Wait a minute Pud. I didn't CEE the race but it sounds like HIGH CEE went to get a hot dog in the stretch and it cost him the win. (well, almost!) It was a dead heat, right? That's not bad, no matter the class of CAREAL BOY . How clear where the top two of the rest of the field? And it sounds like HIGH CEE is still running on pure, RAW INSTINCT and talent. When they teach him some things and he gets use to the whip, he will be the REAL DEAL!!

Gday All

I am back from the newcastle cup.... what a great day.. My top rater ( and as you blokes know, one of my fav horses) wins the big one... well had a share of it anyway... the other local horse storms home to win the country cup ( I wasnt on him, but look for him in the Port cup I would think) I backed him (Carael Boy) at 21 with oncourse bookies... but settled for 10.5..

As for Carael boy being a "hot dog"... I am guessing that means a horse that sets up a lead and gets run down by swoopers... now I am only guessing about that.. but you only have to go back to his great win at Wyong.. (again a gr3 cup race) and he led them a merry dash and a very good performer in Irongail could not run him down... As an aside, Irongail is now with Freedman and running around in Melbourne on Sunday, and has a real good chance in the race it is contesting... it was much the same sort of race...

The only thing I can say about Hi Cee is that geez i wish he had bumped the ol fella close to home... he came out probably 3 or 4 horses under pressure in the final 100 m.. and we would have got the whole race on protest... What I think we are missing here is that Carael Boy was 20/1 and the horse that could not catch him was 5/2.. I think that says enough about the quality and the guts of this great country galloper... Where to next with him? I dunno... but where ever he shows up, he is bound to give his absolute best, and show the guts and determination he showed yesterday... I yelled myself ho****, cheering him the entire length of the magnificent Newcastle straight... I can barely talk today...I thought Carael Boy was magnificent, but then again I have thought that for a long long time...

AS I have said more than once on this forum...keep an eye out for Mid North Coast Horses when they are away from home... they do win more than their fair share...

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