Had my eye on that one myself FremantleDoctor :wink:

By the way, welcome to the WA thread :smile:

CARNARVON CUP - Mirror Moon EW

Carnarvon Cup result

Horse Weight Jockey Pos Len from winner

No Anchor 56.5 Dominic Tourneur 1
Optimizer 55.5 Jim Lemon 2 LNK
Thunder And Halo 55.5 Jessica Hill 3 3 1/4 L
Shaw River 55 Shane Cull 4 3 1/2 L
Mirror Moon 58.5 Jeremy Hustwitt 4 3/4 L
Party Boy (B) 55.5 Neil Chapman 6 4 3/4 L
Co Striker 56 Peter Hall 7 7 1/2 L
Maroona (B) 56 David Randall 8 8 L
Initial Arrest 55 Tamara Zanker 9 8 1/2 L
Changing The Guard 55.5 Roy Mc Kay 10 12 1/2 L
Irish Dance 55 Antoinette Armes 11 16 1/4 L
Balidor(NZ) 55 Corey Farrell 12 22 1/4 L


Missed the winner but still made a small profit :smile:

Did better than I FremantleDoctor

As expected Northerly raced like he needed the run yesterday. Likely next start Turnbull Stakeson 2 October. Is possible could be very near his best by Cox time.

I read,think it was the west australian,on the w.a tab site in an article that Fred Kearsley said that Northerly definately would need the run on sunday and that he should be spot on for yallumba 3 weeks later and the cox plate 2 weks after that. Has anything changed since the run yesterday,i thought his run was okay and he only started to weaken the last little bit and will strip pretty fit next run,couldnt believe people would want to back him yesterday though,he had next to no chance of running a place.

What do others think about Northerly making the Melbourne Cup his target. Fred would have more time to get him right, and it's the main race he hasn't won yet. I guess the Yalumba will tell all, they'll have to get him rolling more forward or even lead.

Melbourne Cup - no. Perth summer carnival - yes.

And at least another run to get him anywhere near his best. Should he get close to the money next start, he'll give Starcraft something to catch in the Cox.

You're right goldmember, the Yalumba (Oct 9th) was reported to be Northerly's next start but now reports out of Melbourne are saying it will be the Turnbull Stakes (Oct 2nd). Perhaps Fred feels an earlier backup more advantageous.



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