No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 AQUIVER John Hawkes D Gauci 10 58
2 KABILA James Riley B Rawiller 9 57.5
3 NATIVE JAZZ (NZ) Myles Plumb D Nikolic 5 56
4 TICKLE MY Bruce Purcell M Flaherty 11 56
5 EYE CHANCE (NZ) R J Skelton N Wilson 2 54
6 SALE OF CENTURY (NZ) Robert Smerdon P Mertens 4 54
7 DONARCH Ian Anderson M Evans 16 53.5
8 AS YOU WOULD (NZ) David Hall L Currie 1 53
9 VITELLI Michael Moroney K McEvoy 3 53
10 BOLD BARD Bryce Stanaway Ms S Wynne 17 52.5
11 CRESCENT (NZ) Graeme Rogerson B Prebble 20 52.5
12 LE DESTINA Russell Cameron J Patton 12 52.5
13 TEEREX David Noonan C Newitt (a) 14 52.5
14 VARSILAYOS Pat Carey R McLeod (a) 7 52.5
15 DELVECCHIO (NZ) Mick Price A Findlay 6 52
16 KING SALIERI (NZ) Alan Bailey 18 52
17 PERLIFFIC Sydney Catherall W J Hokai 15 52
18 WORTH THE WAIT (NZ) Barry Burke Ms B Cooper 13 52
19E MIGHTY MING Shayne Fisher 19 52
20E SOLDADO Tony McEvoy M J Zahra (a) 21 52
21E LOIRE VALLEY Cliff Brown Matthew Gatt 8 52


No 7 Donarch, stays all day, value selection.

No 11 Crescent, not well drawn but last 2 runs were excellent efforts. Likes track & distance.

No 15 Delvecchio, racing in fine form, well drawn, well weighted, likes track & distance.

No 20 Soldado (if he gets a run), not well drawn but a good chance at odds, if he finds best form.

Hi RJ, Gee it has been as quite as, on the forum of late!

I also like Crescent and Soldado for reasons similar to yourself.

The top weight – Aquiver is the class horse of the field. Should be ready to show best following 3 runs after a spell.

Also like no 14 – Varsilayos, from memory ran 2nd in this race last year. Suited by the step up in distance following 4 runs after a spell.

Forecasted Prices from Tabform

BALLARAT CUP LISTED 2200m
APPRENTICES CANNOT CLAIM 12:27pm


1 x042 AQUIVER cmb 10 D GAUCI 58 $5.00

2 8120 KABILA m 9 B RAWILLER 57.5 $8.00

3 8000 NATIVE JAZZ dm 5 D NIKOLIC 56 $6.50

4 5476 TICKLE MY m 11 M FLAHERTY 56 $11.00

5 x089 EYE CHANCE dm 2 N WILSON 54 $16.00

6 x000 SALE OF CENTURY 4 P MERTENS 54 $21.00

7 1130 DONARCH dm 16 M EVANS 53.5 $15.00

8 2x22 AS YOU WOULD m 1 L CURRIE 53 $11.00

9 0924 VITELLI 3 K MCEVOY 53 $15.00

10 x565 BOLD BARD dm 17 MS S WYNNE 52.5 $21.00

11 3424 CRESCENT cdm 20 B PREBBLE 52.5 $8.00

12 8560 LE DESTINA m 12 J PATTON 52.5 $16.00

13 1108 TEEREX dma 14 C NEWITT 52.5 $16.00

14 2317 VARSILAYOS ba 7 R MCLEOD 52.5 $11.00

15 2111 DELVECCHIO td 6 A FINDLAY 52 $13.00

16 4839 KING SALIERI m 18 N.R 52 $31.00

17 3430 PERLIFFIC tm 15 W HOKAI 52 $26.00

18 0141 WORTH THE WAIT 13 MS B COOPER 52 $11.00

19 5661 MIGHTY MING (EM1) dm 19 N.R 52 $31.00

20 8978 SOLDADO (EM2) a 21 M ZAHRA 52 $26.00

21 7714 LOIRE VALLEY (EM3) 8 M GATT 52 $31.00




[ This Message was edited by: Fryingpan on 2002-11-19 23:56 ]

After backing Aquiver last start when very game 2nd to Makybe Diva, I'm willing to back him again, despite the weight. His three runs back have been good. And I love backing previous winners of a particular race. Many chances in this, so a nice trifecta could be on the cards if you can pick 'em. Good luck.

Aquiver
Eye Chance
Delvechio
As You Would

Roughie - Teerex

Good punting
Cheers
Cosmo

(20) Soldado
(14) Varsilayos
(18) As You Would

Roughies – (10) Bold Bard & (19) Mighty Ming

The Latest Irish Best-Seller List:

1 "Transportation in the Middle Ages" by Orson Cart
2 "Split Personalities" by Jacqueline Hyde
3 "Home Maintenance" by Duane Pipe
4 "Growing up in the Balkans" by Hugo Slavia
5 "Irish Winter Tales" by Pete Moss
6 "Increase Your Brain Power" by Sarah Bellum
7 "The Outboard Motor Died" by Rhoda Shore
8 "Sitting Outside in Ireland" by Paddy O'Furniture
9 "Our Son, Russell, the Chef" by Mr. & Mrs. Upsumgrub
10 "Looking into the Wishing Well" by Eileen Dover
11 "Answering the Questions of the Universe" by Howard I. Know
12 "How to Write a Mystery Novel" by Page Turner
13 "The Great English Breakfast" by Chris P. Bacon
14 "I Got Away with Murder" by Scott Free
15 "Winning Big" by Jack Potts
16 "Vacation Spots in the Tropics" by Sandy Beech
17 "Dealing with Debt" by Owen Munny
18 "I always enjoy the darkness" by Gladys Knight
19 "Stay Outta My Way" by Amanda Rekunwith
20 "Doorway to the Haunted Castle" by Hugo First
21 "Wearing Earrings" by Pierce Deare
22 "The Long Road" by Myles Walker

As You Would was a great run on Oaks Day and Native Jazz and Sale of the Century would be well in this on their best form.

As You Would
Sale of the Century
Native Jazz

Varsilayos is nearing his peak and is currently only just shy of his very best ratings from last prep. A return to his best form and he'll be very hard to beat.

Also believe Varsilayos can make amends for last years (Ballarat Cup) 2nd.

Crescent & Tickle My the dangers.

Soldado appears to be good value based on pre post odds (25/1).

_________________
All the best from the West

Sandgroper :smile:

[ This Message was edited by: Sandgroper on 2002-11-20 11:40 ]

My 2 bobs worth

MR6 15/1/4/8

Good luck

06 BALLARAT CUP 2200 3:27pm 2ND LEG EXTRA DOUBLE WIN/PLACE
14 11.60 3.50 8............... 2.80 6............... 5.80
QUINELLA (8-14) 45.60
EXACTA (14-8) 117.40
TRIFECTA (14-8-6) 2,762.30
FIRST 4 (14-8-6-3) 11,705.10
EXTRA DOUBLE (7-14) 202.30
SPECIAL DIV. (7-SCR) 14.60

(14) VARSILAYOS (R.MCLEOD)
(8) AS YOU WOULD (L.CURRIE)
(6) SALE OF CENTURY (P.MERTENS)

SCR - 2,7,9,16


Very good effort everyone!

Winner tipped by BettyBoop, Paddy, brave chief & Sandgroper.

Second placegetter tipped by Cosmo, Paddy, Redcraze & xptdriver.

Third & Fourth placegetters tipped by Redcraze.

Redcraze tipped 2nd, 3rd & 4th (in order)!

The thread tipped the first four !