No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barr Wgt Pen RTG
1 LONHRO John Hawkes D Beadman 5 58
2 MUMMIFY Lee Freedman D Nikolic 8 58
3 PENTASTIC David Hall S W Arnold 1 58
4 NATURAL BLITZ Doug Harrison C Williams 7 58
5 ZACIELO (NZ) Peter G Moody C Newitt 3 58 (102.5)
6 PHYSIQUE Len Treloar N Rawiller 6 58
7 MAKYBE DIVA (GB) David Hall G Boss 11 55.5
8 THE JEWEL (NZ) Hector Anderton G Childs 2 55.5
9 SOUND ACTION Roberta Maguire W J Hokai 10 55.5
10 ELVSTROEM Tony Vasil D Oliver 4 53.5 (109)
11 DELZAO Greg Kavanagh Steven King 9 53.5 (1

Prices at: 09:12:19, 7 Mar 2004
No. Selection Win Place
001 Lonhro $1.50 $0.00
007 Makybe Diva $9.00 $0.00
009 Sound Action $9.00 $0.00
002 Mummify $13.00 $0.00
003 Pentastic $13.00 $0.00
010 Elvstroem $13.00 $0.00
011 Delzao $26.00 $0.00
006 Physique $51.00 $0.00
008 The Jewel $67.00 $0.00
005 Zacielo $126.00 $0.00
004 Natural Blitz Scratched Scratched

Is LONHRO over the line?

Is this a no bet race?

Any value there for the multiples?

I think Lonhro is over the line.
For the multiples - Elvstroem, Pentatsic & Makybe Diva. Would also throw in Physique at around 25/1. Two runs back from a spell have been very good, looks a much improved horse this time around.

As discussed before the Cox Plate....nothing is over the line.

I'll be backing ELVSTROEM EW Paddy. I think still improving & capable of an upset, with Damien on board.

Lohnro probably isnt over the line. Sound action and Makybe Diva will be probably charging home. On current form these are really the two big threats to knock off the mighty lohnro. Do you think he's as mighty as the Big O. For a horse to have such a monumental strikerate is pretty rare in todayd racing. I think that if he had the Octagonal bulldog spirit near the line, he would be an out and out champion!

I'll be focusing on some place betting, think I can snare a place & still get a better return than the $1.50'sh likely to be paid out for Lonhro, should he salute.

Not quite over the line, Makybe Diva a big danger, Sound Action a chance if better ridden than last time, that's about it. Mummify hates flemington, Elvstroem & Dalzao 100/1 on their last effort[ have a look at the replay of the race]the rest are outclassed.

A no bet race for me, but I’ll certainly be tuning in.

I can't have a bet in it. The heart will be pumping for the owner of that $1m bet when Lonhro stakes his claim down the straight.

LOHNRO to beat
PENTASTIC or
MAKYBE DIVA

I've long been in the Lonhro sceptic camp, he has proven very vulnerable when the pressure is really on, however hard to beat here.
Mummify has the class but is a Flemington worry and Lonhro has proven his superior at wfa. Sound Action has been gallant but beaten fair and square easily by Lonhro and hard to see any or enough improvement in her.
Makybe Diva caused excitement last start but it was behind two ordinary ones and need to be convinced at wfa yet.
Elvstroem is interesting, looked a chance to be something in the spring and is just warming up now and has the Oliver factor.
Hard to see Lonhro not running 1/2 and I think I will back him and save on Elvstroem/Lonhro and Mummify/Lonhro exactas.

Good luck all.

Lonhro is at his max this distance and depending on the pace might be found out in this unless he gets it all his own way.

PENTASTIC for me at this track and distance with Lonhro and Makybe Diva for a boxed Quin. and Tri.

Cheers.

No-bet race for me as well - as the price suggests, LONHRO should win.

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[ This Message was edited by: Rogan Josh on 2004-03-08 10:49 ]

i hope mummify and makybe diva (possibly both at the lead ) keep the pressure on lonhro and keep him honest
my pick is #9 sound action

Lonhro will have to work for hard but should get there...Sound Action, Elvstroem, Maykbe Diva for the F4, might even box these four for the Q. Good luck and wise punting today!

