Nope, he is in and is the topweight carrying 64

I thought Tapdog had retired after he sustained an injury in the 2007 Geraldton Cup which he won. Well there you go!

I see he has won 2 recent trials over 1000m. A few others may be a bit slick for him over the 1200m but who knows, might surprise.

6th at ascot
 

6 Northwater Boy
7 Blizzard Ridge
3 Hide The Loot
4 Dane Crusher
5 Three Amigos
8 Elantone Park

well done proxy
 

Great tip on top!

yeah thanks watsonnek :) great effort Northwater Boy

Great tipping PROXY, though it cost me big time (Dane Crusher) my turn next week!

The change in riding tactics (settling further back in the field rather than have it ridden on the pace which is its normal racing pattern) didn't hurt any. Wonder if they'll try it again.

PINJARRA CLASSIC - 1200 metres, Wednesday 27/02/2008
 

1 HARTLEYS DREAM Peter Giadresco William Pike 3 58
2 ROYAL LOTT Keith Jeffreys Peter Hall 2 57.5
3 STAR LASER Allan Macpherson Peter Knuckey 7 57
4 NOBLE STEED Dixie Solly Link Robertson 11 55.5
5 MONEY EXCHANGE Trevor Andrews Paul Harvey 5 54.5
6 DR JOHN Ross Price Shaun Mc Gruddy 6 54
7 SOLIDWICKEDCRUEL Brett Pope Troy Turner 4 54
8 CAPTAIN WOODROW Michael Campbell Jason Whiting 10 53.5
9 DARK TARGET Chris Stelmach Daniel Staeck 8 53.5
10 DEE PICKED Tricia Roberts Paul King 1 53.5
11 HADABECLORKA Brent Larsson Clint Harvey 12 53.5
12 OROYA GOLD Daniel Morton Jason Brown 9 53.5

..according to the market its a two-horse race

DARK TARGET 3.00 1.42
HADABECLORKA 3.50 1.52
NOBLE STEED 10.00 2.89
HARTLEYS DREAM 11.00 3.10
ROYAL LOTT 11.00 3.10
MONEY EXCHANGE 11.00 3.10
SOLIDWICKEDCRUEL 11.00 3.10
OROYA GOLD 11.00 3.10
STAR LASER 16.00 4.15
DR JOHN 26.00 6.26
CAPTAIN WOODROW 31.00 7.31
DEE PICKED 81.00 17.84

...I wonder..

seems strange running the "Pinjarra" Classis at Ascot!