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  • PCPC    2,251 posts

    PC said:

    Updated Cup Order of Entry following Interpretation's Bendigo Cup win - moves to 24th. Also Interpretation has not recoeved a weight penalty for the Melbourne Cup....will carry 50kg.

    The winner of Race 2 at Flemington, G3 Archer Stakes (Hotham) at 2500m gets a guaranteed entry into the Cup.

    https://racingaustralia.horse/FreeFields/Weights.aspx?Key=2023Nov07,VIC,Flemington



    Who do you like of the 5 with a win You're in chance PC?
    Toppie probably has the class but 5 kgs is a chunk o weight to concede to a few others.Interpretation gets bounced still if one of these horses win I assume.

    My blackbooker Speak is in the race, Moroney scr him from the Bendigo cup.Not a cup contender this year but goes ok and could be a sneaky upset chance in this contest I reckon.Maher/Eustace will be cheering for it i'm sure.



    Maybe United Nations can run well in the Archer Stakes (Hotham)?

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    edited November 2023
    Yeh hope so, I think they might put Carleen Hefel back on if successful as she rode it just fine in the Caulfield Cup.
  • PCPC    2,251 posts

    Yeh hope so, I think they might put Carleen Hefel back on if successful as she rode it just fine in the Caulfield Cup.




    Was on pace in the Caulfield Cup, should of been ridden a bit quieter and used the 50kg advantage. If it can get a run in the Melbourne Cup I hooe he is ridden a bit quieter...12th to 14th spot....not on pace...not in the top 6 or 7.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,413 posts

    Great to see you post Bomber. You and a few others including Rio seem to have semi retired from the forum these days but hope you still continue to chip in. 


    Having said that I only contribute as regular as I do because I am not on any other forum including Off Your Facebook, Twatter, Instatwat, Tinder, Grinder, Finder, Minder or Tik Tok Wok

    Back to the Cup and don't dismiss Breakup who will be better suited at the 3200. I presume Lane will stick with it and not break up



    The golf thread is where I'm at these days. Unfortunately I became disillusioned a while back with the nags.

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  • PCPC    2,251 posts
    H-BOMBER said:

    Great to see you post Bomber. You and a few others including Rio seem to have semi retired from the forum these days but hope you still continue to chip in. 


    Having said that I only contribute as regular as I do because I am not on any other forum including Off Your Facebook, Twatter, Instatwat, Tinder, Grinder, Finder, Minder or Tik Tok Wok

    Back to the Cup and don't dismiss Breakup who will be better suited at the 3200. I presume Lane will stick with it and not break up



    The golf thread is where I'm at these days. Unfortunately I became disillusioned a while back with the nags.



    Why disillusioned?
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023

    Hot of the UK RP press ******* By David Jennings

     

    Connections would love the Lexus Melbourne Cup to be tomorrow, such is the wellbeing of hot favourite Vauban, who is already reported to be a six-figure loser in Paddy Power's ante-post book.

     

    Willie Mullins' assistant David Casey has been with Vauban every step of the way since leaving Closutton a few weeks ago and he was on board the five-year-old for a racecourse workout at Flemington on Tuesday when he breezed up the straight a few lengths clear of stablemate Absurde.

     

    Mullins has trained the second, third and fourth before, but in the 2022 Triumph Hurdle winner he looks to have his best chance yet of winning a race he described last week as the "biggest in the world that we can win".

     

    ????️ 'It's gone the way I wanted'

     

    Vauban is now no bigger than 11-4 to provide Ireland with a fifth victory in the race following on from Vintage Crop (1993), Media Puzzle (2002), Rekindling (2017) and Twilight Payment (2020).

     

    Casey said: "Vauban did a nice piece of work at Flemington. It wasn't anything overly strenuous; it was just to give him a good look around the place really. He would have covered a bit more than a mile. We cantered around and then quickened up once we turned into the straight. I was very happy anyway, and we were happy with Absurde too."

     

    He added: "All their main work is basically done now. It's just a case of keeping them ticking over. Everything has gone the way I wanted so far. Fingers crossed. I'd be happy if the race was tomorrow."

     

    What the bookmakers say ????

     

    Some shrewd punters snapped up 33-1 about Vauban with Paddy Power in April and he has been backed at all rates since, with the firm's traders expecting him to go off at around 2-1 on the day.

     

    Paddy Power spokesperson Paul Binfield said: "Vauban has been extremely popular. He is a six-figure loser and will be a big six-figure loser on the day when we combine ante-post bets on him with the bets we take in the 24 hours before the race.

     

    "It's very possible he will go off even shorter than he is now, given how popular he has been ante-post. We could see him being closer to 2-1 if the level of support holds up."

     

    He added: "We have laid him as big as 33-1 in mid-April and there were plenty more bets struck at 33-1 and 25-1 before we cut him to 14-1 and then 7-1 post-Royal Ascot [after his runaway win in the Copper Horse Handicap]. He was then cut again after winning the Group 3 at Naas as he had qualified for the Melbourne Cup. Vauban will be a big loser for us if he does the business, that's for sure."



