MILLION GROUP I AAMI STRADBROKE HANDICAP (1400M)

1 MARASCO Fred Kersley Shane Scriven 6 57
2 DANLEIGH Chris Waller Corey Brown 9 56.5
3 SWICK (NZ) Bart Cummings Steven Arnold 5 56.5
4 SNIPER'S BULLET Tracey Bartley Michael Cahill 19 56
5 BLACK PIRANHA aaa Karakatsanis Tye Angland 4 55
6 BANK ROBBER Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 18 54.5
7 SOLO FLYER Anthony Cummings Glyn Schofield 10 54.5
8 ABSOLUT GLAM Danny O'Brien Michael Rodd 8 54
9 EMPIRES CHOICE (NZ) Bart Cummings Blake Shinn 11 54
10 ROYAL DISCRETION Gai Waterhouse Larry Cassidy 17 54
11 COURT COMMAND Liam Birchley Zac Purton 3 53.5
12 HARD TO CATCH Pat Duff Brad Stewart 14 53.5
13 MR BARITONE (NZ) Michael Moroney Glen Boss 2 53.5
14 SOMETHING ANYTHING Gary Portelli Jim Cassidy 15 53.5
15 BARLINNIE (NZ) Trevor Bailey Terry Treichel 20 53
16 RIGHTFULLY YOURS Mick Price Jim Byrne 7 53
17 JUNGLE RULER Peter White Craig Newitt 13 52.5
18 MR SLICK (NZ) Leon Morton Joe Bowditch 12 52.5
19 VOCALIC Michael Lakey Craig Grylls (a) 1 52.5
20 ORTENSIA Tony Noonan Craig Williams 16 51.5

I think Snipers Bullet a real big chance in this , he'll get the cart across behind the leaders thanks to bank robber . If its a bog like it seems it will be then he can grind away with a bit of a break on Black pirahna that will be surging late. The fish needs luck but EF usually gives you the chance to run on.
Mr Baritone will be there as he should again get the favours in running.

Vocalic is interesting ,,he just loves the heavy bog and hes in real good form,,,his win last start was just a barrier trial on the cushion (which sort of plays like a heavy) hes worth putting in your exotics at 300/1 but it needs to be real heavy.

Hard to Catch can again run well here,,hes only a little horse and one of those kind of horses that actually likes going between horses rather than going around horses,,,hes suited to the big fields like this as he can just poke through gaps without needing to much urging..

Danliegh worries me as he doesnt seem to have that turn of foot when its real heavy..
Ortensia the same ..

Ab Glam will need luck ,,,,Empires Choice capable and now its real wet will at least be finishing off strongly..not sure class wise with Somethin Anything..

so far
Snipers / The Fish / Mr Baritone , Vocalic , Hard to Catch , Empries Choice
and i've backed Vocalic e/w at the 251/1 and 61/1 the place ,,,would have liked the 400's earlier ,,(i'll be hoping it continues to rain hard in brissie)

Already got some nice odds on Black piranha so I think ill put some e/w bets on a couple of the longer priced horses like Hard to Catch, Mr baritone and maybe absolute glam. I agree re Vocalic, doesnt mind it wet, and with the track conditions expected i guess anything could happen!

Black Piranha big run 10K there is no Apache Cat this time around
next best Royal Discretion / Sniper's Bullet / Mr Baritone
smoky Solo Flyer

Black Pirahna very talented horse - but its style of racing (get back)makes it hard for him to win.

Absolute Glam's form since resuming has not been up to what she's capable of. I'm going to give here one more chance. I let Viewed go in the cup because I thought he'd gone off the boil but I loved his form in earlier preps. Maybe she's just been brought alongg quietly with this in mind as her 'grand final'.