15 Dec – Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (G3) – 1400m
 

Noms / weights

No Horse Trainer Weight
1 Choisime John Price 56.5
2 Crumpet O'reilly (NZ) Alan Mathews 56.5
3 Hard Ball Get Simon A Miller 56.5
4 Mister Panon Robert Harvey 56.5
5 Fuddle Dee Duddle Lindsey Smith 54.5
6 Handful Of Dust Paul Tapper 54.5
7 Miss Bux Simon A Miller 54.5
8 Miss Solis Simon A Miller 54.5
9 Passion Cantata Paul Jordan 54.5

Acceptances
 

No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 Hard Ball Get Simon A Miller William Pike 3 56.5
2 Fuddle Dee Duddle Lindsey Smith Glenn Smith 5 54.5
3 Miss Solis Simon A Miller Jason Whiting 1 54.5
4 Passion Cantata Paul Jordan Craig Staples 4 54.5
5 Miss Bux Simon A Miller Patrick Carbery 2 54.5

Group 3, just 5 starters, very disappointing, what’s going on ?

Good question
7 starters for their G3 last week
Same for a couple of listed races as well

current win market
 

No. Horse Win
5 Miss Bux 2.80
1 Hard Ball Get 2.80
4 Passion Cantata 5.00
3 Miss Solis 7.00
2 Fuddle Dee Duddle 7.50

Bad luck connections of favorite Miss Bux, she suffered a deep penetrating wound to the near hind superficial flexor tendon & had to be eased down by its rider in the straight. Hopefully she will recover fully.