Latest Order of Entry: https://cdn.racing.com/-/media/rv/2...p-2nd-acc-oct-4.

Grand Promenade up alongside Realm Of Flowers as exempt from the ballot. Angel Of Truth on the bubble.

Cup nominees racing in Australia on Saturday:

Saturday 09, October 2021
FORGOT YOU (NZ)	YTPFBC	$18	Caulfield - Race 8 - 4:30PM Neds Caulfield Guineas (1600 METRES)
IRISH FLAME (NZ)	YTPFBC	$126	Caulfield - Race 9 - 5:10PM Hyland Race Colours Toorak Handicap (1600 METRES)
FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	YTPFBC	$2.70	Caulfield - Race 10 - 5:45PM Neds Herbert Power Stakes (2400 METRES)
DELPHI (IRE)	38	$3.70	First 3 Finishers Pass First Ballot Clause + Prizemoney added to totals
DEFIBRILLATE (NZ)	YTPFBC	$8.50
TOORADIN	YTPFBC	$8.50
THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	15	$14
HASTA LA WAR	YTPFBC	$16
KING OF LEOGRANCE (FR)	29	$20
BARADE (FR)	58	$21
MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	20	$34
ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	YTPFBC	$34
FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	43	$51
KILLOURNEY (IRE)	YTPFBC	$71
AKTAU (GB)	52	$151
CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	YTPFBC		Hamilton - Race 7 - 4:46PM bet365 Hamilton Cup (2200 METRES)

Results from Cup nominees over the weekend:

Saturday
FORGOT YOU (NZ)	YTPFBC	6th of 15	$26	CAUL	1600m Good3 CAUL GUINEAS Group 1 $2,008,500
IRISH FLAME (NZ)	YTPFBC	10th of 12	$91	CAUL	1600m Good3 TOORAK HCP Group 1 $1,002,750
DELPHI (IRE)	38	1st of 11	$1.95	CAUL	2400m Good3 HERBERT POWER Group 2 $301,000
THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	15	2nd of 11	$11	CAUL
HASTA LA WAR	PFBC	3rd of 11	$17	CAUL
DEFIBRILLATE (NZ)	YTPFBC	4th of 11	$8.5	CAUL
MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	20	5th of 11	$26	CAUL
BARADE (FR)	57	6th of 11	$26	CAUL
TOORADIN	YTPFBC	7th of 11	$5.5	CAUL
FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	43	8th of 11	$31	CAUL
KILLOURNEY (IRE)	YTPFBC	9th of 11	$71	CAUL
AKTAU (GB)	51	10th of 11	$101	CAUL
ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	YTPFBC	11th of 11	$20	CAUL

Hasta La War passes the first ballot clause but remains near the bottom of all candidates.

Note sure that Delphi will earn a 0.5kg penalty after his Herbert Power win. He carried 2kg less than The Chosen One and beat him by one length on Saturday. Per the Melbourne Cup weights they're currently 1.5kg different - so the penalty is already there, sort of. The prizemoney gets Delphi to around 35th in the Order and the win earns exemption for this week's Caulfield Cup.

Third declarations were due yesterday and 20 more horses are out of the running:

AKTAU (GB)

ANGEL OF TRUTH

BARADE (FR)

BEAUDEN (NZ)

BUCKHURST (IRE)

COLETTE

DASHING WILLOUGHBY (GB)

HUNGRY HEART

IRISH FLAME (NZ)

KILLOURNEY (IRE)

KING'S CHARISMA (IRE)

LONG ARM (IRE)

LUNCIES (GB)

MOUNT POPA (IRE)

NEVER LISTEN

SHE'S IDEEL

SOUND (GER)

SOUS LES NUAGES (IRE)

SPIRIT RIDGE (GB)

SWEET THOMAS (GER)

Here is the current Order of Entry: https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/t...3570b7e5bb.ashx

Knights Order is on the bubble in 24th, though has less than $3k of eligibly prizemoney from King of Leogrance. None of the candidates who are yet to pass the first ballot clause can jump ahead (unless they win more than $380k and: in the case of Amade he gets a 0.5kg penalty; or, in the case of Defibrillate, a 1.0kg penalty). Everyone else must be hoping for either massive dropouts or ballot exemption. A 2.5kg-3kg penalty would seem quite unlikely...



