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Thunderstruck likes this post.
Cliffsofmoher and Duretto looked as if that could run another lap at the same grinding pace.
As for Ace High any sign of a sprinkle of rain and he's gone. Six starts now for zilch on slow/heavy.
Will be surprised if the winner of MC came out of CC....unless Best Solution or Cliffsofmoher. Would like to see Cliffy on a firm track too..think might be better suited. Not that it was too bad yesterday.
A few still talking up Youngstar...not so sure.
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If McDonald doesn't take off on The Taj Mahal they would have coasted along another furlong.
The most recent Melbourne Cup winner to run in the Caulfield Cup ?
A horse by the name of Viewed - Bart Cummings.
Obviously thought KWD was a massive chance.
Horse knuckled at start, got galloped on and still came home as good as anything. And had the "moz" Craig Williams on its back.
10 day suspension or 11 meetings for Pat Cosgrave which I thought was pretty lenient considering what he did in such a big race.
How many rides has he lost or would have ridden during his suspension ??? Zero I would suspect.
Penalty is laughable really.
Been beating this drum for awhile...but numbers 1 & 2 in the weights ran 1st and 3rd. Have top weighted horses ever got in so well ? Or light weighted ones so badly ?
Perhaps a bit of both.
What put me off the winner had only been running against fields of six and seven, although thought Protectionist was a similar risk for the same reason before it won a Melbourne Cup,
Verry Elleegant was very good..i even talked a very very occasional punter mate of mineinto have 50 on her :))
She Looked in trouble being a fair way back but she motored to get up, lookout when she gets to the 2500 at Flemington
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Ive not checked sectionals at all but many jockeys were quoted and prominent in their comments were the very slow pace, makes me feel a bit better about COM for the big dance..his was a good run.
Wonder if the winner might get a penalty??
Finished with two winners and a third placing to give him seven points - remarkably from ten races still enough points to win the JC outright.
These big carnival days take the faves on in the JC! They very rarely win it especially the ten race cards. Derby Day and Melbourne Cup day look for value on the JC.
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https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/news/2018-10-22/best-solution-escapes-penalty-for-the-lexus-melbourne-cup
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At one stage in the Caulfield Cup they were going 35 lengths slower at that part of the race in comparison to last year.
A few over east critical of McDonald on The Taj Mahal for going too early - you're darned if you do and darned if you don't.
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