GR 1 Comp VRC Crown Oaks

[Raw Instinct]

6-3.00 CROWN OAKS 2500 M
Of $755000 Of $750000 and $5000 trophies. 1st $450000 and trophies of $4000 to owner $500 to trainer $500 to jockey, 2nd $135000, 3rd $67500, 4th $33750, 5th $18750, 6th $15000, 7th $15000, 8th $15000. Starter Subsidy: $200 for non-prize earning runners. For Three-Years-Old Fillies. Set Weights. (GROUP 1). This race carries a SUPER VOBIS Nominators Bonus of $10,000 for qualified horses. No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 16+3 EM
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No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barr Wgt Pen RTG
1 SERENADE ROSE Lee Freedman Steven King 11 55.5 (95)
2 ASTRONOMIA (NZ) Gai Waterhouse D Beadman 9 55.5 (92)
3 ISANAMI John McArdle P Mertens 13 55.5 (88)
4 EMPRESS LILY Lee Freedman K McEvoy 7 55.5 (86)
5 ASSERTIVE GUEST John Moloney G Childs 16 55.5 (86)
6 FLORA DANICA Kris Lees S Seamer 4 55.5 (70)
7 MARY MARVEL Bart Cummings D Beasley 2 55.5 (82)
8 ANDALLTHATJAZZ Stuart Gower N Callow 15 55.5 (81)
9 DAI ICHI Robert Smerdon L Currie 8 55.5 (75)
10 LEMON BITTERS Shane Fliedner M Pegus 6 55.5 (66)
11 EIGHT LIVES Dean Lawson M J Zahra 3 55.5 (59)
12 DARK MASK Dean Binaisse Les Beer 12 55.5 (72)
13 TEXARCANA Gary Portelli J Ford 5 55.5 (68)
14 BLACK ESPRESSO Heath Conners D Moor (a) 10 55.5 (68)
15 DESERT HEIRESS Andrew J Payne Ms Michelle Payne 14 55.5 (64)
16 FRENCH RHYTHM (NZ) Robbie Laing D Dunn 1 55.5 (56)

[Oaksnaf]

Astromania (Lemon Bitters)

[Stix]

4 EMPRESS LILY (1 SERENADE ROSE )

[ijuandaQLD]

Serenade Rose (Black Espresso) mightve jumped on the wagon a bit too late for this one

[Sportz]

Serenade Rose (Astronomia)

[Raw Instinct]

Assertive Guest has been scratched from the Oaks guys

[Raw Instinct]

Oaks: Isanami

[Tenacious Spirit]

I'm with ya Raw,

Isanami.

[bl4dez]

LEMON BITTERS

[Real Deal]

astronomia. Will sh1t in!

[downbylaw]

astronomia............dai ichi as a roughie

[maverick1993]

Serenade Rose (Isanami)

[Silver_and_sand]

Serenade Rose (Astronomia)

Good luck!

[wise one]

Flora Danica

Bet smart bet wise

[Tenacious Spirit]

Real Deal,

I would be interested to know how you came to that conclusion. Considering Astronomia was punched right out and was knowhere near as good as serenade rose and she now meets serenade rose 2.5 worse at the weights.

Do you know something i don;t?

[Sportz]

Assertive Guest is an early scratching.

[jim curran]

Serenade Rose (Isanami)

[Real Deal]

Steven King put in the ride of his life to get Serenade Rose home last time the 2 met. Astronomia was ultra impressive in winning easily at caulfield and it is from that run that i am going to make my judgment, I am almost certain that if Astronomia led around the turn in the wakeful (still has me beat wy beadman didn't lead???) then serenade rose-whilst taking ground of astronomia the whole way home would have not caught her.

I believe astronomia lacks the spurt at the end of a race which serenade rose has proved she has but what i like about astronomia is the way she can lead and put together strong sectionals and also finish off a race. Not too sure if you can draw much from her last race in sydney in the Flight stakes but surely finishing a Half length to fashions Afield and getting within a nose of Mnemosyne is a fair effort and is definately closer than serenade rose has gotton to the best fillies around at the moment.

[Real Deal]

i know you will have plenty of views yourself as to why the result will be the other way round, but after studying astronomias last 4 runs i have come to the conclusion that the reason she has won 1 out of 4 is due to the fact she is looking for more ground and simply does not have the finishing speed to catch horses she gives a start to in the home stretch. And of course the one that she actually did win was done the way i hope Beadman rides her tomorrow, She will take a mountain of running down if leading coming to the 400.

And dont forget she carried 57 kgs to smash that field at caulfield.

[mad]

Serenade Rose (Astronomia)

Seems to be the way to go....

[rabbitz]

Empress lily (lemon bitters)

[Horse Whisperer]

1 SERENADE ROSE Lee Freedman Steven King 11 55.5 (95)

[TESTAROSSA]

Isanami (Serenade Rose)

[feather]

Serendade ROSE

(ASTRONOMIA

[xptdriver]

Gday all

the way I am going in the Gr1's Go and lay these pair :)

3/11/2005 3:00 FLEMINGTON 6 1 SERENADE ROSE
3/11/2005 3:00 FLEMINGTON 6 2 ASTRONOMIA

[umrum]

Astronomia (serenade rose)

[saratoga samchaz]

ISANAMI

[kiwi]

Mary Marvel

[Raw Instinct]

Ok guys here is the updated totals after the oaks well done to all of you who took Serenade Rose which I guess in the end was the sensible pick.