Yea well I am sort of bored and I am getting over the idea that the money I shelled out on Show Biz Kid was all a waste I did however do it before the weights come out so I probably only have myself to blame. Below is the order of entry for the straddie with I don't think any race left in which to qualify for the race.

EXEMPT ALL BAR ONE 4H (Gillian Heinrich) 53 -5
EXEMPT DAUNTING LAD 4H (Bill Naoum) 51.5 -6.5
3 MISS POTENTIAL 7M (Bill Borrie) 54 -1.5
4 VIRAGE DE FORTUNE 3F (Bruce McLachlan) 52 -2
5 RED OOG 6G (Joseph Pride) 56 -2
6 SHANIA DANE 4M (John Hawkes) 53 -2.5
7 FASHIONS AFIELD 3F (Gai Waterhouse) 51.5 -2.5
8 GEE I JANE (NZ) 5M (Neville Couchman) 53 -2.5
9 CALVEEN (NZ) 5M (Peter G Moody) 52.5 -3
10 NATURAL BLITZ 6H (Doug Harrison) 54.5 -3.5
11 MEDIA 3F (Bob Thomsen) 50.5 -3.5
12 NEVIS (NZ) 4M (David Payne) 52 -3.5
13 ST. BASIL (NZ) 8G (Bevan Laming) 54.5 -3.5
14 STAR SHIRAZ 4M (Rex Lipp) 51 -4.5
15 YELL 6G (John Hawkes) 53.5 -4.5
16 BALLET SOCIETY (NZ) 4M (Pat Hyland) 51 -4.5
17 PERFECTLY READY 3C (Mick Price) 51.5 -5
18 MISS ANDRETTI 4M (Lee Freedman) 50.5 -5
19 STREET SMART 3F (Ron Maund) 49 -5
20 LA SIZERANNE (NZ) 4M (Roger James) 50.5 -5
21 PRISONER OF LOVE 4M (Guy Walter) 50.5 -5
22 COG HILL (NZ) 5G (Richard Collett) 52.5 -5.5
23 LA MONTAGNA 3F (Barry Baldwin) 48.5 -5.5
24 PRINCESS MARGARET 4M (Michael Nolan) 50 -5.5
25 MAGICALLY 3F (Mick Price) 48.5 -5.5
26 BREEZY (NZ) 4M (Danny O'Brien) 50 -5.5
27 CONSULAR 9G (Bill Baker) 52.5 -5.5
28 OUTBACK PRINCE 4H (Anthony Cummings) 52.5 -5.5
29 HARD TO CATCH 4G (Pat Duff) 1kg Penalty 52 -6
30 BLACK INK 5G (Les Kelly) 52 -6
31 DEA 5M (Kevin Corstens) 49.5 -6
32 FALAISE 3G (John Hawkes) 50.5 -6
33 LIVE IN VAIN 5G (Peter G Moody) 52 -6
34 MESSIAEN 6G (Ray McCall) 52 -6
35 CLASSICONI 4G (Shane Fliedner) 52 -6
36 PROUDLY AGRO 6G (Barry Bowditch) 52 -6
37 IMPALER 5G (David Atkins) 52 -6
38 SHALIMAR SKY 5M (Guy Walter) 49.5 -6
39 LEIGH VALLEY (NZ) 4M (Graeme Sanders) 49.5 -6
40 VOLITANT 4H (Michael Hibbs) 51.5 -6.5
41 SPIRIT OF TARA 4H (Gerald Ryan) 51.5 -6.5
42 COUNTESS BATHORY 5M (John Wallace) 49 -6.5
43 UNDUE 4G (Shane Clarke) 51.5 -6.5
44 KINGSTON BIRD 5M (Shayne Halse) 49 -6.5
45 DEVIL 7G (Les Kelly) 51.5 -6.5
46 SERENOTE 4M (Stewart Mackinnon) 49 -6.5
47 DIAMOND HAILEY (NZ) 5M (Cliff Brown) 49 -6.5
48 MISS MOONEY MOONEY 4M (Tony Wildman) 49 -6.5
49 SASSBEE 5G (David Jolly) 51.5 -6.5
50 UNABATED 4M (David Hayes) 49 -6.5
51 DANCE THE WAVES 5G (Gillian Heinrich) 51.5 -6.5
52 MESMERISING 4M (Bevan Laming) 49 -6.5
53 RECAPITALIZE 5H (Mathew Ellerton) 51.5 -6.5
54 DEUXIEME 7G (Bryan Guy) 51 -7
55 FLAMING 4G (Gai Waterhouse) 51 -7
56 SHOW BIZ KID 6G (Ron Macrae) 51 -7
57 COOL FRONT 5G (John O'Shea) 51 -7
58 LEGENDARY MAN 4G (Ken Lantry) 51 -7
59 IMPRISONED 4G (John O'Shea) 51 -7
60 PICADAY 5G (Bruce McLachlan) 51 -7
61 NESSUNO 6G (John Wigginton) 50.5 -7.5
62 PROSECUTION (NZ) 7G (Jackie Crompton) 50.5 -7.5
63 SMART AND MIGHTY 6G (Tony Noonan) 50.5 -7.5
64 KING REX 5G (Stephen Hood) 50.5 -7.5
65 TOP MARC 6H (Kelly Schweida) 50.5 -7.5
66 DENMARKET 3C (Gerald Ryan) 49 -7.5

