Group2 C.B. COX STAKES - 2400M (Ascot 22 Dec)
 

No Horse Trainer Weight

1 BLEVVO D R Harrison 58
2 CARDINAL COLOURS Michael Miller 58
3 CONTACT POINT J R Bull 58
4 HIGGINS GOLD G F Durrant 58
5 I'M TOO DEADLY (NZ) G R Gulberti 58
6 LOCAL PRODUCT I J Thompson 58
7 MAMBO ITALIANO B Monteleone 58
8 MERCEDARIO (NZ) Neville Parnham 58
9 MIKIS PROSPECTOR (NZ) Mrs B M Dudley 58
10 PERFECTLY MATCHED (NZ) Ross Price 58
11 POWER MAK (NZ) W J Mitchell 58
12 REIGNING FORT P J Miller 58
13 SHOELESS N E Pascoe 58
14 TAPDOG C W Lauritsen 58
15 TRUE STEEL Mrs M M Payne 58
16 TUMERIC Alan Mathews 58
17 UNIVERSAL WARRIOR Neville Parnham 58
18 BLACK TOM B G Lucas 57
19 CROWN PROSECUTOR Lindsey Smith 57
20 LAETARE E A Martinovich 57
21 MR SANDGROPER David Edwards 57
22 FREE AT LAST (NZ) Alan Mathews 55.5
23 JUST A KISEKI Mrs B M Dudley 55.5
24 LADY AVONLEA J R Clements 55.5

On the watch for any improvement from the lightly raced CONTACT POINT. This fella has had some 8 starts since an injury enforced 12 months spell and is a 2400M winner at Randwick.

FREE AT LAST does look very nicely placed

Contact Point
 

Contact Point is now a 6 year old and it is unlikely that he will regain his pre-injury form. I remember his performance at Randwick over 2,400m on 8 February 2003 where he showed astonishing acceleration, coming wide around the turn, gathering the leaders in easily and then blowing away a restricted grade field by over 4 lengths with Chris Munce on for Gai Waterhouse. At that stage he looked like a star stayer in the making. His last five runs in Perth, however, are around 10 lengths short of Group 2 company and he has no hope on Wednesday.

Final field
 

Tab No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight

1 TUMERIC Alan Mathews J P Claite 18 58
2 BLEVVO D R Harrison Ms A D Sansom 7 58
3 TRUE STEEL Mrs M M Payne T K Jackman 14 58
4 CARDINAL COLOURS Michael Miller D R Miller (Snr) 4 58
5 SHOELESS N E Pascoe J J Brown 3 58
6 MERCEDARIO (NZ) Neville Parnham S D Parnham 8 58
7 HIGGINS GOLD G F Durrant J F Miller 5 58
8 REIGNING FORT P J Miller P D Knuckey 6 58
9 TAPDOG C W Lauritsen R B Mc Kay 9 58
10 LOCAL PRODUCT I J Thompson P J Carbery 11 58
11 MR SANDGROPER David Edwards P King 2 57
12 LAETARE E A Martinovich D A O'Heare 10 57
13 CROWN PROSECUTOR Lindsey Smith Ms J D Valas (a) 16 57
14 BLACK TOM B G Lucas 17 57
15 FREE AT LAST (NZ) Alan Mathews T K Turner 13 55.5
16 JUST A KISEKI Mrs B M Dudley L Camilleri 12 55.5
17E CONTACT POINT J R Bull J J Noske 15 58
18E LADY AVONLEA J R Clements R Burnett (a) 1 55.5

Current EW fixed odds:

FREE AT LAST $3.70
MR SANDGROPER $4.00
CROWN PROSECUTOR $4.50
TRUE STEEL $7.50
LAETARE $10.00
REIGNING FORT $15.00
TUMERIC $17.00
LOCAL PRODUCT $18.00
BLEVVO $26.00
HIGGINS GOLD $26.00
JUST A KISEKI $26.00
BLACK TOM $51.00
MERCEDARIO $61.00
CARDINAL COLOURS $101.00
SHOELESS $101.00
TAPDOG $126.00
CONTACT POINT (1E) $126.00
LADY AVONLEA (2E) $126.00

The market in agreement Filante - no hope odds.

Again I have to ask, why is this race on a Wednesday?

Paddy,

I wouldn't hurry to take the $126, but a line bet at $1.90 with 15 lengths head start might be interesting!

Cheers

Have to go True Steel here given a better ride in the Fruit and Vege he wins it again there was no reason that horse needed to be as far in front as it was sure turning the straight it was good to have a break but right from the word go

FREE AT LAST
MR SANDGROPER
CROWN PROSECUTOR
TRUE STEEL