
20th October 2005, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
Location: Queensland
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Don't even think for a minute Lad of the Manor doesn't like the wet he loves it go no further than the sire of the his Dam Woodman there might not be a better wet track sire going around they all run in it and absolutely thrive in it. I have heard so many tell me that Lad won't run the trip but I feel this arguement is a little flawed he has gone around this journey twice now with a 2nd and a 3rd both to Makybe Diva however they were also both at her track Flemington. When she beat him last time I just saw what I needed to out of him he was an absolute muck lather before the race and he still finished about a half a length behind the great one.
Make no mistakes about it from the 1st time he set foot on the track this spring he was set for this race and it is at a track he loves not Makybe Diva and not Flemington. The biggest danger to him in my mind is Greys Inn he is a damn good horse who won't be back last or 2nd last and he has shown a penchant for getting home hard in quality races, I am sorry to all Makybe Diva fans out there don't get me wrong I don't hate the horse I backed her for alot of her earlier starts actually including her 1st Cup win for an absolute stack but these days she doesn't even get close to the odds that get me interested and for mine she is drastically underpriced in this race.
For all of you who have backed her good luck she is going to have to be a super horse and I do think she is the best stayer I have seen but at this distance at this track she has to be a query I will take my chances and am extremely confident.
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