No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barr Wgt Pen
1 STARCRAFT (NZ) Garry Newham G Boss 9 55.5
2 DELZAO Greg Kavanagh Steven King 2 55.5
3 PENITENTIARY (NZ) Richard Otto J Cassidy 8 55.5
4 DANCING DAGGERS (NZ) Grahame Begg K McEvoy 7 55.5
5 KINGSIDE (NZ) Bart Cummings D Oliver 14 55.5
6 STRAFED John Hawkes C Brown 12 55.5
7 OCTZANO Bob Thomsen R Stewart (a) 1 55.5
8 ANEED John O'Shea D Beadman 13 55.5
9 SADLER'S SONG Bob Thomsen C Munce 10 55.5
10 POINT OF HONOUR Gai Waterhouse L Beasley 5 55.5
11 BRAELOCH (NZ) Guy Walter H Bowman 3 55.5
12 RAJASTAN David Payne B Pengelly 11 55.5
13 RUNNING RICH Bill Prain B Stanley 4 55.5
14 KIND ACT Bart Cummings B Prebble 6 55.5

Prices at: 19:36:43, 1 Apr 2004
No. Selection Win Place
001 Starcraft $2.30 $0.00
002 Delzao $2.65 $0.00
005 Kingside $7.00 $0.00
006 Strafed $9.00 $0.00
008 Aneed $11.00 $0.00
003 Penitentiary $26.00 $0.00
004 Dancing Daggers $26.00 $0.00
007 Octzano $67.00 $0.00
009 Sadler's Song $67.00 $0.00
010 Point of Honour $67.00 $0.00
011 Braeloch $101.00 $0.00
012 Rajastan $101.00 $0.00
013 Running Rich $101.00 $0.00
014 Kind Act $101.00 $0.00

As the early betting suggests, looks a race in 2 - DELZAO & STARCRAFT. Include PENITENTIARY in the multiples for some value.

A repeat of his Aust Cup effort would see DELZAO win this easily. Main dangers KINGSIDE & STRAFED.

Delzao (and his blinkers) for me, Huge run in Aus cup over same distance. Starcraft is a huge danger but just steering clear as his leg infection and the fact he will not be floated down until late tonight may just get to him, be he is very, very good.

Cheers ED

Top 4 only chances, i wouldn't waste a leak on the rest. I rated DANCING DAGGERS clearly on top of KEEP THE FAITH and NIELLO in the cant. guineas and it ran a big race , could be a bit of value again. K MCEVOY takes the ride and H BOWMAN gets on a bigger roughie ? or did he get the boot.

cheers

Goldmember
Well done on predicting Dancing Daggers sudden improvement last start. On my figures he would need to improve another 5 lengths or so to be competitive against the top two here.I wish you well but he really does appear outclassed here.For what its worth I have only three chances here. Starcraft, Delzao and the improving Kingside in that order.

Prices at: 12:35:49, 2 Apr 2004
No. Selection Win Place
001 Starcraft $2.25 $0.00
002 Delzao $2.75 $0.00
005 Kingside $7.00 $0.00
006 Strafed $10.00 $0.00
008 Aneed $12.00 $0.00
003 Penitentiary $26.00 $0.00
004 Dancing Daggers $26.00 $0.00
007 Octzano $67.00 $0.00
009 Sadler's Song $67.00 $0.00
010 Point of Honour $67.00 $0.00
011 Braeloch $101.00 $0.00
012 Rajastan $101.00 $0.00
013 Running Rich $101.00 $0.00
014 Kind Act $101.00 $0.00

I personally think and hope that Starcraft absolutely demolishes this lot the injury doesn't have me worried really more than anything it would be him getting floated down there so late. The dangers for mine are Delzao, Dancing Daggers (who I backed E/W last start) and Kingside the rest are making up the numbers.

Starcraft

Kind Act: Each-way