st basil

Ok now the way I see it the following horses will not lineup

All Bar One
Virage De Fortune
Fashions Afield
Calveen
Perfectly Ready (think they are crazy not having a crack with this horse)
Miss Andretti
Magically
Breezy

and I would think that the following horses maybe questionable to lineup aswell

Miss Potential (Injured on the weekend wouldn't count her out though)
Natural Blitz (Not sure but thought I had heard he wasn't coming)
Media (Doubtful through injury)
Nevis (I thought that I heard this horse may have been hurt on the weekend not sure)
Prisoner of Love (not heard that this horse is coming up)
Princess Margret (?????????)
Outback Prince (No Idea)
Dea (once again no idea)
This is how I think they will lineup

1. Red Oog 56kg
2. St. Basil 54.5kg
3. Miss Potential 54kg
4. Yell 53.5 kg
5. Shania Dane 53kg
6. Gee I Jane 53kg
7. Cog Hill 52.5kg
8. Consular 52.5kg
9. Outback Prince 52.5kg
10. Nevis 52kg
11. Hard to Catch 52kg
12. Black Ink 52kg
13. Daunting Lad 51.5kg
14. Star Shiraz 51kg
15. Ballet Society 51kg
16. Media 50.5kg
17. La Sizeranne 50.5kg
18. Falaise 50.5kg
19. Street Smart 49kg
20. La Montagna 48.5kg
Emergencies
21. Messaien 52kg
22. Classiconi 52kg
23. Proudly Agro 52kg
24. Impaler 52kg

if la montagna shows what it did 2 weeks ago then it wins with 48.5

don't mind star shiraz

falaise has potential

st basil is proven...really came home well last start when nothing much was firing

Hard to argue Chuck he well and truly beat them last year and probably should have gone very close to winning year before with a bit of luck he could have been lining up for 3 in a row.

My picks right now are probably La Sizeranne, St. Basil, Star Shiraz, Miss Potential and Consular I wouldn't rule Media out completely if she comes up either hard to say right now but that is what I like mostly. As far as La Montagna goes she is a good horse but I can see her running into trouble and I wonder if she can get home over a couple of tough veterans like St.Basil and Consular.

Turns out Media isn't under an injury cloud someone just bought up the idea that she was to be retired to stud and apparently that was all false so I would say she is most likely a definite starter.

One horse I totally forgot before for no particular reason is Gee I Jane looking over her form she has really improved this time in and she is the reason why I rate La Sizeranne an enormous chance to be winning this years stradbroke weighted beatifully really meeting Gee I Jane 2.5kg better for beating her a couple of starts back. Now have a look at the tape of the BTC Cup and look at the finish of Gee I Jane she flew and really left St. Basil flat footed I know this race is longer and he would have only derived benefit from that race but do not undersell either of these horses both are exceptional chances.

Another who after having a close look through the form is Cog Hill can run out a real strong mile and meets La Sizeranne 1.5kg for beating her by a 1/2 length over a mile a couple of runs back also, Normally in the Strabroke you need to run a mile and in my opinion this is how i put it right now.

La Sizeranne
Cog Hill
St. Basil
Star Shiraz
Media

I'm pretty sure Ballet Society is the one thats off to stud Raw..

I'm keen on St BAsil (17's)
Daunting Lad (21's)
La Montagna (26's)

the only other 1 i'd be tempted to back would be Consular if he gets in..the horse is racing as good as ever and has the ability on this track and distance to upset these guys...
Hard To catch rates high...might save on this horse but will wait till barrier draws and the final field..
Falaise has impressed me ..youd think this distance would suit..

If Miss Potential does race, draws a good barrier and gets a good start she will eb very very hard to beat. After she got slammed last week at the start there was no hope of her winning it in a million years. If shes closer to them next week shell be very hard to keep out.

St Basil, Hard to Catch and Gee I Jane will be screaming home late and will have the room on the track this time, with the bigger straight at eagle farm which is going to suit them to a tee.

Actually I would probably have Miss Potential ahead of Star Shiraz on my list my only concern would be the buffeting she to last weekend.