bart cummings
 

that dude just gets his best ready for the cup. He didn't care about those last 4 races. We handicapped those last 4 races like dummies and made viewed 90-1 and he just trained his best up to the cup for his 12th mel. cup win.

VIEWED .... BLAKE ... ! Well done!

(of course I never even considered him ... Bart gets you every time!)

Gawd, I love Cup day! How cool was that? Gotta love $35K supers <g>

Look at the screwy N. American pool Melbourne Cup exotic payoffs:
10 $186.00 $57.70 $29.10
12 . $24.10 $16.40
4 . . $25.20
Wager Type Winning Numbers Paid
$2.00 Exacta 10-12 $2864.70
$1.00 Quinella 10-12 $341.65
$1.00 Trifecta 10-12-4 $45979.40
$1.00 Superfecta 10-12-4-2 $17601.10

Amazing stuff from Bart, what a trainer.

Really happy with my boy CLG. Next year maybe?

Another wild Cup! And here, for no particular reason other than the obvious.. Luca Cumani's daughter Francesca!

The Melbourne Cup is always memorable, Big fields and big payoffs all night!

just read that Viewed won that race on 3 days rest!! From the DRF...

"Viewed had just raced on Saturday, finishing last of 11 in a 1 1/4-mile race that produced three runners who came back in the Cup just three days later. Although Viewed, 5, had won 7 of 23 starts, he had not finished better than seventh in his last four races."

WOW!

Can't believe Bauer couldnt get up in time but congrats to Cummings - always keeps a fair bit up his sleeve..

Very odd to see Coolmore do what they did. They should have controlled that race, but instead, they finished 4th last, 2nd last and last!!

Bring a horse down there that loves fast ground!!!

Yeah same here, I looked at the Cummings horses yesterday as possible bets keeping in mind of Trainers that know how to get a horse ready for the Cup and with that in mind I couldn't even make a case for this horse. Nothing in his preparation would have suggested a confident win bet, the only real reason to bet him would have been the Cummings angle.

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Gright Rice

Finally a post worth reading

they have some wild races tonight

the oaks coming up next, $900K race

they had a race earlier that was all greys.