GR 1 Comp Melbourne Cup

[Raw Instinct]

7-3.00 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP 3200 M
Of $5100000 Of $5000000 and $100000 trophies. 1st $3000000 and trophies of $80000 to owner $8500 to trainer $8500 to jockey $3000 to strapper, 2nd $750000, 3rd $375000, 4th $200000, 5th $125000, 6th $110000, 7th $110000, 8th $110000, 9th $110000, 10th $110000. Starter Subsidy: $200 for non-prize earning runners. (GROUP 1). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 24
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No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barr Wgt Pen RTG
1 MAKYBE DIVA (GB) Lee Freedman G Boss 14 58 (125)
2 VINNIE ROE (IRE) Dermot K Weld P Smullen 24 58 (119)
3 DISTINCTION (IRE) Michael Stoute M Kinane 21 56.5 (117)
4 GREYS INN (USA) Mike De Kock W Marwing 13 56.5 (117)
5 FRANKLINS GARDENS (GB) Mark Tompkins Darryll Holland 10 54.5 (111)
6 EYE POPPER (JPN) Izumi Shimizu S Fujita 9 54 (113)
7 RAILINGS John Hawkes G Childs 5 54 (114)
8 XCELLENT (NZ) Michael Moroney M T Coleman 17 54 (112)
9 KINDJHAL (FR) David Hayes D Dunn 12 52.5 (105)
10 HUGS DANCER (FR) David Hayes N Ryan 7 52 (104.5)
11 DEMERGER Danny O'Brien B Shinn (a) 4 51.5 (106)
12 DIZELLE John Hawkes D Beadman 18 51.5 (109)
13 LACHLAN RIVER (NZ) John Morrisey G Colless 3 51.5 (105)
14 PORTLAND SINGA (NZ) Neville McBurney L Cassidy 1 51.5 (108)
15 VOUVRAY (NZ) Peter G Moody S Seamer 15 51.5 (106)
16 ON A JEUNE Peter Montgomerie D Gauci 11 51 (102)
17 UMBULA Mick Price S Baster 8 51 1.5 (105)
18 BAZELLE (NZ) Paul Jenkins R McLeod 22 50.5 (104)
19 ENVOY (NZ) Ken Kelso P Mertens 2 50.5 (101)
20 RIZON Cliff Brown J Ford 16 50.5 (101)
21 STRASBOURG Bart Cummings L Nolen 6 50.5 (98)
22 LEICA FALCON Richard Freyer K McEvoy 20 50 (105)
23 MR CELEBRITY (NZ) Gai Waterhouse D Beasley 19 49.5 (105)
24 KAMSKY Bart Cummings C Williams 23 48.5 (90)

[Stix]

6 EYE POPPER (JPN) ( 22 LEICA FALCON )

[Panther]

6 EYE POPPER (JPN) (7 RAILINGS)

[mad]

Diva (Railings)

[Real Deal]

diva (Dizelle)

[ijuandaQLD]

Eye Popper (Kindjhal)

[xptdriver]

Gday All

I liked Eye Popper's chances in the Caulfield Cup.. but I am not so sure here... the jockey frightens me a bit.. ( I hadn't seen that bloke ride prior to the CC)

Anyway my pick is ..

1/11/2005 3:00 FLEMINGTON 7 23 MR CELEBRITY
1/11/2005 3:00 FLEMINGTON 7 8 XCELLENT

I have 3 of them on top together Railings being the other... so I will go for the price ( My Heart says the Diva by the way)

Good luck to all

[ijuandaQLD]

i think everyones heart says the Diva X...mine sure does too

[xptdriver]

i think everyones heart says the Diva X...mine sure does too

Yeah I would love to see her do it.. because it is something I wont see in my lifetime again... But the old head says it is too hard.... I hope I am wrong

[ijuandaQLD]

So do i mate so do i

[Raw Instinct]

I gotta admit it would be something special to see but I can't say I want to see it happen always going to want whatever I have money on to get up. I have to be honest I cannot see a way she is going to win this to me it looks hard enough for her to place maybe I am overrating some others an awful lot and I guess come tomorrow arvo we will all know who is right and who is wrong.

Railings (not that I think I need the sub anyway Eye Popper)

[Horse Whisperer]

EYE POPPER (DIVA)

[rabbitz]

Leica Falcon(vinnie)

[bl4dez]

demerger

[moeee]

I been waiting fifty years for a beautiful naked woman to come knocking on my door.
I now realize it ain't gonna happen.

