Coolmore’s Tom Magnier gives a little sling to the strapper of Switzerland who puts it straight in the back pocket 💰💰
What are we guessing - greenbacks or pineapples? 👇😊
James looked shattered in the Zapateo i/view. I take my hat off to JC & the team. An outstanding job with Anamoe & they’ve respected racing by racing him as a 4yo. They could’ve dodged Dubai Honour today but they showed up. We’re better for
@godolphin
’s contribution to Aus racing
Winning a Saturday race
@rosehillgardens
is a dream come true for me. As a kid, Dad & I were regulars. A hotdog, chips & $5 a race from Dad to punt was my idea of heaven. You couldn't dare dream back then we'd go on to breed & race our very own Rosehill Saturday winner 💪🙏🔴⚪️
Ole Kirk $51 in the Golden Rose with Sportsbet & Bet Easy for anyone who thinks he runs well today. He may not win today but he'll be storming home & likely the one everyone wants to take home. I feel he's one of the chances in the Rose on the day, & must have some $51.
Is So You Think the greatest racehorse / stallion we’ve seen? There have been better racehorses, and better stallions. But has there been any better at both capers? I don’t think so.
Updated💥OMG! 3 GROUP 1’s on Championships day!! SO YOU THINK today won the $4,000,000.00 Queen Elizabeth with “Think It Over” & The $2,000,000.00 Sydney Cup with “Knights Order” & The $1,000,000.00 Queen Of The Turf with “Nimalee
@PaulSmith0094
@7horseracing
Wow what a superstar. He’s only 3 and he’s already won an Everest, All Aged and Doomben 10,000. The 3yo champ. Can’t wait to see him back later this year for the spring.
Are you not entertained?! Way To The Stars back with a bang today. Did so much wrong pre-race & went like a lear jet start to finish. Hung on despite being vulnerable f-up. Thanks to
@mcsmithracing
& team for all their hard work &
@clarkyhk
for the ride.
My first Royal Ascot experience. Better than I even imagined. The sense of royalty & occasion mixed with the world stage of racing. So many Aussies there - met George Gregan! Asfoora represented us Aussies so well. Would love to come back with one in a race one day 🙏🏻.
Stunned how many people were against Zaaki yesterday. Even the very good judges in the media tipping Inspirational Girl - who was never beating him on paper or turf. Others just run general happy to lay him and be with anything else. Mystifying. He was value all week too.
Look at Kovalica detached from the field top of the straight, near enough to last at the 200m. One of the runs of the day across the country. I have to believe they go to 2000m & the Cox Plate. I just don’t understand how you’d come back to 1500m at Rosehill against 20 horses.
Celestial Legend wow what a win! He was miles off them, held up at the worst stage, had to bust clear and has flown like a jet in the last 200m. What an animal. God bless him.
@JCdaGUNNER
@axelthfc
The only thing crap & fluke about the Arsenal draw was your two goals. You got lucky you took anything from the game. Say what you like about who we've beaten. Time will tell. But don't be daft about the Derby. You were on your knees & survived with an own goal & penalty.
The Shinzo headlines will be dominated by Snitzel, because that's where the money is. But the real story is his mum Samaready. She won a Blue Diamond & Moir, & in only 2 foals has bred a Millions & Slipper winner. Phenomenal. Is there a better racehorse/broodmare in recent years?
"What Shinzo’s victory does for Snitzel is confirm the four-time Australian champion sire..."
It's fantastic to have
@streetruffian
aboard to crunch the numbers for us 🧮
@ArrowfieldStud
@CoolmoreAus
Fangirl might just lay claims to the best horse in the country by the end of this prep. What a win. Has walked in from behind and around them. They weren't slouches either.
Still can’t get over the run of Pride Of Jenni. She was coming back on the line as I don’t think she saw Espiona sneak up underneath her. She would’ve nailed Espiona if she had more time. She’s arguably run of the day anywhere in the country. So much heart. Mares rarely do that.
Well done all who stuck solid with Gold Trip. Rewarded for your loyalty. Maher/Eustace did an outstanding job preparing GT. Looked suspect at 2 miles but they've nailed it. Aust B'stock have now won 2 Cups - outstanding. What do we say about Deauville Legend - didn't stay?
I correlate cricket’s decline in support & position in the nation’s psyche with the self-destruction of day-nighters. I was cricket obsessed growing up watching DNs on tele on a summer night. This innings lived in my head for years & all I wanted to be was Bevan in a day-nighter.
Am I going mad? How is Amelia’s Jewel $4 for a Cox Plate, splitting Romantic Warrior and Mr Brightside?! Futures prices & value continue to deteriorate.
