G'day Folks,

Really interesting thread this one and I thought I would add my two bob's worth in relation to Samantha Miss.

Having been in a fortunate position to get up close to this filly from her two year old days to now, I can tell you that you do not have to worry about her being out-muscled in this race. She is one vicious biatche!

The key to her success in this race will be the pace of the race, she cannot win if the pressure goes on at the 1400, she is just a bit too brilliant (al la Lohnro) to go much more than 250-350m at real warp speed.

Now the horses I would normally expect to start this pressure would be Theseo and Maldivian. But given Maldivian's recent performances, I reckon Rodd will be told to hold him up until the last third of the final turn (300m out). If that happens this will be a slower than normal Cox Plate and Samantha Miss should put this lot to the sword in the straight.


Cheers,
Luckyboy

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