railway..kasabian scratched through injury..thought one of the best of the locals..

earlies..mt.barker..
r1..jeneviv..
r2..watsons bay..
r3..lauries dream..

rate the 'visitors'..in order..
all american
ortensia
gold salute
largo lad
sniper's bullet
coconut grove..

Lastrun too bad to be true? = Megatic
Gut = Elliotto
Common sense = American

tony noonan stable upbeat about coconut grove in the last race, didnt get a start in railway.

...and the track gallop with Ortensia on Tuesday was very good. The last is a tricky race though.

Good Railway, and a coup to get the Emirates winner. Hayes has been a good supporter of Perth Racing.
There isn't a natural leader. Probably Megatic and Sniper's Bullet to roll foward. In barrier order :

No	Name	Early	Comment
9	Elliotto	======>	PB last week, dist?, enjoy easy run,might be cramped on turn
3	All American	====>	4kg above Limit is a query, will get soft run, best laststart form
10	Famous Roman	===>	Has formlines with Gold Salute beaten twice, bar shoes on(front) a query
7	Tarzi	===>	Slashing run lasttime,PHarvey +, fair 6th in last year's Railway similar wgt/bar,trainer's choice
16	Spirited One	==>	Gets back,needs early pressure on leaders,pass
4	Gold Salute	====>	Bad start in Emirates and recovered along rails,been heavily backed,well weighted,top jockey
14	Lords Ransom	==>	Ambitious 1st up in a Railway,generally needs a run, ok trial win
5	Largo Lad	==>	Fair finish out wide at Flem,won Blamey in March, 2nd run in 6 months, pass,early specking
1	Megatic	===========>	Every chance last start,57kg history against,settle close to lead
11	Grand Nirvana	=======> ?	Finished well in troubled trip last week, 3w trail or go forward,ready to peak
6	Ortensia	====>	will hope for 3wide trail,dist?anchored by 57.5kg when in clear lasttime,drops 4kg
2	Sniper's Bullet	=========>	Tough,up 1.5kg on last year's 2nd, on-pace
15	Oroya Gold	==>	Troubled trip last time,been disappointing
13	KeytoMoney	====> ?	wide or go forward,fitter,improved lasttime and a smokey here on Limit, 1st go 1600m
8	Colour Correct	====> ?	wide or go forward,struggle to beat Elliotto/Megatic, 1st go 1600m
17	Lambton Castle	==>	Capable of fast sectional,outclassed

Nice summation schonegg. Without any noted front runners a good possi early looks the go. Gold Salute & All American have both drawn well & come into the race via the strong form of the Emirate Stakes having been split by Cox Plate winner So You Think. Also drawn well (& in form) Tarzi & Elliotto. Another drawn well & capable, Famous Roman.

I like Grand Nirvana ahead of Lambton Castle and Largo Lad. Good luck with your investments!

Great days racing on a perfect surface that wasn't too hard. Apparently instructions to Rawiller on Sniper's Bullet was 'go for home at the 600m' and thats exactly what he did. Of the others Lords Ransom is bang on target for the 2400m Perth Cup.

Yeah well deserved win to Sniper’s Bullet after running 2nd to Gilded Venom in last year’s race. Makes you wonder (again) what Gilded Venom might have gone on to do, had he not been put-down earlier this year.

And agree schonegg, top effort Lords Ransom. Adam Durrant must be really looking forward to the Cup, another of his, Ma Chienne, was pretty impressive as well on Saturday.