I wonder if the people who said Sunline was thrown into the Doncaster with 2.5kgs OVER weight for age will think that Northerly is thrown into the Melbourne Cup with 0.5kgs UNDER weight for age?
Do not be under the illusion that the Melbourne Cup is a stronger race than the Doncaster either. The quality of two mile horses in this country is quite poor and when you consider the placings that the imports have achieved in the past nine years it supports that view. Give The Slip and Central Park for example are pacemakers for better stablemates in Europe yet both went mighty close to winning.
So is Northerly a chance at 58kgs? Providing he is trained to run two miles he should have a crack in my opinion.
Any thoughts?