Current nominations

1 BUTTEN SHAW Lee Freedman
2 CAPADAN (NZ) Ross McDonald
3 CHARNWOOD GREEN Chris Wood
4 FONOME Sue Naylor
5 GOLDEN SHOE (NZ) Cliff Brown
6 HONEST POLITICIAN Ray Cleaver
7 MODERN ERA Brian Mayfield-Smith
8 MR. LOFTY (NZ) Peter G Moody
9 NIAGARA FALLS Peter G Moody
10 PINK FIT Brian Mayfield-Smith
11 POLISH CLOWN Brian Cox
12 REGAL THRILLS Tony McEvoy
13 SHADY BRADY Mick Price
14 SHOW BARRY John Rattle
15 TAKEN Danny O'Brien
16 UMDINGER Ray Lawson
17 YOU LITTLE BEAUT Tony McEvoy

No Horse Trainer Weight

1 MR. LOFTY (NZ) Peter G Moody 58
2 FONOME Sue Naylor 57.5
3 SHOW BARRY John Rattle 57
4 BUTTEN SHAW Lee Freedman 56
5 PINK FIT Brian Mayfield-Smith 56
6 CAPADAN (NZ) Ross McDonald 56
7 MODERN ERA Brian Mayfield-Smith 55
8 CHARNWOOD GREEN Chris Wood 55
9 YOU LITTLE BEAUT Tony McEvoy 55
10 TAKEN Danny O'Brien 54
11 SHADY BRADY Mick Price 54
12 NIAGARA FALLS Peter G Moody 53
13 REGAL THRILLS Tony McEvoy 53
14 UMDINGER Ray Lawson 53
15 HONEST POLITICIAN Ray Cleaver 53
16 POLISH CLOWN Brian Cox 53
17 GOLDEN SHOE (NZ) Cliff Brown 53

Tab No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight

1 MR. LOFTY (NZ) Peter G Moody V Hall 5 58
2 FONOME Sue Naylor B Rawiller 1 57.5
3 SHOW BARRY John Rattle C D Symons (a) 4 57
4 BUTTEN SHAW Lee Freedman D Oliver 8 56
5 CAPADAN (NZ) Ross McDonald D Taggart 2 56
6 PINK FIT Brian Mayfield-Smith B Shinn (a) 12 56
7 CHARNWOOD GREEN Chris Wood S W Arnold 9 55
8 SHADY BRADY Mick Price Matthew Allen 3 54
9 TAKEN Danny O'Brien S Baster 13 54
10 NIAGARA FALLS Peter G Moody L Nolen 7 53
11 REGAL THRILLS Tony McEvoy D Gauci 14 53
12 UMDINGER Ray Lawson Ms S Wynne 6 53
13 GOLDEN SHOE (NZ) Cliff Brown A Findlay 11 53
14 POLISH CLOWN Brian Cox N Ryan (a) 10 53

Current fixed odds:


No. Selection Win Place

001 Mr. Lofty $5.00 $2.00
004 Butten Shaw $6.00 $2.25
009 Taken $7.50 $2.60
014 Polish Clown $9.00 $3.00
002 Fonome $11.00 $3.50
003 Show Barry $11.00 $3.50
006 Pink Fit $11.00 $3.50
007 Charnwood Green $11.00 $3.50
008 Shady Brady $11.00 $3.50
011 Regal Thrills $13.00 $4.00
005 Capadan $21.00 $6.00
010 Niagara Falls $26.00 $7.25
013 Golden Shoe $34.00 $9.25
012 Umdinger $51.00 $13.50

(8) SHADY BRADY
(7) CHARNWOOD GREEN
(2) FONOME
(9) TAKEN

I'm a bit surprised to see Butten Shaw take his place in this. In my view he's much better on bigger tracks (see his below par efforts at Traralgon and Moonee Valley). I would have thought they'd save him for a race on New Year's day at Flemington. Anyway, I'll reserve judgment on him for a more complete analysis later.

TAKEN
MR LOFTY
PINK FIT
BUTTEN SHAW

8 SHADY BRADY
2 FONOME
9 TAKEN
1 MR LOFTY

Couldn't agree more with Filante's comments re Butten Shaw. That being said he also needs to be ridden close, evidenced by his grinding win LS, and some of those below par runs he was too far back.

Mr. Lofty will be very, very hard to beat. Doubt they can beat him IMO. Top first up run, which led to him being unders 2nd up when he'd be obviously flat from the first up run. Whatever beats him will have to do a career best. He's the bet of the day for me.

(3) Show Barry
(4) Butten Shaw
(2) Fonome
(12) Umdinger