Both looked good in track gallops yesterday..,,,Efficient looked soild aswell..

Sounds like Efficient will run in the blinkers for the 1st time in the Cox Plate not sure if this is a good or a bad thing only time will tell he did work well in them yesterday certainly kept a nice straight line which was what they were looking for.

Barrier draw this morning...
1. El Segundo Colin Little Luke Nolen 7
2. Lad Of The Manor Simon Stout Greg Childs 9
3. Niconero David Hayes Brad Rawiller 10
4. Marasco Fred Kersley Michael Rodd 11
5. Zipping Graeme Rogerson Danny Nikolic 12
6. Haradasun Tony Vasil Damien Oliver 4
7. Efficient Graeme Rogerson Steven Arnold 5
8. Wonderful World Bart Cummings Nash Rawiller 6
9. Magic Cape Shauen Ritchie Blake Shinn 13
10. Divine Madonna Mark Kavanagh 2
11. Miss Finland David Hayes Craig Williams 1
12. Devil Moon Mark Kavanagh Hugh Bowman 3
13. Eskimo Queen Mike Moroney Craig Newitt 8


I think that Devil Moon will get a good run here. Can't see what will apply the pressure here. Although i'm not too sure weather there will be pressure as it is a Cox Plate as there always is, or will this not be the case with a weaker field lacking visiting horses?

Haradasun will be a good run in behind the speed.

And I think Efficient will put in a much better run this time. He is a zabeel with the blinkers going on and has been working really well during the week.

No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 EL SEGUNDO (NZ) Colin Little L Nolen 7 59
2 LAD OF THE MANOR (NZ) Simon Stout G Childs 9 59
3 NICONERO David Hayes B Rawiller 10 59
4 MARASCO Fred Kersley M Rodd 11 59
5 ZIPPING Graeme Rogerson D Nikolic 12 59
6 HARADASUN Tony Vasil D Oliver 4 57.5
7 EFFICIENT (NZ) Graeme Rogerson S W Arnold 5 57.5
8 WONDERFUL WORLD Bart Cummings N Rawiller 6 57.5
9 MAGIC CAPE (NZ) Shaune Ritchie B Shinn 13 57.5
10 DIVINE MADONNA Mark Kavanagh G Boss 2 56.5
11 MISS FINLAND David Hayes C Williams 1 55
12 DEVIL MOON Mark Kavanagh H Bowman 3 55
13 ESKIMO QUEEN (NZ) Michael Moroney C Newitt 8 55

12-Devil Moon
11-Miss Finland
1-El Segundo
6-Haradasun
4-Marasco

I need some rose coloured glasses for this one and they are hard to find!

Haradasun is doing better than El Segundo [needs blinkers].

really like Haradasun in this, seems to be going pretty good.

Ill give rough chances to Wonderful World, Niconero and Lad of the Manor.

Haradasun, Devil Moon and Wonderful World will probably go forward Zipping wouldn't shock me either if it goes forward in this as I believe it has around his distance range in the past. This will not be a hard run race but the last 1000-800 is usally intense enough to give everything a chance to run on, Efficient might suffer from this but I still feel he is good enough to win this race and drew the perfect barrier for him gives him the chance to pull to the outside without being cluttered up behind horses I just hope Arnold is patient cause it is amazing how many times horses get run down in this race when they go for home to soon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6It079ecPU

great clip, has just about all the Cox Plates in the 70s and 80s... some absolute classics in there....surround, kingston town, dulcify, bonecrusher, red anchor etc.

I too like Haradasun,but I think his biggest problem will be Oliver he doesnt seem to be steering to well at the moment, just hope he gets back to his brilliant best on saturday.