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Message: LOOKS LIKE A HUGE WEEKEND - I LOVE SPRING!
5- DUBAI RACING CLUB CUP 1400 M Of $352000 Of $350000 and $2000 trophy. First $227500 and trophy of $2000, second $70000, third $31500, fourth $14000, fifth $7000. Starter Subsidy: $200 for non-prize earning runners. (GROUP 1). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 18+3 EM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 FIELDS OF OMAGH Tony McEvoy 4 57 2 GORDO John Hawkes 6 54.5 3 MAGICAL MISS Bart Cummings 5 54 4 TITANIC JACK Tom Hughes (Jnr) 8 53.5 5 TRUE GLO Lee Freedman 9 53.5 6 MR. MURPHY Lee Freedman 10 53.5 7 ROSINA LAD (NZ) David Haworth 11 52.5 8 EXCEED AND EXCEL Tim Martin 1 52 9 SQUILLANI Phillip Stokes 12 52 10 MACEDON LADY John Symons 7 51.5 11 MR. LOFTY (NZ) David Hall 13 51.5 12 SCAREDEE CAT (NZ) Cliff Brown 2 51 13 LAGO DELIGHT Jim Marconi 3 51 14 BRIEF EMBRACE Peter G Moody 14 51 15 CRYSTAL FINALE Peter Morgan 15 51 16 WYNGROVE Danny O'Brien 16 51 17 C'EST LE REVE Alan Bailey 17 51 18 REACTIVE Brian Mayfield-Smith 18 51 19 EMISSION Cliff Brown 19 51 20 TYCOON RULER Jim Marconi 20 51 21 CIVIL James Riley 21 51 22 CROP (NZ) Kevin Chisholm 22 51 23 BAHAMIAN RHAPSODY Carol Faithfull 23 51
3- EMIRATES AIRLINE UNDERWOOD STAKES 1800 M Of $352000 Of $350000 and $2000 trophy. First $227500 and trophy of $2000, second $70000, third $31500, fourth $14000, fifth $7000. Starter Subsidy: $200 for non-prize earning runners. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Standard Weight for Age. (GROUP 1). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 16+3 EM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 PENTASTIC David Hall 3 58 2 AMALFI (NZ) Kelly Schweida 5 58 3 GREY SONG Tommy Hughes 7 58 4 TUMERIC Lee Freedman 12 58 5 WALK ON AIR Colin Alderson 14 58 6 ANOTHER WARRIOR Alan Bailey 17 58 7 ZAREK Geni Gillis 18 58 8 HELENUS Bart Cummings 1 57 9 CLANGALANG Gerald Ryan 2 57 10 NATURAL BLITZ Doug Harrison 8 57 11 MUMMIFY Lee Freedman 11 57 12 STRASBOURG Bart Cummings 13 57 13 CONVERGE (NZ) Bradley Marzato 20 57 14 MAGICAL MISS Bart Cummings 4 55.5 15 ROSE ARCHWAY Clarry Conners 6 55.5 16 HONOR BABE (NZ) Katrina Alexander 9 55.5 17 SUNDAY JOY Gai Waterhouse 10 54.5 18 AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' Barbara Joseph 15 54.5 19 CRIANCA Shaun Dwyer 16 54.5 20 ZAGALIA (NZ) Clarry Conners 19 54.5 21 LEGIBLE (NZ) Bradley Marzato 21 54.5
1- CARLTON DRAUGHT GUINEAS PRELUDE 1400 M Of $200750 Of $200000 and $750 trophy. First $130000 and trophy of $750, second $40000, third $18000, fourth $8000, fifth $4000. Starter Subsidy: $200 for non-prize earning runners. For Three-Years-Old Colts and Geldings. Set Weights plus Penalties. (GROUP 3). This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses. No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 16+3 EM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 KUSI John Hawkes 1 57.5 2 IN TOP SWING Noel Mayfield-Smith 2 57.5 3 SCAREDEE CAT (NZ) Cliff Brown 3 57.5 4 EXCEED AND EXCEL Tim Martin 4 57.5 5 CAHUITA Steve Richards 5 57.5 6 DANCE UP Mathew Ellerton 6 57.5 7 LAGO DELIGHT Jim Marconi 7 56 8 PIETINER Colin Alderson 8 56 9 CANNYOPRA Andrew Noblet 9 55 10 KEEP THE FAITH Tony McEvoy 10 55 11 DELZAO Greg Kavanagh 11 55 12 FRESH BOY Ray Lawson 12 54 13 MR QIGONG James Riley 13 54 14 FLASH IN THE PAN Cliff Brown 14 54 15 CLOSE ENCOUNTER Tony Vasil 15 54 16 ELVSTROEM Tony Vasil 16 54 17 KEMPINSKY Mick Price 17 54 18 ENDOWMENT (NZ) Bradley Marzato =18 54 19 REV EM UP (NZ) Ross McDonald =18 54
