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R2. Melbourne Cup Day @ Ascot November 4 Handicap - 1 January 1970
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Pontiff to Rock and Roll
This Cat Rocks, a $250 000 graduate of the Inglis Easter yearing sales formerly with David Hayes has found himself in the care of Justin Warwick. Since stepping up to 2000m+ he has finished in the money at 5 from 6 starts culminating in a victory in the Busselton Cup at the opening Bunbury meeting last Sunday. Looks as though he can go on with it here and will appreciate every inch of 2200m. The Pontiff remains in the saddle and he will either lead or box seat. Raising Dubai is the obvious danger, winner at his past 2 but has never carried more than 58kg to victory and his Ascot record is only modest. Beat Bonny Zara at his most recent and the money certainly came for her last weekend so the form should hold up nicely. Happy to throw Toned in for third as a blowout hope. Beat Raising Dubai by a nose on November 27th last year and meets him 2kg better at the weights this time in. Beat him again by over 4 lengths on December 14th and again gains a 1kg advantage over him. $31 looks over the odds for a horse who has beaten the favourite at their two previous encounters and takes weight off him.
Scott Embry's Bets for the Meeting
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Rodent 28 Oct | Posts: 6918
Fabulous that Bunbury post their trials on Youtube Albany and Kalgoorlie do as well.
DamienWyer 27 Oct | Posts: 7463
Fabulous that Bunbury post their trials on Youtube
therealkramer 27 Oct | Posts: 7932
Hey don't get me wrong.Never see anything like Lonhro again, he was unreal at 'his game'. Was there for his Ryder win running low 32 last 6 on a track that wasn't rock hard. Had to be seen to be believed. Cox Plate and other 'grand finals', where pace was inv...
darkshines 27 Oct | Posts: 2825
Hey don't get me wrong.Never see anything like Lonhro again, he was unreal at 'his game'. Was there for his Ryder win running low 32 last 6 on a track that wasn't rock hard. Had to be seen to be believed. Cox Plate and other 'grand finals', where pace was inv...
TheDiva 27 Oct | Posts: 11782
That would explain why all the lonhros I've had were champion track workers, but hopeless on race day! Fits the description perfectly =))
darkshines 27 Oct | Posts: 2825
Elite Belle has the Lonhro toolkit (relative to the class of horse each one raced respectively, of course :)), unbelievable kick off a slow pace, 400m ping so much faster than others that if they go slow and within grasp of leaders, pick em...
auzzie 27 Oct | Posts: 78
is smoko aimed at colonel reeves then into winterbottom ??
carey 27 Oct | Posts: 6229
btw, where is smoko? trialled bunbury on friday, very well, i might add, to my eyes anyway.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IQD05U6Ijisand well done bunburyas far a barakey goes, last start when he beat smoko, it was mile...
therealkramer 27 Oct | Posts: 7932
btw, where is smoko? The Colonel Reeves is on Cup day isn't it? I swear I read or heard he was headed that way. Found this on racenet after a google search @thefalcon Back injury to keep Smoko in Perth Darryl Sherer - 5/10/2014 Connections of star WA...
SHOVHOG 27 Oct | Posts: 1725
different class of horse, so you'd expect Barakey to go qucker. I disagree he'd have been beaten by more. I actually think he might have won had he been allowed to run along and make them chase hard. I don't disagree with this theory. Dance H...