Here are today's Cup nominees racing:

Wednesday 13, October 2021
CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	YTPFBC	$41	Caulfield - Race 2 - 2:00PM Neds Coongy Cup (2000 METRES)
DUAIS	14	$7.50
FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	YTPFBC	$1.70
SHERWOOD FOREST	38	$126
KING'S CHARISMA (IRE)	YTPFBC	$10	Caulfield - Race 3 - 2:35PM Nick Johnstone Real Estate Handicap (2000 METRES)
MANKAYAN (IRE)	YTPFBC	$4.50
TOKEN SPIRIT	YTPFBC	$20
EMISSARY (GB)	YTPFBC	$8.50	Caulfield - Race 4 - 3:10PM BECK Probuild Handicap (2400 METRES)
PESTO (GB)	YTPFBC	$14

Wednesday's Results:

Wednesday
MANKAYAN (IRE)	YTPFBC	2nd of 12	$4.8	CAUL	2000m Good4 BM78 $130,000
KING'S CHARISMA (IRE)	YTPFBC	4th of 12	$10	CAUL
TOKEN SPIRIT	YTPFBC	11th of 12	$26	CAUL
DUAIS	14	1st of 9	$11	CAUL	2000m Good4 COONGY Group 3 $200,750
FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	YTPFBC	3rd of 9	$1.55	CAUL
CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	YTPFBC	8th of 9	$31	CAUL
SHERWOOD FOREST	38	9th of 9	$91	CAUL
EMISSARY (GB)	YTPFBC	5th of 12	$9	CAUL	2400m Good4 BM84 $130,000
PESTO (GB)	YTPFBC	9th of 12	$14	CAUL

Cup nominees racing the next few days:

Friday 15, October 2021
GOOD IDEA	39	$12	Moe - Race 8 - 4:00PM Ladbrokes Moe Cup (2050 METRES)
Saturday 16, October 2021
INCENTIVISE	9	$2.50	Caulfield - Race 9 - 5:15PM Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup (2400 METRES)
DELPHI (IRE)	21	$8.50
YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	18	$10
THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	13	$13
EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	8	$15
MONTEFILIA	10	$16
DUAIS	14	$18
MASTER OF WINE (GER)	33	$26
PERSAN	23	$26
SHE'S IDEEL	19	$34
QUICK THINKER	22	$61
CHAPADA	31	$67
CHARMS STAR (NZ)	35	$81
GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	44	$91
OCEAN BILLY (NZ)	20	$91
PORT GUILLAUME (FR)	34	$91
SELINO (GB)	15	$101
CONSTANTINOPLE (IRE)	YTPFBC	$301
HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	45	$6	Royal Randwick - Race 9 - 5:30PM BENTLEY ST LEGER STAKES (2600 METRES)
FUN FACT	37	$8.50
CARIF	28	$13
YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	42	$13
ATTORNEY (FR)	29	$26

Realm Of Flowers, the ballot exempt Andrew Ramsden winner, is out for the remainder of Spring. Caught an illness and will be spelled.

King of Leogrance is now in spot #24 of the order.

Here are last weekend's results:

Friday
GOOD IDEA	35	3rd of 9	$11	MOE	2050m Heavy8 MOE CUP $130,000
Saturday
INCENTIVISE	1	1st of 18	$2.3	CAUL	2400m Soft6 CAUL CUP Group 1 $5,150,000
PERSAN	19	3rd of 18	$31	CAUL
MONTEFILIA	8	4th of 18	$18	CAUL
GREAT HOUSE (IRE)	40	5th of 18	$61	CAUL
CHAPADA	23	6th of 18	$101	CAUL
SHE'S IDEEL	16	7th of 18	$31	CAUL
YOUNG WERTHER (NZ)	13	8th of 18	$16	CAUL
OCEAN BILLY (NZ)	17	9th of 18	$101	CAUL
PORT GUILLAUME (FR)	30	10th of 18	$41	CAUL
MASTER OF WINE (GER)	29	12th of 18	$26	CAUL
DELPHI (IRE)	18	13th of 18	$5.5	CAUL
THE CHOSEN ONE (NZ)	11	14th of 18	$19	CAUL
SELINO (GB)	12	15th of 18	$201	CAUL
EXPLOSIVE JACK (NZ)	7	17th of 18	$21	CAUL
CHARMS STAR (NZ)	31	18th of 18	$101	CAUL
CARIF	25	4th of 12	$10	RAND	2600m Soft5 ST LEGER $501,500
YOUNG RASCAL (FR)	38	10th of 12	$15	RAND
FUN FACT	33	12th of 12	$11	RAND
HIGH EMOCEAN (NZ)	41	9th of 12	$5.5	RAND

Incentivise was stunningly good in the Caulfield Cup and earned a 1.5kg penalty. He is now the $2.50 Cup favourite. Next in the betting is Spanish Mission at $6.00, then both Grand Promenade and Twilight Payment at $13.


