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Watched the vids of the last couple of MC's ,,,Zipping did ok to run 4th as he was close to the lead both times,,,ridden with cover he might be the best of the Aussies ,,,seems to be a better horse this time in aswell..

If it rains Cest Le Guerre would be the one i'd be interested in ..

Mad Rush and Nom Du Juer still in the mix,,

7-03.00 EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP (3200 METRES)
Of $5500000 and $150000 trophies. 1st $3300000 and trophies of $125000 to owner $10000 to trainer $10000 to jockey $5000 to strapper, 2nd $835000, 3rd $420000, 4th $220000, 5th $150000, 6th $115000, 7th $115000, 8th $115000, 9th $115000, 10th $115000.
(GROUP 1).
No Allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 24
No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Penalty Handicapper
Rating
1 SEPTIMUS (IRE) Aidan O'Brien Johnny Murtagh 10 58.5 122
2 MASTER O'REILLY (NZ) Danny O'Brien Vlad Duric 6 55 114
3 HONOLULU (IRE) Aidan O'Brien Colm O'Donoghue 24 54.5 1.0 115
4 C'EST LA GUERRE (NZ) John Sadler Brett Prebble 5 54 108
5 NOM DU JEU (NZ) Murray Baker Jeff Lloyd 1 54 112
6 YELLOWSTONE (IRE) Jane Chapple-Hyam John F Egan 12 54 110
7 ZIPPING John Sadler Danny Nikolic 16 54 115
8 MAD RUSH (USA) Luca Cumani Damien Oliver 4 53.5 112
9 ICE CHARIOT Ron Maund Michael Rodd 22 53 109
10 VIEWED Bart Cummings Blake Shinn 9 53 107
11 LITTORIO Nigel Blackiston Steven King 17 52.5 112
12 BAUER (IRE) Luca Cumani Corey Brown 13 52 1.0 106
13 BOUNDLESS (NZ) Stephen Mckee Greg Childs 20 52 106
14 GALLOPIN (NZ) Danny O'Brien James Winks 21 52 1.0 107
15 GUYNO (NZ) Lou Luciani Craig Newitt 8 52 101
16 ZARITA (NZ) Pat Hyland Dwayne Dunn 7 52 110
17 NEWPORT Paul Perry Chris Symons 15 51.5 1.5 105
18 PROFOUND BEAUTY (IRE) Dermot K Weld Glen Boss 2 51.5 108
19 RED LORD Anthony Cummings Nicholas Hall (a) 14 51.5 104
20 VAREVEES (GB) Richard Gibson Craig Williams 23 51.5 105
21 PRIZE LADY (NZ) Graeme Sanders Mark Sweeney 18 51 104
22 ALESSANDRO VOLTA (GB) Aidan O'Brien Wayne Lordan 11 50.5 115
23 BARBARICUS Danny O'Brien Stephen Baster 3 50.5 104
24 MOATIZE Bart Cummings Clare Lindop 19 50 100

Not really sure the barrier draw matters all that much,,but Profound Beauty , Cest La Guerre , Mad rush drawn nicely..

post22,
maverick1993...you could be on the right track there...plus...Septimus. We'll just have to see what happens on the day.
Haveagoodun.

thanks Xanadu but let me clairfy Zippings run last year,,,
he did race back in the field with cover,,seemed to resent the slowing of the race half way around,,he then took off probably 100m to early and gave himself a big task of rounding them up..
Rodd had the patience and peeled around him to surge past to win,,i think they might have bumped when he went past or it could have been a reminder of who the stable money was on

Zipping kept finding the line though and hes the best of the Aussies now..

Had a quick look this morn'
Came up with a $210 Tri

1st-1,5,7,8,18
2nd-1,4,5,7,8,11,14,18
3rd-1,4,5,7,8,11,14,18

This will be $42 for 20% if I decide to make a brief reappearance from retirement
Cheers

What do you fellas think of Prize Lady? She's won the 3200m Aukland Cup twice. No good on a dry track, but if it's slow on Tuesday I reckon she's a very real chance. I just can't work out the $150 odds, maybe I'm missing something?

Auckland Cup generally isn't a strong form guide to the Cup. I think Bazelle won it in 2005 (I backed it in the cup e/w) and it barely beat a horse home.

Think you should include No. 23 Barbaricus ahead of Gallopin and Littorio. Just personal opinion though.