VICTORIA HANDICAP - 1400M [Group 3] 28 Mar 05 - Caulfield
 

1 BEAUTIFUL GEM Lee Freedman
2 BLESSUM Danny O'Brien
3 BOTERO (NZ) Robbie Laing
4 COUNTRY LODGE Mathew Ellerton
5 DE GAULLE LANE (NZ) Colin Alderson
6 GREAT IS GREAT Greg Eurell
7 INFINITE GRACE John Symons
8 LLANGA (NZ) Tony Vasil
9 MEDIUM SWING John Symons
10 MERLOT NOW Darryl Hewitt
11 MONO ROCK Gary Kennewell
12 MR. MURPHY Lee Freedman
13 NICONERO Tony McEvoy
14 OFF WHITE Mathew Ellerton
15 RECAPITALIZE Mathew Ellerton
16 RED HANNIGAN Lee Freedman
17 REGENT STREET (NZ) Peter G Moody
18 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing
19 SMOKING BARREL Leon Corstens
20 SONGS OF VIENNA John Moloney
21 UMBER Kelvin Smith
22 VALEDICTUM Danny O'Brien
23 YOUTH John Hawkes

Merlot Now (My fav Horse) is coming to town ....This horse is flying and has big show in this,,
Some real good horses here so i'm hoping for some nice odds :)

I've made a pack to back this horse in every race it ever runs in...so far i've been on this horse from the outset..i remember backing it (after i heard about his good barrier trial) in a maiden ..he ran 5th or 6th or something (very Unlucky) and his next start he was thrust into an Open race ..and was unlucky in that race as well..Thought D Hewitt must of seen something in this horse to throw him into a race like that..
I stuck with the horse for 6 more starts before he finally saluted...I remeber before i had my IAs account that i backed it at the tab ..it was paying $13 about 3 mins before it jumped ..it ended up paying $3,25....so obviously i wasnt the only one watching this horse..the next start Hewitt throw him into another open race this time he was paying about 50/1 up here but shortened to about 35/1 and won in the last stride...the Tri paid $5000..i won a stack that day....it was the same day pantani won the Adelaide cup ..
He had a year off,,,(not sure why) would love to know if anyone does,,,,
He came back and hes won his last 3 races very well,...
Sparkling now his half sister (owned by Leyton hewitt) has also been very good to me..she's won 4 of her last 7 starts but has real good excuses why she hasnt won all 7...

Hope i haven't bored you all with this story.. if i have i'm sorry :)

ps
interested to know if anyone has backed a horse through its entire career..

They should've run Regal Roller in this, he's got no chance in Sydney. Who cares if he gets the grandstand, still a much better option then the All Aged stakes, which he CAN'T win.

Weights will be interesting. 2 of my faves are in this; Niconero and Great is Great. I actually backed Great is Great in the Doncaster at $34.00, but the scratching on Saturday ruined any chance he had anyway :(

Also two of my faves aswell. Niconero, strong 4th last start against strong opposition.

Weights
 

No Horse Trainer Weight

1 GREAT IS GREAT Greg Eurell 58
2 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing 57
3 RED HANNIGAN Lee Freedman 56.5
4 YOUTH John Hawkes 56.5
5 MR. MURPHY Lee Freedman 56
6 DE GAULLE LANE (NZ) Colin Alderson 55
7 BLESSUM Danny O'Brien 54
8 REGENT STREET (NZ) Peter G Moody 54
9 INFINITE GRACE John Symons 53.5
10 BEAUTIFUL GEM Lee Freedman 53.5
11 RECAPITALIZE Mathew Ellerton 53.5
12 VALEDICTUM Danny O'Brien 53.5
13 SMOKING BARREL Leon Corstens 53
14 MERLOT NOW Darryl Hewitt 53
15 LLANGA (NZ) Tony Vasil 52
16 COUNTRY LODGE Mathew Ellerton 52
17 NICONERO Tony McEvoy 52
18 MEDIUM SWING John Symons 52
19 SONGS OF VIENNA John Moloney 52
20 UMBER Kelvin Smith 52
21 OFF WHITE Mathew Ellerton 52
22 BOTERO (NZ) Robbie Laing 52
23 MONO ROCK Gary Kennewell 52

ROMAN ARCH

Current EW fixed odds
 

Youth $7.00
Beautiful Gem $7.00
Recapitalize $8.50
Niconero $8.50
Red Hannigan $9.00
Valedictum $10.00
Roman Arch $11.00
Llanga $11.00
Merlot Now $14.00
Country Lodge $14.00
Infinite Grace $17.00
Songs Of Vienna $18.00
Blessum $21.00
Regent Street $21.00
Smoking Barrel $23.00
Umber (1E) $23.00
Off White (2E) $23.00
Mono Rock (3E) $31.00

Final field Paddy, not sure if you missed or you were coming back later :)


1 GREAT IS GREAT Greg Eurell L Nolen 12 58
2 ROMAN ARCH Robbie Laing N Callow 1 57
3 RED HANNIGAN Lee Freedman S W Arnold 11 56.5
4 YOUTH John Hawkes D Gauci 10 56.5
5 BLESSUM Danny O'Brien Steven King 8 54
6 REGENT STREET (NZ) Peter G Moody J Benbow (a) 13 54
7 BEAUTIFUL GEM Lee Freedman S Baster 2 53.5
8 INFINITE GRACE John Symons 6 53.5
9 RECAPITALIZE Mathew Ellerton C D Symons 5 53.5
10 VALEDICTUM Danny O'Brien Steven King 14 53.5
11 MERLOT NOW Darryl Hewitt J Bowditch 15 53
12 SMOKING BARREL Leon Corstens P Mertens 19 53
13 LLANGA (NZ) Tony Vasil A Findlay 9 52
14 COUNTRY LODGE Mathew Ellerton 18 52
15 SONGS OF VIENNA John Moloney R Debono (a) 16 52
16 NICONERO Tony McEvoy G Childs 4 52
17E UMBER Kelvin Smith 7 52
18E OFF WHITE Mathew Ellerton 17 52
19E MONO ROCK Gary Kennewell Dale Smith 3 52

13) Llanga
4) Youth
7) Beautiful Gem
10) Valedictum