The Order of Entry, as of today, is here: https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/t...c036d278cd.ashx. Withdrawing over the weekend were Duais, Quick Thinker, Realm Of Flowers and Sir Dragonet (who was sadly euthanised following a track accident).


Here are the Cup nominees participating in the Geelong Cup:

Wednesday 20, October 2021
TRALEE ROSE (NZ)	24	$2.60	bet365 Geelong - Race 7 - 4:00PM bet365 Geelong Cup (2400 METRES)
HASTA LA WAR	43	$6.50	Placegetters pass the first ballot clause
DEFIBRILLATE (NZ)	YTPFBC	$7.50	Money earned is added to totals
KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	20	$8.50
LE DON DE VIE (GB)	27	$13
MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	15	$18
THE GOOD FIGHT (NZ)	YTPFBC	$19
AMADE (IRE)	YTPFBC	$21
ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	YTPFBC	$51
JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	9	$61

Results from Wednesday's Geelong Cup:

Wednesday
TRALEE ROSE (NZ)	20	1st of 13	$2.6	GEEL	2400m Good4 GEEL CUP Group 3 $400,000
HASTA LA WAR	39	3rd of 13	$5	GEEL
AMADE (IRE)	YTPBC	4th of 13	$21	GEEL
LE DON DE VIE (GB)	24	5th of 13	$10	GEEL
MIRAGE DANCER (GB)	14	6th of 13	$21	GEEL
DEFIBRILLATE (NZ)	YTPFBC	7th of 13	$8	GEEL
KNIGHTS ORDER (IRE)	19	9th of 13	$12	GEEL
ROSTROPOVICH (IRE)	YTPFBC	10th of 13	$61	GEEL
JOHNNY GET ANGRY (NZ)	8	12th of 13	$71	GEEL

Amade would have liked to have finished a length further ahead... Would have passed the first ballot clause and be up in 27th spot now. Is nominated for Bendigo next week; will have to do well and still hope for some dropouts. Will also be having 3 runs in 2 weeks, if he were to make the Melbourne Cup start-line.


Here are this weekend's contending Cup nominees:

Saturday 23, October 2021
CARIF	22	$11	Royal Randwick - Race 7 - 4:10PM CLUBSNSW CITY TATTERSALLS CLUB CUP (2400 METRES)
ZEYREK (FR)	40	2.4
FORGOT YOU (NZ)	YTPFBC	$1.80	The Valley - Race 7 - 3:45PM Drummond Golf Vase (2040 METRES)
MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	13	$18	The Valley - Race 8 - 4:25PM McCafé Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500 METRES)
ATTORNEY (FR)	23	$31
LE DON DE VIE (GB)	24	$26
PONDUS (GB)	25	$3
FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	29	$34
GOOD IDEA	32	$35
HARPO MARX (IRE)	36	$6
FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	YTPFBC	$3.40
THE GOOD FIGHT (NZ)	YTPFBC	$46
VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	3	$5	The Valley - Race 9 - 5:10PM Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040 METRES)

Dawn Patrol, King of Leogrance and Montefilia all withdrew from the Cup during the week.


I'll put the preliminary "the system" results up after this weekend's racing.

Here are this weekend's results of Cup nominees:

Saturday
VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)	3	3rd of 8	$3.6	M V	2040m Soft5 COX PLATE Group 1 $5,050,000
FORGOT YOU (NZ)	YTPFBC	1st of 14	$2	M V	2040m Soft5 VASE Group 2 $308,000
FLOATING ARTIST (GB)	38	2nd of 10	$3.8	M V	2500m Soft5 MV CUP Group 2 $1,011,000
PONDUS (GB)	25	4th of 10	$2.2	M V
MIAMI BOUND (NZ)	13	5th of 10	$12	M V
FUTURE SCORE (IRE)	29	6th of 10	$41	M V
ATTORNEY (FR)	23	8th of 10	$19	M V
GOOD IDEA	32	10th of 10	$21	M V
ZEYREK (FR)	41	3rd of 12	$3.4	RAND	2400m Good3 C-TATTS CUP Listed $141,000
CARIF	22	7th of 12	$16	RAND

Floating Artist passed the first ballot clause and is up to 38th in the Order of Entry.

Fourth Declarations are due tomorrow, so I may wait until they're out before doing "the system" scoring.

Looking forward to it walkermac.

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