Good summary of the rating system Deep South. And of course, as well as the $17K stakes, Ashburton is the only meeting most of these Canterbury horses could race at this week. So of course big fields!

Alas price will be gone - top 3 on tuesday would have been great for me

Correct NM, absolute nonsense 

It also highlights the mathematical stupidity of the rating system. So many horses rated below 50, and so few in the higher rating bands .... and the powers that be don't seem to understand why. Let's apply some year 2 maths to the situation .... After the Ashburton meeting: 14 horses will go up 6 ratings points on average. Possibly even less than 14 will go up as some winners may be eligible for a free win. 42 horses will stay on the same rating 140 will drop to an even lower rating (if they haven't already bottomed out on 35 points) Any fool can see that it's a mathematical certainly that an ever increasing percentage of the horse population will keep heading into the sub 50 rating band. Therefore it's also a mathematical certainty that fewer and fewer horse will be available to fill the higher rated races. Eventually a 51 rating will be considered FFA grade! The asylum is being run by the lunatics!

If you go back far enough, Northern Dancer is in all of the pedigree's.

Was gunna say , Get on the Stable-mate of that one . Olivia will be Coming out of the gate from the 1 Alley, with All she's got to keep the lead in that ,   RACE 7. It's a Group 1 worth 200k , so they won't muck around ,  and she'll give a perfect Sit to the Cullen stable-mate (same owner too)  GENERAL JEN , drawn directly behind her. General Jen will come through the inside up the home straight and take the Victory at  9-1 . Get in the queue !!! (either to collect or for next bet if plan doesn't work lol 🤣) 

None of them Won the Everest , so Bella Nipotina is in fact the ' Highest Ascending ' mare beating  them All to the Top of the Class 😉. 

The word is " Get on Nazareth" Show day

I will give the Aussie trainers their due , they can sharpen up an English stayer , but I wouldn't be spending 2mil on a 7yo , much better buying one of the real promising 3yos in UK .  

You can't be , your not smart enough , if you think Trumps a good thing .   

Members of Trump's newly announced Cabinet "realise the reality of what's coming", because they've stated it clearly, in the past Marco Rubico  on Trump - "A con-artist."  "The most vulgar person ever to aspire to the Presidency." JD Vance on Trump - "Reprehensible."   "An idiot." Tulsi Gabbard on Trump - "There is no question in my mind that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as President. I've said that over and over again."  

There are a LOT of very basic, stupid people in the US….and it will be interesting to see how they react when they realise the reality of what’s coming.

True. They are obviously hoping that once he becomes acclimatised he might het his best UK form back. Plenty of money to be won, and if he does, and that purchase price might look like chickenfeed.

I'm more savvy than you, and I can explain it. Simply, Trump the incumbent was far less popular in 2020, thanTrump the challenger was in 2024.

Interesting that they have said he will be aimed at next year's Melbourne Cup. Hard to think of many horses winning the Cup on their third go after being out of the top 10 on both previous attempts.

Ditto….and the earlier comment is not good news….🙈

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They have a decent record with imports but $2m for a 7 year old ?   Australian Bloodstock, Gai buy Vauban Andrew Eddy@fastisheddy   13 November, 2024       Vauban ridden by William Buick on the way to the barriers prior to the running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington We have not seen the last of Vauban in Australia with confirmation he has been purchased by Australian Bloodstock in partnership with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott for around $2 million. Waterhouse and Bott will take over training of the Irish stayer from Willie Mullins with early expectations Vauban could take in an autumn campaign before being set for a third Melbourne Cup. Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett confirmed the purchase of the Rich Ricci-owned galloper on Wednesday. Vauban has twice been expected to run well in the past two Melbourne Cups, but has twice disappointed with his 14th place last year followed by an equally-battling 11th in last week’s great race. A seven-year-old to Australian time, Vauban was to have returned to Ireland on Wednesday to aim up at a hurdling campaign into next March’s Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham for jumps master Mullins, but he will instead be sent for a summer spell in NSW before joining the Waterhouse-Bott stable over summer. A winner of eight of his 21 starts, of which eight starts (and three wins) were over hurdles in the UK, Vauban came to Melbourne this spring on the back of a second placing to the world’s leading stayer Kyprios in the group 1 Irish St Leger (2800m) at The Curragh.

I‘m of Scottish ancestry and I support Trump.    Time to wake up