It was a spectacle. But what do we make of that Queen Elizabeth? I'm fairly certain none of them wanted to be the one to cart up, and in doing so they've sealed their fates and accepted running in another race. Overall time 2.02. That's not exactly setting 2000m records.
It’s difficult to remember, but there was actually a time when bookies eased runners around a fave who firmed $3.5-$2.8. Now they firm the fave & everything else is unaffected.
There’s something wrong if a statue isn’t built for Gai. If we save Rosehill with Gai leading the fight, I say build it there! She’s done more for racing than most. Grabs mainstream attention and fights for racing’s best interests in a selfless way.
OUTFIT CHECK 👒👗👠
What else would I wear on the eve of the GOLDEN SLIPPER? ⭐️✨
An enjoyable afternoon at Fiorente Farm with the connections of our slipper runners 🐎
1️⃣ more sleep until the the richest 2YO race in the world 🌎
Only a small % of punters win consistently. Even less to a degree that would be expensive to a bookmaker to continue to accept their bets. The biggest issue is the restriction of people who win miserly amounts or often don’t even win - they just once upon a time found value.
I’m convinced Tom Kitten runs well here for a horse double figures, and equally convinced he wins a nice race. He’s going too well. Tab has him $51 Caulfield Guineas. Crazy. Spring Champion could be his race. He’s a good 3yo.
Excited to see our 3yo colt Way To The Stars kicking off in the last at Gosford tonight with Jason Collett on board. He’s a promising horse who we have a lot of time for 💪🙏🏻🔴⚪️
It’s a joy when
@sportsbetcomau
deductions just pile up with each scratching for tomorrow, & not only your horse doesn’t firm, but they get its price out. These lawless deductions are theft in broad daylight.
A little reminder of what Private Eye did in the Giga Kick (then Nature Strip) Stakes last year. Looks one of the bets of the day at $3.8 on Saturday. Maybe I'm a broken record, but how can he be 4 times the price of Think About It?
🏆NATURE STRIP STAKES
1300m,$3.000.000
🇦🇺 Rosehill Gardens
Private Eye (AUS)
(6G Al Maher x Confidental Queen , by Shamardal)
J : Brenton Avdulla
T: Joseph Pride
O :P Yates, J Allen, S Flegman, M Keatinge, B Playford, G Lester, P Davidson
TAB has Southport Tycoon $21 - what on earth is that about? Some of these horses who haven't raced in the last fortnight are being forgotten about, I think. Granted no evidence he handles a heavy track, but his Veight & Riff Rocket form reference is strong for a horse with 49kg.
Are we ready for
@MehreenFaruqi
's annual attempt to pretend she knows something about horse racing? Cashing in on the once a year she apparently cares for horse welfare. Silent & absent all year while actual animal cruelty goes on. But won't miss her chance to cash in on Nov 7.
I have to think if Buenos Noches turns up in the Sir Rupert Clarke on Saturday he starts favourite. He has given the Champ a real fright at WFA, and he’s always struck me as a horse who at least has scope for 1400m. At most is even better. Stable airborne.
Cylinder $4.6 = great bet. Everest back to an even 3yo crop is hard to knock. Ahead of him is TAI & PE faves for the Giga Kick, next to him is In Secret one of the faves in the Champ Sprnt & behind him H50 fave Golden 🦅 & Espiona winner of The Invitation!
@MikeCarlton01
@TimThwaites1
Champagne socialist drags out yet another stereotypical uneducated irrelevant tweet. It’s the race that stops our nation, Mike. Feel free to leave for one that doesnt stop, or just keep your lack of Cup interest to yourself. Your interests are no more important than anyone else’s
Legends
@GaiWaterhouse1
&
@cwallerracing
spoke loudly against the proposed sale of Rosehill at a members discussion tonight, backed by the majority of those there. We learnt something key. The sale is NOT a fait accompli. It needs a member vote to succeed. We can stop the sale!
ATC - withdraw the proposal immediately. It’s a terrible idea. Instead of demonstrating leadership, intelligence & vision for a sustainable, profitable future, they want a cash grab by selling off our greatest asset. Any fool can do that. That’s not leadership. That’s not vision.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has conceded in parliament that the $5 billion plan to sell Rosehill racecourse — and replace it with 25,000 homes — is on thin ice 👇
STORY:
What a day! Our first double. One we bought as a yearling, one we bred from the best one we’ve had who we also bred. On top of the world for today. So many lows in racing that you have to take hold of days like today and get as much as you can out of them
#TGG
We’ve got Undeniable & Forged In Stone representing the colours in races 1 & 4
@moruyaraces
today. Both expected to be very competitive with an ounce of luck. Give them strength 💪🙏🏻🔴⚪️
@LHiltonracing
Post Impressionist is very short for a horse rising 4.5kg to WFA. I have the market reversed and Buckaroo clear favourite. Buck one of the better bets I've found on the card. Anyone agree?
