Duritz, I tend to agree Re: Fastnet. His run in the Oakleigh i thought was somewhat affected by the weight he carried but the fact of the matter is he still won. That was round the bend at Caulfield where i would argue the weight was more of a disadvantage, especially given a poor caulfield record in the past. This is back in the straight and i can see no reason why he cannot carry the weight. The fact that Alinghi only has 53.5 seems redundant information in that there is only a 0.5 weight difference between them from the last run to this. If fastnet rock is the quality horse that people say he is, and by that i mean some pretty heavy comparisons to champion horses, then a .5 weight difference should make little difference.

Just my two cents.