Yes I think that is a fair point and judged on his runs this year, especially the other day when he was really asked to do not much more than jog to the line - I think he is a live chance. It has the tendency to throw up long priced place getters at least - Shiraz/ Max Dynamite etc.....SNS got to be a decent top six chance for mine, 

Len Butterfield wouldn't put up with this bullshit  by today's Stewards!🙄

CT leave me out of your shit ...I have nothing to do with him or anything you do..remember that.

The Coolmore Stud Stakes field lines up at Flemington on Saturday, 2nd November Saturday 2024, over 1200m. A high quality field has been finalised for the Coolmore Stud Stakes, featuring the likes of Everest place-getter Growing Empire, group 1 placed Traffic Warden and dominant last start winner Switzerland. No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Hcp Rating 1 GROWING EMPIRE Ciaron Maher Mark Zahra 9 57kg   110 2 COLEMAN Matt Laurie Ethan Brown 6 57kg   102 3 TRAFFIC WARDEN James Cummings Ms Jamie Kah 3 57kg   101 4 BITTERCREEK Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin Ben Allen 13 57kg   88 5 SWITZERLAND Chris Waller James McDonald 8 57kg   100 6 FIRST SETTLER Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) Michael Dee 10 57kg   90 7 BODYGUARD Peter Snowden Hugh Bowman 2 57kg   82 8 GATSBY'S Chris Waller Damian Lane 7 57kg   81 9 STOLI BOLLI Ben, Will & JD Hayes Luke Currie 5 57kg   74 10 YOSHINOBU Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Jamie Mott 1 57kg   82 11 ENRICHED Michael Freedman Jye McNeil 14 57kg   75 12 GALLANT SON Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman Luke Nolen 12 57kg   69 13 LADY OF CAMELOT Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Tim Clark 4 55kg   109 14 BELLATRIX STAR Mark Walker Blake Shinn 11 55kg   109

The Victoria Derby field lines up at Flemington on Saturday, 2nd November Saturday 2024, over 2500m. A full field of 16 has been assembled for the Victoria Derby. Last start Group 1 winner El Castello will jump from the outside gate. Moonee Valley Vase winner Red Aces has faired much better, drawing barrier 4. No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp Rating 1 EL CASTELLO Anthony Cummings Joshua Parr 18 57kg 106 2 RED ACES Nick Ryan Jamie Mott 4 57kg 84 3 KEENELAND (NZ) Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young Hugh Bowman 11 57kg 78 4 GOLDRUSH GURU Andrew Gluyas Ms Jamie Kah 15 57kg 73 5 SAINT EMILION Ciaron Maher Tim Clark 6 57kg 71 6 KINGOFWALLSTREET Matt Cumani Michael Dee 10 57kg 78 7 POLITELY DUN Danny O'Brien Damian Lane 5 57kg 68 8 KING OF THUNDER (NZ) John O'Shea & Tom Charlton James McDonald 1 57kg 74 9 TENBURY WELLS Brad Widdup Blake Shinn 14 57kg 68 10 PERU Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson Declan Bates 2 57kg 64 11 CHINA SEA John Sargent Mark Zahra 7 57kg 72 12 HOT TOO GO Danny O'Brien Jordan Childs 13 57kg 65 13 SCARY (NZ) Emma-Lee & David Browne Luke Nolen 8 57kg 72 14 OXFORD BLUE Julius Sandhu Ethan Brown 16 57kg 65 15 WEST INDIES (NZ) Mark Walker Craig Newitt 17 57kg 65 16 AUTUMNHEAT Matt Cumani Eoin Walsh 12 57kg 64 17e WAR RIBBON David Payne John Allen 3 57kg 62 18e CECCHETTI Matt Cumani Daniel Stackhouse 9 57kg 61

Hmmm and how many non-refundable futures bets have the bookies taken over the last 4 days..  

The Cup often proves to be a race where unlikely dreams and fairytales come true. Why not this one? If SNS had not copped that 'bug', Rogie would likely have raced the guts out of him as a 4yo, so perhaps the racing gods are working in mysterious ways here. Max certainly wouldn't write him off. Noted, though, that Rogie didn't mention giving him a run on Derby Day, so ...

She is Out

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Saturday from 2 30, Trackside Premier but on Tuesday looks like it's only from 4 30 until 5.40, well that's how the TV guide seems to read, so it seems on Melbourne Cup Day you will just get everything jammed on 1 and 2.

Break A Leg Rogie!!

Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway have announced that grade 1 winner and classic-placed Tapit Trice will enter stud at Gainesway upon his retirement from racing.View the full article

Stay and Scam will take on stablemate Just Nails and stakes winner Kissed by Fire Nov. 1 in the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes.View the full article

Starting to look like she is out, bugga

Better back it now then Gruffy, out to $8 so must be some doubt about her starting.

It`s probably hard to put any of them ahead of "The King" Ken Barron. I agree that Brent Barclays drive was a beauty, but if you want to see The King in action there is no better example than this ... Result - Harness Racing  How a positive drive can win a race.  

I’m certain it’s scooby that keeps loading up! Not long to go now 😎  

Phenomenal turn of foot…if she runs like that, she wins. Better than Obamburumai who won it last year. https://x.com/Kontenasan_bf/status/1832675087994192341

Maiden Watch: Breeders' Cup 2024View the full article

Aidan O'Brien's hopes of winning the Melbourne Cup (G1) for the first time have been dashed as leading contender Jan Brueghel has been dramatically ruled out of this year's race after failing a vets check.View the full article