Has Private Eye really eased post-draw? Sat 3 deep first up & storms to victory. Race looks on-speed or 3WWC suited & he’ll probably lob 3WWC without giving them too much start. Buenos Noches can find the running line too. Both drawn well in my humble opinion.
Why is Renaissance Woman $9.50? Brings the Spring Champion formline, which is probably the strongest of them - reinforced by the fave's price. She beat the Derby winner there & won the Ethereal the start prior. Pedigree is a tick. What am I missing?
I like Jacquinot out in barrier 11. As I've said before, there's nothing better at Flemington over the 1400/1600m than being in the 3 wide with cover running line. Low barriers are a death trap for that T&D. They race very crowded in big fields & it's a battle for momentum.
I was wrong about the price, and I'm fairly certain not another soul on earth has tipped him here and he has blown a gale as a result. But I was max bet & supremely confident there. Prebble arrogant. Horse enormous. Mammoth result.
Interesting runner on Sat: 3yo colt Cannonball who kicks off his autumn for new trainers
@SnowdenRacing1
in the Maurice McCarten. Ended the spring with a 3rd to Giga & Buenos & was tightened for room L200m. Trialled well. Ready to explode. Took $8 Tab & $6.5 SB is fine too.
Pericles is $6-$4. Love him but he doesn't stay, does he? Heavily backed second fave MV Vase, looked like it would win by 3L at the 400, run down. Third fave Vic Derby, looks the winner at the 400, drops out. Heavily backed fave Guineas, hits lead at the 200, run down
#miler
What a legend Les Bridge is. It’s crazy how age & time allow many to forget & ignore the talent of people in many walks of life. Les never fails punters who back him. From Hot Danish to Celestial Legend for those of my generation. Let alone the many from generations long before.
Love it. I don't think she beats Imperatriz but I'm sure she'll give her a fright. She is absolutely flying & deserves a big race win. Credit to the connections for taking up the challenge.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
Henry Dwyer breaks the news on
#RacingPulse
that Asfoora WON'T run this weekend, and will instead head to the G1 Champions Sprint to take on the big guns over 1200 metres.
👀🔥
Fans of Yellow Sam in tears watching the jock fight the horse at the quarters of Nunthorpe walking, only to then be flat footed and off the bit chasing it in less than two furlongs. Ordinary, ordinary ride.
Flemington 1400m is the biggest trap of all. I hate low draws and love wide draws. If you can get in the 3 wide running line with cover you are laughing. Kissonallfourcheeks for me. Smaller bet Yearning at odds.
Look at the little horse in the yellow tracking Duais and taking ground off Think It Over in the last 100m of the 2022 Australian Cup. Injury, time and age have since had their way. But Ho Ho Khan lobs in a Metropolitan with 52.5kg and is $71/$12 😳
Lost And Running has been one of mine for a long time, but he's poison odds this Saturday. He's priced as though he won the the Everest. Private Eye is excellent value $5.5. He and Mazu are top line G1 sprinters both suited up to 1300m as much as LaR will be. Zero value in LaR.
The ATC needs to withdraw their Rosehill sale proposal immediately to avoid any further embarrassment. They operate at the mercy of the Crown everywhere bar Rosehill & they want to sell the Golden Goose. The govt doesn’t care about racing. They’ll sooner abandon it.
ATC members were extremely vocal in their opposition to the proposed sale of the ATC’s most valuable asset, Rosehill Racecourse. I felt embarrassed for the Board.
Way To The Stars is ready to rock n roll in R7 at Canterbury tonight. It’s a hot race, very competitive, but we’re confident he can make it 3 from 3 💪🙏🏻🔴⚪️
Way To The Stars? Way to the ATM! Well said
@BenWayAUS
. Great to see our boy back to the races with a bang today. The
@mcsmithracing
team have worked so hard on what continues to be a work in progress. But it’s work made easier with the services of
@nashhot
who’s on fire 🙏🏻💪🔴⚪️
Apart from seeming like a great human being, Jayne is an exceptional mounting yard judge. When the broadcasters find a genuinely good one, they lift the coverage massively.
