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Fawkner for me @ the minute anyone like anything else ?

I love Who Shot Thebarman as a 3200-metre horse. His Auckland Cup win was something else and he's looking very good so far this prep. If he makes the field he'll be a nice chance.

Check this out (and, for the record, it was written by ed :tro: )...

Japanese star attacked by stablemate

http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...-by-stablemate :eek:

There are some scary photos of the incident around on the web too! We didn't have the rights to publish them, but have a look at this...

On Target !!!:tro:

I guess Brambles is opting for the David Jones Cup on Saturday? (Don't judge me, I like him!).

Not sure who I like for the Caulfield Cup yet but for the Cox Plate am thinking The Cleaner... :)

1 ADMIRE RAKTI (JPN) Tomoyuki Umeda Zac Purton 58kg
2 DANDINO (GB) Marco Botti Craig Williams 57kg
3 GREEN MOON (IRE) Robert Hickmott Chad Schofield 57kg
4 SEA MOON (GB) Robert Hickmott Steven Arnold 57kg
5 BANDE (IRE) Yoshito Yahagi Christophe Lemaire 56.5kg
6 THE OFFER (IRE) Gai Waterhouse Tommy Berry 56.5kg
7 SEISMOS (IRE) Marco Botti Craig Newitt 56kg
8 HAWKSPUR Chris Waller Damien Oliver 55.5kg
9 JUNOOB (GB) Chris Waller Douglas Whyte 55.5kg 1.5kg
10 MORIARTY (IRE) Chris Waller Michael Rodd 55kg
11 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) Chris Waller Glen Boss 55kg 1.5kg
12 DEAR DEMI Clarry Conners Jim Cassidy 54.5kg
13 STIPULATE (GB) David Hayes & Tom Dabernig Dwayne Dunn 54kg
14 LIDARI (FR) Peter G Moody 53.5kg
15 LUCIA VALENTINA (NZ) Kris Lees Kerrin McEvoy 53kg
16 RISING ROMANCE (NZ) Donna Logan James McDonald 53kg
17 BIG MEMORY (FR) Tony McEvoy Corey Brown 52kg
18 GRIS CARO (GB) Jake Stephens Joao Moreira 52kg
19e BRAMBLES (NZ) Peter G Moody 53.5kg
20e ARALDO (GB) Michael Moroney 53kg
21e UNCHAIN MY HEART David Hayes & Tom Dabernig 52kg
22e RENEW (IRE) Marco Botti 52kg

Form:

http://www.racingandsports.com.au/en...&meeting=48882

I will be yet one of many cheering on "The Cleaner" :)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-1...?section=sport

Looks like they Japanese really don't know what their doing over there. They almost cause a collision today with Red Cadeaux by galloping slow on the inside of the track :zz:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/su...-1227090190679

I Have 3 ................;)
LUCIA VALENTINA (NZ) ...Watch this horse last ride absolutely Perfect Top pick deserves to be !!!
BANDE (IRE) ...Know Sweet FA about this horse but if you study form has gotta be a Good Chance !!
JUNOOB (GB) ....Down Right Honest Underdog...Amazing how many times a underdog will Bite you on the Bum !!!! Good Chance for your multiples :tro:

Good luck, Magic man! I tossed Bande so he's got a good shot now. :p

God help me I cannot toss Brambles so will do a win bet on him regardless of everything else. Rooting for Rising Romance and Who Shot Thebarman BUT in terms of trying to cap this? I don't think either hits the board this time.

Am thinking either Big Memory or Dear Demi wins and will be using Junoob (Doug Whyte up!) and Lucia Valentina underneath.

Of course there's still time...

Yes I Love Dear Demi.........But on Last run have my doubts she can see the Distance:confused:

I looked at Bande again and it's just that I can see him going right to the front and staying there till he's swallowed up.

Even with Zac up, I'm having a hard time seeing the other Japanese runner, Admire Rakti, win this having been off since May.

Confused about the status of Brambles... is he now in?

Very excited to see Bel Sprinter back (obviously in the sprint). I think I'll sit that one out but I do hope he's recovered (and yes I know he won his barrier trial but it wasn't too competitive a field, was it?).

I'm ignoring two horses I like very much... Moriarty (have been disappointed by him so many times now) and Gris Caro (sooo pretty). :D Thoughts on either? I'm not seeing them or the Moon horses having much of a say here but would be interested to hear if you think either might jump up and grab a piece of it.

DANDINO out, lame.

http://www.racingandsports.com.au/caulfieldcup/

That's a shame.

On first look:

#11 Who Shot Thebarman: Rapidly rose through the grades in NZ and has been the Boss (pun...) since switching to Victoria. G1 and G2 winner across the Tasman so the recent grade rise isn't a worry.
#4 Sea Moon: Royal Ascot winner over Dunaden and Red Cadeaux...his two best runs Down Under were at this distance and while he was one-paced in last he was first up for 7 months. Will be ridiculously huge odds.
#19 Brambles: Used the winter to get back into race shape. G1 winner at 12f prior to the two years off so the class has been there.
#9 Junoob is IMO better than The Offer (odds agree) and check out the jockey. Dangerous if he can find his form outside of Sydney.

Seismos is a G1 winner and should sit a great trip. May not be this quality but can run a place....Lucia Valentina will be coming with her one run but will it be enough?...Rising Romance is rounding back into form and gets better with more distance...Araldo ran a good one without ever really threatening to win but can spice up the exotics again.

Admire Rakti will need the run...Green Moon is way out of form...I'm not sure Bande has really beaten much...The Offer beat some weak fields back in April...Hawkspur won the G1 Queensland Derby at 12f but he got a perfect run that day and didn't beat much...Moriarty won last out but is inconsistent...Dear Demi was third last year but tough to have based on her last...distance is a concern for Stipulate...Lidari has a good record at 12f but that was against inferior (in fact, one of those runs shows on the form line of Gris Caro)...Big Memory won a G2 last time but doesn't have this type of class...Unchain My Heart and Renew don't have the quality...

Bande out, Unchain My Heart in:

http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/a....aspx?id=76307

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Andrew Hawkins ‏@AndrewNJHawkins · 2m2 minutes ago
Dear Demi gone too! Madness... #CaulfieldCup #horseracing