Just had a look at the prices, Lonhro $1.80 fixed odds, that will do me, TAB $1.50 stingy ......s

WELL? what more can we say.....do we say he is a champ after that....what more does he have to do

Yeah, not a bad effort that. :smile:

This yank swears that Delzao won this race, from the replay, also. Must have a bad camera angle. Also had a win ticket on the 11. The 1-11 Quinella paid $50 US, so I did alright for a $10 bet.

Glenn

[ This Message was edited by: TheAvenger on 2004-03-08 15:17 ]

THAT proves he is a champion and the best horse in australia by a long way. Makybe Diva disapointing after getting a dream run on the turn and into the straight, didn't finish off that well.

horse 10/10
rider ?

Didn,t that millionaire punter take $1.55 for his million.?
darky.

a million probably would have crunched the tab. so maybe he's happy. i would be (now).

Topsy.My understanding is that he accepted $1.55 fixed price bookie.
But yeah a million bucks on the TAB here would have brought the price back to $1.04.
Not that he/she would be silly enough to go TAB.
darky.

I BET HE HAD TO GHANGE HIS UNDERPANTS

When he/she gets out of the coronary care unit I wonder what they will spend it on.
darky

Never really been a Lonhro fan meself but have got to give it to him...they tried everything to ruin his day...how's that for a ride and a half!

I wonder if that was the same guy that had atkeast $200.000 on him at each of his last 12 starts gees thats over $2 million...he was from WA

yep a terrific run by a great horse BUT a shocker by the jock, i would say more like half a ride than a ride and a half, if the horse went down by a head we all know who would be copping the blame and with justification i would say

Apparently not the mystery punter from Perth, Shaun – so they say :wink:

Bad ride ???
He won, and was not punished to the line to do so either.
How many lesser jocks would have panicked, or would have taken him to the lead too soon or had him wide early or gone back to the inside where the going was clearly worse?
Bad ride?, those on Makybe Diva did their money cold.

Well, what can I say but brilliant! He's answered my previous question. That was definitely if not more an octagonal win if ever i've seen one. That was just pure bulldog! I doubt I've seen a horse produce such an amazing recovery in a race such as this. I didn't think it was a bad ride. The horse on his outside up the straight there looked to run in a bit and completely chop out the passage he had. To switch round and rebalance him like that and rely on the horses spirit was both magical and genius to watch. Well done Lohnro the big L. What I can't believe is that it was his Melbourne swansong. He's only just peaking don't you reckon?

Cheers Megamoos

I totally agree. Although Beadman probably shouldn't have been where he was, he had no real control of the pace or their positioning due to the speed set early by Physique.

When he was in trouble it seemed to me that Beadman let the horse find his own way out of trouble then he let him go, pushing him without thrashing him home.

Beadman also conceded upon dismounting that it wasn't his best ride but he got the big fella home and also rode a treble on the day.

I think it was one of the best rides (or runs) that I have ever seen and confirmed to this Melbournian what a lot of interstaters have said all along, that the horse is an out-right champion (although I always did like him anyway)

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Seeker

[ This Message was edited by: Seeker11 on 2004-03-09 12:45 ]

Great horse, great race. I enjoyed it immensely.


Glenn

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[ This Message was edited by: TheAvenger on 2004-03-09 14:04 ]

He's the best horse in Australia at the moment. Clearly. But does that make him a champion. 'Twas a great win all the same.
cheers
umrum

Forget all this 'champion' stuff - it's all too subjective...

What we saw yesterday was legendary... It will become part of racing folklore. We will all remember (for those it saw it live) where we were and what we were doing when Lonhro came back from adversity to win the Australian Cup.

Lonhro the Legend. Now that has a nice sound too it!


Luckyboy

Hey everyone, hope you all got some winners!!!
I know its a long time and no post for me and I am sure Umrum youd be loving that, but anyway.....just referring to a post about the great magnificance yonks ago,......the horse is a god dam champion and trust me I aint religious!!!!!!
All the best guys and I am sure that the ONE MILLION DOLLAR DUDE is whistling away to the bank... thanks to all Lonrho's grace, beauty and sportshorsemanship.... as we talk.
let that great black beauty graze and spend the rest of his years in paradise, lets not mention all those lovely ladies that will be queing up for his services.....LMAO

could not buy a egg scraper it seems they all went south of the border for all the