.. AUSTRALIAN HORSERACING (Sydney & Melbourne)

Tips for Saturday 8 March 2003, for the Friedman Family Outsiders.

Martin's tips are marked (*M)
Carol's tips are marked (*C)
Zev's tips are marked (*Z)

Sydney (Randwick):
race 4, #4 Make Me A Miracle (*M), #8 Just Imagine (*C), #3 Zabarra (*Z)
race 5, #9 Film (*M), #11 Skytripper (*C), #7 Barabella (*Z)
race 7, #7 Strasbourg (*M), #2 Hydrometer (*C), #6 Charlie Bub (*Z)
race 8, #7 Dandify (*M), #4 Airlie Bird (*C), #3 Maitland Gold (*Z)

Melbourne (Flemington):
race 5, #4 Apache King (*M), #6 Majestic Avenue (*C), #3 Spirit Of Westbury (*Z)
race 6, #17 Cosmic Strike (*M), #12 Desert Sky (*C), #10 Debrief (*Z)
race 7, #6 Liquid Lunch (*M), #2 Ascana (*C), #9 Ashsynd (*Z)
race 8, #5 Twin City Girl (*M), 4 Tarcoola Diamond (*C), #8 Ribe (*Z)

Cheers,
Martin
...

Hello Martin, Carol and Zev.
Just looking at your tips in race 5 at Melbourne reminds me of my impressionable years in racing when good quality stayers were able to sprint well fresh. This doesn't seem to happen much nowadays. One of my all time favourites was Foxseal who could win from 1000m to 2 miles.
Best wishes.

Several Melbourne Cup winners were also able to resume in, and win at, 1000m races.

Cheers,
Martin

Martin,

Name one.

hammers,
i think hyperno was one....
cheers, noel

Noel,

After winning the Melbourne Cup Hyperno won over 1600+ and placed over 1400+, never shorter. In his entire career his shortest winning journey was 1400m.

Unless some horse in the 19th Century did it Martin's assertion is clearly false.


Hammers.

The King almost won the Cup, he was able to win over 1000m. Can't think of any others though.

Mark,

Kingston Town won over 1200, never 1000.

The best would have to be Malua in the 1880's. Won a Melbourne Cup and an Oakleigh Plate (1100m) and as an older horse won the Grand National Steeple over 3 miles+.

I'd like to see River Dove win a GN in a couple of years!

I reckon i'm with Hammers on this one, unless someone can come up with a horse or two.

Percentum,
Foxseal was one of my all time favourites along with Luther's Luck and Super Impose.

I remember every time I went to Sandown (on track) to see Luther's Luck run - he won for me (some 19 times) :smile:

Those are the kinds of horses you never forget.