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The 2016 edition of the Perth Cup, or Peters Cup as I've coined looks set to be run ultimately between the highly talented 4 year old Bob Peters pairing of Delicacy, 2014/15 3 year old of the year and Neverland, daughter of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown. Both regally bred mares are more than capable of matching it with the best in the country and look set to fight out the finish in a sea of cerise and white. I went to the barrier draw at Crown on Tuesday night and when interviewed Bob Peters was of the opinion that over 2400m 1kg was worth about 2 lengths so by his thinking Delicacy would need to be 10 lengths better than Neverland to win. After drawing a fairly awkward gate in barrier 1 and Neverland likely to come into 7 after the scratchings of emergencies coupled with the fact W.Pike has gone with Neverland I'm willing to go against the favourite and put the heavily supported Neverland on top. I've spent 12 months on this preview putting Neverland on top of Delicacy and getting burnt so maybe it is finally time to reap the rewards. Bedamijo is one of the very few on-pacers and from a delicious gate will position up perfectly behind Dashing Dan and Kirov Boy when they eventually take off after sitting 3 and 4 deep for the first 500m. I'm confident Bedamijo will look the winner at the 600 so definitely worthy of an eachway investment. Properantes' A.T.A run was better than it reads on paper after sitting deep throughout and is a genuine threat. Respondent hasn't won for a long time and has many a critic on this site but the weight relief he gets down to the 54kg minimum shouldn't be underestimated and I think he is a live chance. My horse Savanarola was dealt a bitter blow by fellow owner Andrew Green after he drew us barrier 18 of 20. "You had one job, cheers mate".

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