Alinghi has more improvement.
I do think however it was the 57 itself rather than the weight difference that stopped FNR. I think the actual 2kg is the important fact rather than the turnaround between them. FNR raced with no cover and copped interferance at the 500. So i am not writing him off completely. That being said i still think Alingi wins...convinceingly. Odds could be silly on FNR though.

Might go the Xcellent - Alinghi all up. Great run by King Johnny and Justa Tad shows NZ form is decent, and Alinghi is a good thing.

People on other forums Sportz....i just can't see why..(regards Shamekah)
does anyone give a chance to Charge Forward here ?

No Horse Trainer Weight

1 FASTNET ROCK Paul Perry 55
2 CHARGE FORWARD John O'Shea 55
3 SHAMEKHA Gai Waterhouse 55
4 ONLY WORDS John Hawkes 55
5 SNIPPETSON Guy Walter 55
6 OUR QUIVIRA (NZ) Peter G Moody 55
7 ALINGHI Lee Freedman 52.5
8 SEGMENTS Peter G Moody 52.5
9 CRIMSON REIGN Bruce McLachlan 52.5

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As the betting suggests FASTNET ROCK & ALINGHI do look a standout quinella. I'm going to put the current outsider of the field CRIMSON REIGN in for 3rd.

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Alinghi $1.70
Fastnet Rock $2.43

1 FASTNET ROCK
5 ALINGHI
2 SHAMEKHA

Alinghi
Fastnet Rock
Only Words - for third

(5) ALINGHI
(1) FASTNET ROCK
(3) ONLY WORDS

ALINGHI