1 BEL ESPRIT John Symons D Oliver 15 55.5
2 CHOISIR Paul Perry G Boss 2 55.5
3 HALF HENNESSY Bede Murray 14 55.5
4 DELAGO BROM Tommy Hughes S W Arnold 12 55.5
5 GREAT GLEN Leon Macdonald K McEvoy 6 55.5
6 COOL TRENT Dean Lawson B Prebble 13 55.5
7 TITANIC JACK Tom Hughes (Jnr) P Payne 4 55.5
8 HELENUS Leon Corstens Steven King 7 55.5
9 ROHATYN (NZ) Robbie Laing N Callow 10 55.5
10 TYCOON RULER Jim Marconi 3 55.5
11 ALL OF ME Mathew Ellerton D Nikolic 1 55.5
12 KING WELLS Jim Marconi 11 55.5
13 C'EST LE REVE Alan Bailey 16 55.5
14 ACEE DEECEE (NZ) Dean Lawson C Newitt (a) 8 55.5
15 BUNKER (NZ) Trevor McKee 5 55.5
16 GRAND LOVER Sonja Kumpikas 9 55.5


Early selections are no 2 Choisir, no 7 Titanic Jack & no 9 Rohatyn

I reckon Bel Esprit will be far too classy. Would love to get the 9-2 they are talking about!

7 TITANIC JACK, 8 HELENUS & 15 BUNKER

I'm with you Punter, i'll stick with Bel Esprit, although it will be an extremely tough race, i think the class that you speak of, will get him home.

Titanic Jack, Choisir

Choisir Rohatyn Helenus.

Bel Esprit will be catching the train home.

:wink:

I'll go an outsider, and say ACEE DECEE.
Next for 2nd & 3rd: Bel Esprit, Titanic Jack.

#5 GREAT GLEN (6)

My inital assessments: (TABQ)

Bel Esprit 13/4 (11/4)
Bunker 7/1 (16/1)
Great Glen 15/2 (11/1)
Helenus 10/1 (13/4)
Titanic Jack 11/1 11/2)

whole field 100%

Doesn't appear to be much value here (as I see it)

Not sure about the kiwi horse but it rates quite well. Anybody with any knowledge of its racing pattern would be most helpful. I would need to know more before it attracted my money.

Great Glen may be slightly over the odds but at 15/2 I hardly think it's a standout.

In my opinion Oliver can lead on Bel Esprit if he wants, else should be no further away then 4/5 hopefully no more than 2 wide.

There is the obvious query at the trip but his form is clearly superior to his own age. Back from running in open class where he was only narrowly beaten in good time at his last two starts he is a genuine chance. As a pure hypothetical, if he had drawn inside 8 I would rate him about 2/1.

If there is sufficient interest I will update this in the morning and provide thoughts on a couple of other races.

1. HELENUS
2. TITANIC JACK
3. BEL ESPRIT
4. CHOISIR