RAILINGS

[Oaksnaf]

Eye Popper (Railings)

[kiwi]

Bazelle :D

[davez]

eye popper by lenghts - (the bandwagon seems to be filling up quick) :)

[jim curran]

Railings

[Chuck]

just to make up some ground: Portland Singa (makybe Diva then De)merger

[Silver_and_sand]

Railings (Maybe Diva)

[maverick1993]

Hugs Dancer (Railings)

[MartinFriedman]

..
*********** Race 7 (3:00pm) MELBOURNE CUP ***********
Martin: #18 Bazelle (#9 Kindjhal)
Carol: #3 Distinction (#6 Eye Popper)
Zev: #12 Dizelle (#7 Railings)
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...

[Sportz]

No need to shout, Martin. :D

[Raw Instinct]

Atleast I won't have a problem reading it anyway Sportz :)

[Mr Selby]

Demerger (Eye Popper)

[Raw Instinct]

Good Luck to everyone I hope we all have a great day and manage to take some money away from either the bookies or the TAB best of luck with all your tips.

[TESTAROSSA]

Leica Falcon (Railings)

[Sportz]

Okay, well, using the strategy I've been using so far in this comp, I have to go for:

Eye Popper (Dizelle)

[thefan]

EYE POPPER TO PLACE

[feather]

eye popper (leica falcon)

[moeee]

..
*********** Race 7 (3:00pm) MELBOURNE CUP ***********
Martin: #18 Bazelle (#9 Kindjhal)
Carol: #3 Distinction (#6 Eye Popper)
Zev: #12 Dizelle (#7 Railings)
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...


WHY?
Because he can!

[moeee]

Good Luck to everyone I hope we all have a great day and manage to take some money away from either the bookies or the TAB best of luck with all your tips.
Won't be taking money off the TAB unless you roll up with a shotgun.
AND even then...

[mad]

You're a legend Real Deal, great selection mate!

Woooooooooooooo
Hoooooooooooooo

[Sportz]

So am I right in saying that ONLY 2 people picked her?????

Personally, I didn't pick her because I was determined I wasn't going to jinx her, but what was everyone else's excuse? :D

[mad]

Must have been drinking i reckon!

[Real Deal]

funniest result ever.

[Raw Instinct]

Ok I have woken from my slumber in what turned out to be an awful day yesterday would officially come down to be my worst ever. I managed to run 2nd with an awful lot of my picks which I backed. Southern Crown who I actually backed e/w, Pin Up, Langness, Ulysses then had one bet in brissie all day where you reckon it came Fleet Street was it's name and once again it ran 2nd. then last but not least there was Cianara well it only managed 3rd but was closer to winning than most of the others.

The worst ones for me were Ulysses and Pin Up was pretty confident with them and well Bossy rode Pin Up and didn't get the best of luck got held up for a bit at the start of the straight probably the only ride all day that he got held up on. Then Bossy knocks me off on the post on Rokocoko after getting th perfect run through what a day.

All I have left to say is congrats to the Diva easily the best stayer I have seen she absolutely kicked there heads in out there yesterday the disappointing part for me was a horse like On a Jeune running 2nd that just didn't make sense to me I know it was a good run in the Geelong Cup but it has improved by about 8 lengths there in that race. Xcellent was a good run I questioned as to whether he was truly a stayer well he made my tip look very ordinary which it was but I will get to that in a second. Leica Falcon was a solid run but with the weight it had on it's back it had no right to be passed by a horse like On a Jeune. After that I thought Lachlan River and Portland Singa both put in solid runs and atleast making the QLD Derby & Brisbane Cup form look a bit better than it has recently.

As for Railings I don't know what the hell happened to it for the most part I couldn't even find it in the run even less chance when the straightened it looked like it might have run into a couple of dead ends but it wouldn't have made any difference anyway I wouldn't have thought but I know one thing the Caulfield Cup form looks awful now.

I will have the tables up shortly to say I was intoxicated yesterday was an understatement (about a dozen Smirnoff Blacks and a few Golds will do that to you) hope some of the rest of you had a better day than me I wasn't far off a good one really the cup was the worst race I had all day long I wasn't even close there.

[Raw Instinct]

Well I have to say thanks guys that was the easiest one I have ever had to do the only points amde yesterday were by Mad and Real Deal both tipping the Diva and picking up 15.80 points everyone else had a shocker. In the linked files are the lastest standings guys.