Group1 FRUIT ‘N’ VEG STAKES - 1800M (Ascot 12 Dec)
 

Final Field

Form No. Horse Age Weight Trainer

1321 1. Modem 6G 58.0 Trevor Andrews
7671 2. Finito 8G 58.0 Phil Humann
6074 3. Tumeric 8G 58.0 Alan Mathews
3443 4. Blevvo 7G 58.0 David Harrison
0611 5. True Steel 7G 58.0 Maxine Payne
1573 6. Blinded 6G 58.0 Chris Stelmach
0408 7. Capadan (NZ) 6G 58.0 Ross McDonald
5367 8. Prince Of Vasac 5G 58.0 Bernadine Dudley
2326 9. Dead Eye Dick 5G 58.0 Brad Graham
1032 10. Mr Sandgroper 4G 57.5 David Edwards
6122 11. Laetare 4G 57.5 Ted Martinovich
0300 12. Dedicated Miss 7M 55.5 Geoff Durrant
7735 13. Free At Last (NZ) 6M 55.5 Alan Mathews
1121 14. Dr John 3G 51.0 Ross Price
EMERGENCY RUNNERS
4112 15. Who Did It (E1) 5G 58.0 Vivienne Ferrier
4315 16. The Black Cigar (E2) 3C 51.0 Debby Thom
0100 17. Priceless Matt (E3) 5G 58.0 Fred Kersley
3700 18. Secret Link (E4) 5G 58.0 Fred Kersley

Current EW fixed odds

MR SANDGROPER $3.00
MODEM $3.70
TRUE STEEL $9.50
BLINDED $10.00
FINITO $10.00
DR JOHN $10.00
THE BLACK CIGAR (2E) $17.00
LAETARE $18.00
FREE AT LAST $18.00
BLEVVO $26.00
DEAD EYE DICK $26.00
PRINCE OF VASAC $26.00
CAPADAN $41.00
TUMERIC $51.00
WHO DID IT (1E) $51.00
DEDICATED MISS $51.00
PRICELESS MATT (3E) $101.00

Why is it on Sunday???

New format implemented by the WATC. Will be interesting to see just how things pan out, and if they stick to the new format for next year or revert back to the old.

Sandgroper the bet of the "carnival".

Savers on Laetare, Blinded and my big worry is true steel. Has once this race before and is absolutely flying of late.

Stupid idea I reckon. Don't mind the 4 days racing, but as a Group 1, this race should be on the Saturday. That's still definitely the main punting day for most people.

I haven't spoken to a person yet who likes the "carnival" in it's current format.
I think it should be two huge days of racing. The railway and the guineas and the prince of wales. Then the week after the fruit n veg, colonel reeves and a couple of other listed events that they have. today is a waste of two good races.

Sounds good to me umrum. Also agree with you about today, could have at the very least been added to weekend program/s, rather than mid-week with most West Aussies at work.

Are the Hong Kong international races on this week??? I assume they must want to run the Fruit & Veg Stks in conjunction with them. That's the only possible reason I can think of for running a Group 1 race on a Sunday.

As for today's feature races, I agree that it's a waste having them on a Wednesday. If it was a public holiday, I could understand, but it's not.

Latest EW fixed odds:

MR SANDGROPER $3.30
MODEM $3.80
TRUE STEEL $7.50
DR JOHN $8.00
BLINDED $9.00
FINITO $11.00
LAETARE $18.00
FREE AT LAST $18.00
THE BLACK CIGAR (2E) $21.00
CAPADAN $31.00
DEAD EYE DICK $31.00
PRINCE OF VASAC $35.00
BLEVVO $51.00
DEDICATED MISS $51.00
TUMERIC $61.00
WHO DID IT (1E) $81.00
PRICELESS MATT (3E) $126.00
SECRET LINK (4E) $126.00