    Hot of the UK RP press ******* Depends when you read this :))

  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    Obviously innocent until proven guilty but Jamie Kah has her white powder hearing in a couple of weeks so More Felons is an ironic ride in the Cup  :-B

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Valiant King is now headed to the Melbourne Cup after doubts had been expressed and Kah was released. Zac LLoyd now to ride and is a big chance as unlucky in Caulfield Cup (big effort for a 2020 foal) however steps up to 3200 for first time further than 2400
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,413 posts
    PC said:

    H-BOMBER said:

    Great to see you post Bomber. You and a few others including Rio seem to have semi retired from the forum these days but hope you still continue to chip in. 


    Having said that I only contribute as regular as I do because I am not on any other forum including Off Your Facebook, Twatter, Instatwat, Tinder, Grinder, Finder, Minder or Tik Tok Wok

    Back to the Cup and don't dismiss Breakup who will be better suited at the 3200. I presume Lane will stick with it and not break up



    The golf thread is where I'm at these days. Unfortunately I became disillusioned a while back with the nags.



    Why disillusioned?



    I just fell out of love with the whole thing for a few reasons. I keep an eye on days like Saturday and have the very infrequent black booker (ala Bad Wolf Saturday).

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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,274 posts
    Breakup for me....just hoping the jock can navigate the Flemington course.
  • PCPC    2,251 posts
    edited November 2023
    Valiant King = scratched from the Cup on vets advice.
  • PCPC    2,251 posts
    PC said:

    Valiant King = scratched from the Cup on vets advice.


  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    Athabascan won't run either so United Nations is now 25th..one more dropout and he is in regardless of the Archer result.
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Fortunate for Kah she took the next in LINE  ;))

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Best form is on rain affected but Lastotchka which is owned by a cast of thousands may be the ignored foreigner at $21
  • VoodooVoodoo    1,274 posts

    Fortunate for Kah she took the next in LINE  ;))

    Its actually very scary as to how many young adults believe its quite "OK" to have a snort or two....
    Then when their life turns on its side they scream that their the victim....thankfully, some do get back on the right track but, far too many are unable to claw their way out .
  • PCPC    2,251 posts
    Voodoo, what so you mean by snort? I was at the TAB yesterday and there was a guy who was snorting really really loud and then making a swallowing motion. But there wasn't any drugs around in the TAB so not sure what he was snorting? Was very loud though. Everything he snorted we all looked at him lol
  • PCPC    2,251 posts
    Just announced...no penalty for Kalapour for winning G3 Archer Stakes (2500m). He stays on his weight of 50kg for the Melbourne Cup.

    Archer Stakes (Hotham)/Melbourne Cup Double

    2009: Shocking
    2000: Brew
    1974: Think Big
    1958: Baystone
    1949: Foxzami
    1944: Sirius
    1943: Dark Felt
    1931: White Nose
    1922: King Ingoda
    1870: Nimblefoot
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Quite a few of these will not get two miles

    Kah's double today will give her confidence for Cup Day

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  • GLAMOURGLAMOUR    732 posts

    Quite a few of these will not get two miles


    Kah's double today will give her confidence for Cup Day
    Having returned from that terrible raceway fall,and a couple of other incidents in which she has to accept,she has Bern copping a lot of flak,but it was great to see Jamie Kah back in the winners circle,the winner in the last was a JK ride,let's hope she can continue,and people will get off her back,I know the Keyboard warriors will continue to persicute her.that was super for Josh Parr yesterday,and what a super interview by Lee Freemans daughter,and poor Amelia's Jewl got smashed,great effort to get going again.

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Lane and Breakup appear to have broken up. What happened there then? Japanese jockey  Koheo Sonysanyohitachinissanmitsubishihonda now the rider

    Oliver runner is doubtful starter

  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Numerous Cup Sweep charts available for download but most print out at half an A4 page.

    Here is a decent one if needed.


    Print from PDF and select settings fit to printable area
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    Or just buy a paper
  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    edited November 2023
    Not bad the sweeps albeit i haven't been involved in one since Moses was a boy now that I think about.
    Will suss If one of these pubs we're attending in Gero have some going, if so may get involved.

    Gold Trip on the drift and I think Soulcombe may have firmed a couple of points into $10 with most corps..not 100% sure I saw $12 though


    I'll be backing Vauban as one bet but not my main wager, doing it moreso to try and get it beat :D Of course the o/s form is supreme..it would be Absurd for anyone to back the stablemate imo
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    Thunder I wouldn't ignore Absurde and at last look at the market it has tightened
  • jumjum    3,538 posts
    First Scratching

    cleveland
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    Absurde 26 to 10 after firming to 8.5
  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    7,958 posts
    edited November 2023
    Pity Lane hasn't got a ride in the Cup.

    Do you recall Dom Tourneur riding in the Cup? Might follow him at Morphetville for nostalgia sake. R9 Viduka at 20s down in grade is a great each way investment and is one of of numerous chances. He could bag at least 3  
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