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Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Here's another take on it from an informed writer.
Jan Brueghel was given an MRI scan before he even travelled, Coolmore don't take risks. As O' Brien pointed out "It's unlucky for us and lucky for them. He was an improving Group 1 horse with 8st 7lbs and Ryan Moore on him". He was probably going to hack up, and Racing Victoria knew it. Be surprised if he sends anymore to Aus after this farce, which is probably just what Victoria wants.
The Race that stops other nations!!
Jan Brueghel was given an MRI scan before he even travelled, Coolmore don't take risks. As O' Brien pointed out "It's unlucky for us and lucky for them. He was an improving Group 1 horse with 8st 7lbs and Ryan Moore on him". He was probably going to hack up, and Racing Victoria knew it. Be surprised if he sends anymore to Aus after this farce, which is probably just what Victoria wants.
The Race that stops other nations!!
The_CricketUmpire
State 12th Man
Lexus Melbourne Cup - Brayden Star and Muramasa
Racing Victoria Stewards, acting on specialist veterinary advice, have today withdrawn the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained pair Brayden Star and Muramasa from the entries for the 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) to be run at Flemington next Tuesday, 5 November.
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The_CricketUmpire
State 12th Man
Contender under Melbourne Cup cloud
Leading Melbourne Cup hope Interpretation will be re-examined by vets on Friday after not passing an initial physical inspection
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flibbertyjibber
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Halfway through the Gordon Elliott benefit weekend. 4 winners at Down Royal yesterday and probably get 4 or 5 more today.
Breeders Cup tonight, I hope City of Troy wins the classic. The turf mile looks a corker with Notable Speech and Porta Fortuna clashing. Hopefully Bradsell or Big Evs win the Turf Sprint.
Breeders Cup tonight, I hope City of Troy wins the classic. The turf mile looks a corker with Notable Speech and Porta Fortuna clashing. Hopefully Bradsell or Big Evs win the Turf Sprint.
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Seeing Sierra Leone, Fierceness and Forever Young run such huge races in the Breeders' Cup Classic, it makes Mystik Dan's victory against all of them in the Kentucky Derby one of the year's most head-scratching results.
Mixed weekend internationally for Coolmore. City Of Troy was never a factor in the Classic, but they won it anyway with Sierra Leone. Lake Victoria and Henri Matisse were very good winners in the two-year-old races, and then Switzerland came out and did something quite special at Flemington.
Mixed weekend internationally for Coolmore. City Of Troy was never a factor in the Classic, but they won it anyway with Sierra Leone. Lake Victoria and Henri Matisse were very good winners in the two-year-old races, and then Switzerland came out and did something quite special at Flemington.
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That race was a heck of a spectacle. Amazing result for Sheila Laxon, who won the Cup with the great mare Ethereal more than 20 years ago. She's lived in Australia basically ever since, but still a Kiwi, surely.
I thought Zardozi was in business halfway up the straight, but those other ones just out-stayed her in the last bit.
I thought Zardozi was in business halfway up the straight, but those other ones just out-stayed her in the last bit.
The_CricketUmpire
State 12th Man
Australian-bred winners of the Melbourne Cup Since 1980:
2024: Knight's Choice
2019: Vow And Declare
2009: Shocking
2008: Viewed
1999: Rogan Josh
1996: Saintly
1992: Subzero
1984: Black Knight
1981: Just A Dash
Knight's Choice - lead up form:
9th - Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m)
16th - Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m)
14th - Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m)
5th - Group 3 Bendigo Cup (2400m)
1st - Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m)
That was its lead up form....but it's now a Melbourne Cup winner. No wonder Knight's Choice paid 70-1 (even 100-1 with some bettig agencies)...
2024: Knight's Choice
2019: Vow And Declare
2009: Shocking
2008: Viewed
1999: Rogan Josh
1996: Saintly
1992: Subzero
1984: Black Knight
1981: Just A Dash
Knight's Choice - lead up form:
9th - Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m)
16th - Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m)
14th - Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m)
5th - Group 3 Bendigo Cup (2400m)
1st - Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m)
That was its lead up form....but it's now a Melbourne Cup winner. No wonder Knight's Choice paid 70-1 (even 100-1 with some bettig agencies)...
The_CricketUmpire
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Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Correct. It 100% happened.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I like the fact he didn't even realise how much he'd won. Sounds like some amateur who just picked 4 random numbers and won the lottery (which frankly was the only way you were getting that).
Smudge
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Even better than that.
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Mother of two wins £1.6million with astonishing 'once-a-year' Melbourne Cup bet
The Ladbrokes customer correctly predicted the first four finishers in the historic race to win a life-changing amount, having staked just £50
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