Undeniable bought by Yulong. A 5⭐️ new home for next chapter as Mum. Can't thank her enough for the fun she brought us. Paid $42k for her, Syd metro winner of 6 races, $250k p/money & sold for $75k. All for new people to racing, now advocates of the great game
#JobDone
💪🙏🔴⚪️
I haven’t had a single bet with Colossalbet let alone used a promo. Yet apparently my use of promos is outside their guidelines. Don’t think I’ve ever seen worse customer comms & marketing than that you experience with the corporate bookies. Their systems & execution are terrible
Very sad to read the news that the champ Lonhro has passed. Looked & walked like a panther! Hard to top his C'field Guineas win for me as I was on when the stable thought he was No.2 seed to Viscount. But you have to say this Aus Cup win was his crowning moment. Go Lonhro Go! 🙏
Stoked to have Highly Desired in the
#FourPillars
on Oct 30. He’s ready to run a big race & we can’t wait. Thanks to all who helped the drive for a slot & to all for tolerating my campaign 😬 Congrats to
@leverracing
who has two in the race. Onwards to
@rosehillgardens
💪🙏🏻🔴⚪️
A first-up winner at Goulburn this month, Highly Desired will be Claire Lever's second runner in the $700,000
#FourPillars
on Saturday week. 📸
@Bradley_Photos
I don't think it's a huge stretch to say Benedetta should've won. Didn't get out til the 150m or something like that. Dictated too for most of the race. Flew when she got out after having zero momentum.
I was only discussing with my old man recently about how people forget Randwick is a lease from the govt. Don't tell me that one day a govt like the one we have now won't kick us off Randwick to develop it. At least we owned Rosehill & controlled our destiny.
Overpass looks best placed horse all weekend. $2.8 looks fair too. I find it hard to see him beaten. Shadow Devil a nice horse in the making. But how isn't Overpass $2 off defeating Forbidden Love & Anamoe first up, & 2nd to Lost And Running last start? Level weights here. Wow.
There may be faster but none tougher. There may be bigger but none with a bigger ❤️. So proud of our mare Undeniable. My first win at spiritual home
@rosehillgardens
where Dad took me to many racedays as a kid, where I got my first job & where I can’t wait to get back to 💪🙏🏻🔴⚪️
Reckon if you googled the word “tough” this mare would feature in the results! Undeniable recorded her sixth win this afternoon
@rosehillgardens
under a patient and confident ride by Jenny Duggan. Congratulations to her owners and connections, she’s all heart ❤️
#TeamMCS
The greatest compliment I can give that ride by Mark Zahra is it was a carbon copy of a
@boss_glen
Cup ride on Makybe Diva. I was confident the race was over at the bend, it was that good.
If I owned Icebath I'd be furious at her scratching today. She needs a black type win & that was at her mercy. If she comes out & wins the George Main then they're geniuses. But I can't see it. Could've won today & secured her value, then target the Epsom as her G1 chance.
Bred, cared for & raced Highly Desired for 7 years. He’s been great to us with 8 wins & again today rewards us with the privilege of an owner experience on Golden Slipper Day - unquestionably the greatest day of racing in Sydney all year. Stoked to have
@clarkyhk
onboard 💪🙏🏻🔴⚪️
This Turnbull is a let down. Gold Trip surely sacked after last start having every conceivable. Even with her weight & post-race issue last start, Duais has two laps of Flemington on them. She will explode third up, 2000m, Flemington. Will start clear fave.
Without A Fight for me in the Cup. Found it a tough race this year. The class up top looks to have it between them. Vauban might blow them away but a winner of a fast Caulfield Cup is hard to beat in the Melbourne Cup any year! Good luck, all.
Why is Passeggiata $1.95 Tab? She SP’d $1.6 last start in Saturday grade. I took $2.1 before scratchings and can’t believe there’s $1.95 around this morning.
This is me tomorrow:
Syd
Everest - Private Eye from Buenos Noches
King Charles - Mr Brightside
Of the rest - Renaissance Woman
Mlb
M&P - Duais
Guineas - can’t split Steparty & Militarize but the Vic colt better value
Toorak - The Inevitable
Of the rest - Asfoora & Barbie’s Fox
I say it every Flemington meeting and I'll say it today. There is nothing better than 3 wide with cover Flemington 1400m. Case in point again today - Antino box seat, Amelia's Jewel wide & back with cover.
@JackFitzT1
You backed a horse that misses the kick by a mile every start, and the criticism is for who? We all have bad days and jockeys have bad rides. This sort of garbage is never ok.
A WFA star winning a big G1 handicap with an historically significant weight will always be one of the key measures of champion status in Australia. It's what makes our racing unique. Credit to them for setting the mare this challenge. Who turns up determines the size of it.
@TeAkauRacing
can confirm our star mare Imperatriz will contest the Group 1 Newmarket Hcp on 9 March
@FlemingtonVRC
Careful consideration was given to both Sydney & Melbourne options for that date & a number of factors (pros & cons) determined the decision by the team of David,
I keep looking over it but I can't for the life of me understand how Manzoice has beaten Sharp n Smart. Beat him comfortably despite sitting 3 deep no cover in the Spring Champion. Just as suited up to 2500m. Was it just the fast tempo & being a few lengths closer to it?