1- GLOAMING STAKES 1800 M Of $141200 Of $140000 and $1200 trophy. First $91000 and trophy of $1200, second $28000, third $12600, fourth $5600, fifth $2800. For Three-Years-Old. Set Weights. (GROUP 2). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 14+4 EM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 AL JAMEEL (NZ) Graeme Rogerson 2 ALLGUNADOIT (NZ) Kevin Moses 3 BARBERTON David Payne 4 COLOMBO John Morish 5 FANGIO David Payne 6 GILDED YOUTH Frank Cleary 7 GRANDLY David Payne 8 HANDSOME RANSOM Anthony Cummings 9 HASSLE John Hawkes 10 NOVEMBER DREAMING Bart Cummings 11 SPURCENT Graeme Spackman 12 SQUARE ONE Grahame Begg 13 SUPERIOR SATEEN Gerald Ryan 14 TERRACOTTA BAY Gai Waterhouse 15 TSUIMAI Jack Denham 16 UNEARTHLY (NZ) David Payne
2- TEA ROSE STAKES 1500 M Of $141200 Of $140000 and $1200 trophy. First $91000 and trophy of $1200, second $28000, third $12600, fourth $5600, fifth $2800. For Three-Years-Old Fillies. Set Weights. (GROUP 2). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 16+2 EM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 BARBERTON David Payne 2 CHARMVIEW Tony Wildman 3 DIAMOND HAILEY (NZ) Cliff Brown 4 DUBAI RUBY Graeme Rogerson 5 GRANDLY David Payne 6 IKE'S DREAM John Hawkes 7 JEWEL OF THE NILE Wade Slinkard 8 MISS IVY (NZ) Bob Thomsen 9 PAINT BY NUMBERS Kris Lees 10 SHAMEKHA Gai Waterhouse 11 SKY CUDDLE Peter G Moody 12 UNEARTHLY (NZ) David Payne
Dubai - This has been a good race for 3 year olds in recent years. I like the 2 who quinellaed the Ascot Vale, Scaredee Cat and Lago Delight - the one who draws the best barrier will probably be carrying mine.
Exceed & Excell is an interesting nomination. May well be too good, but young Sydney horses often struggle around Caulfield and his action suggests to me that he could fall into this category - if he starts he will probably be unders.
It's a bit sad that the only horse who was given 55 or more kilos is Fields Of Omagh - a horse with no group 1's to his name. Doesn't say a lot for the quality of the race.
Underwood - barriers and track conditions will be crucial here, I'll stay out at this stage but the Craiglee runners look to be the major contenders.
Gloaming - I've liked Handsome Ransom from his first run and really liked the way he got to the line last start. I'll probably be backing him.
Tea Rose - Hard to go past Shamekha although Diamond Hailey is an interesting nomination.
Message: True Glo has a good chance on Saturday but I reckon he would be an absolute moral for the Toorak. Does anybody know of any bookies offering early markets? True Glo could even be a good show for the Epsom, does anyone know if Freedman is aiming him for the race?
Message: although i rate exceed and excel very very highly (have him blackbooked right from the start in fact), i think theres a little query about him getting a strong 1400m and we will find out on sunday. if he's given a soft run in front i think he will win.
Titanic Jack and True Glo looks the logical quinella here. The four year old's are already showing in general they are a better crop than the older horses (look at the winners in 90% of the open group and listed races this season) and with 53.5 the 3yr olds are not getting enough weight of them.
Message: Just had a look at the acceptances for Saturday.
What's going on with Sydney racing? The numbers in their fields have been poor for a while, but the problem seems to be getting worse.
On Saturday they have a major meeting with 6 of the 8 races offering black type. Of these, 4 are Group 2 and 2 are Listed. Despite this they only have 70 horses accepting, less than 9 runners a race on average. 3 of the 8 races will not offer a third place dividend, even before scratchings.
The feature Hill Stakes only has 5 runners, none of whom are champions who would be frightening off competitors.
The numbers really are cause for concern.
Melbourne on Sunday has a programme also offering 6 black type events (2 Group 1's, 2 Group 3's and 2 Listed). They have 131 runners in 8 races, an average of over 16 per race. They also had horses balloted out and emergencies in 3 races.
Sydney has no other racing on the weekend, Melbourne also has a Saturday meeting that has attracted 102 runners (average 12-13 per race)!
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