didn't think that form would hope up either...he actually gave Redkirk Warrior less chance than Ron Dufficy.
It was just unusual because ( especially Ron ) in the big races they can make a case for nearly all of them..yet Redkirk Warrior they both put a line through....they were right!!
I hear you mate but unfortunately for the purist and racing lover alike, status means nothing now.
The Perth Cup had Status as a 3200m race, now it's 2400m...
The CB Cox Stakes had status, now its the f..king Ted Van Heemst Stakes...
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You're old school and that's great, I can remember a time too when bookmakers were relevant and bet in fractions - unfortunately we both know those days are irretrievably gone.
Now the challenge is to generate interest in racing, both physically and through relevance and coverage.
I'm firmly persuaded that this race - manufactured as it may be - has done both.
Regardless of how it was run; who participated; and and what the spruiking commentary was (different subject) - I believe that those aims were achieved.
For better or worse,
racing needs more of the above to attempt to prosper and thrive.
The old days are gone mate. This is the new reality.
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The Everest today held 1,457,000.
Probably also a big increase in the fixed odds which Munsie has access to.
Biggest crowd at Randwick since the redevelopment.
Certainly a big success by any measurement.
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:)
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No. Typing on my tablet. Small keys and LARGE hands :D
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