No Cup penalty for Moonee Valley Cup winner, Grand Marshal


Tuesday 1 November, 2016 – 2nd Acceptances

No Horse Trainer Order of Entry Weight
1 Big Orange (GB) Michael Bell 3 56
2 Our Ivanhowe (Ger) Lee & Anthony Freedman 4 56
3 Curren Mirotic (Jpn) Osamu Hirata 5 55.5
4 Hartnell (GB) John O'Shea 6 55
5 Who Shot Thebarman (NZ) Chris Waller 7 55
6 Wicklow Brave (GB) William Mullins 8 55
7 Bondi Beach (Ire) Aidan O'Brien 9 55
8 Exospheric (GB) Lee & Anthony Freedman 10 55
9 Scottish (Ire) Charlie Appleby 11 54.5
10 Jameka Ciaron Maher 1 53.5
11 Grand Marshal (GB) Chris Waller 13 53.5
12 Gallante (Ire) Robert Hickmott 14 53.5
13 Almoonqith (USA) David & B Hayes & T Dabernig 15 53.5
14 Sir John Hawkwood (Ire) John P Thompson 17 53
15 Heartbreak City (Fr) Tony Martin 18 53
16 Tally John O'Shea 12 52.5
17 Excess Knowledge (GB) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott 21 52.5
18 Real Love Darren Weir 16 52
19 Howard Be Thy Name Darren Weir 19 51.5
20 Beautiful Romance (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor 20 51.5
21 Almandin (Ger) Robert Hickmott 2 51
22 Assign (Ire) Robert Hickmott 22 51
23 Secret Number (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor 23 51
24 Grey Lion (Ire) Matt Cumani 24 51
25 Qewy (Ire) Charlie Appleby 25 50.5
26 Pentathlon (NZ) John Wheeler 26 50.5
27 Rose Of Virginia (NZ) Lee & Shannon Hope 27 50
28 Vengeur Masque (Ire) Michael Moroney 28 50
29 Oceanographer (GB) Charlie Appleby 29 50
30 De Little Engine Danny O'Brien =30 50
31 The Bandit (Jpn) John Sadler =30 50
32 Tom Melbourne (Ire) Lee & Anthony Freedman =30 50

Oceanographer (29th in the Order of Entry) was a late entrant.

Trainer Charlie Appleby has confirmed that Scottish will not run in this race
Stablemate Qewy moves into 24th place in the order of entry

His chances were quite good, as it turned out. Dominant winner. Howard Be Thy Name finished a disappointing fifth and - per his trainer in an interview after the race - will not be going on to the Melbourne Cup. So seemingly Pentathlon sneaks into the 24th position - or at least holds it until the Lexus Stakes is run. Might not get a full field if this keeps up. Only 3 more have qualified thus far...

Good one!
Glad I got on early
Halved his quote after his placing in the MV cup
Nice odds too,,for the place,,that race

Wicklow Brave, last start winner Irish St Leger 2816m. Change in tactics that win, on pace beating the odds-on favourite Order of St George. Handles all track conditions but loves the wet.
Almoonqith, last years Geelong / Sandown Cups winner. Fast finishing 4th Caulfield Cup. At best dry track.
Oceanographer, win range 2012 - 2213m, running in the Lexus Stakes Sat. A good performance in that would enhance his chance for this.

There are doubts (again) that Tally will line-up in Tuesday’s Cup
The horse is set to run in Saturday’s Lexus Stakes & is likely to bypass the Cup & perhaps run in the Zipping Classic 12th Nov

Final acceptors for this race have been passed fit to run however Jameka will be inspected again this morning

Acceptors that contest the Lexus Stakes will be inspected again late today

Recapping. Three kiwis in the final field
Who Shot Thebarman ($35),, Pentathlon ($126) & Rose of Virginia ($301)

Oceanographer penalised 1kg for winning the Lexus Stakes.

Final field:

1 7x5x23x11x BIG ORANGE (GB) Michael Bell Jamie Spencer 7 57kg 117
2 0x5501x586 OUR IVANHOWE (GER) Lee & Anthony Freedman Dwayne Dunn 6 57kg 116
3 x300x620x9 CURREN MIROTIC (JPN) Osamu Hirata Tommy Berry 18 56.5kg 116
4 1220x11x33 BONDI BEACH (IRE) Aidan O'Brien Ryan Moore 5 56kg 116
5 1413x18353 EXOSPHERIC (GB) Lee & Anthony Freedman Damien Oliver 13 56kg 117
6 50x5x21112 HARTNELL (GB) John O'Shea James McDonald 12 56kg 123
7 0324x65272 WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ) Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 20 56kg 115
8 3333x26431 WICKLOW BRAVE (GB) William Mullins Frankie Dettori 24 56kg 117
9 x9065x8084 ALMOONQITH (USA) David & B Hayes & T Dabernig Michael Walker 19 54.5kg 112
10 069x031x27 GALLANTE (IRE) Robert Hickmott Blake Shinn 2 54.5kg 114
11 8533x72691 GRAND MARSHAL (GB) Chris Waller Ben Melham 9 54.5kg 115
12 5324x47121 JAMEKA Ciaron Maher Nicholas Hall 3 54.5kg 2.0kg 119
13 00x101x11x HEARTBREAK CITY (FR) Tony Martin Joao Moreira 23 54kg 113
14 2x1322x210 SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (IRE) John P Thompson Blake Spriggs 14 54kg 1.5kg 114
15 17x20x9834 EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB) Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Vlad Duric 21 53.5kg 111
16 x6153x1553 BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor Damian Lane 1 52.5kg 110
17 x221x66511 ALMANDIN (GER) Robert Hickmott Kerrin McEvoy 17 52kg 1.0kg 108
18 8x1153x921 ASSIGN (IRE) Robert Hickmott Ms Katelyn Mallyon 22 52kg 1.0kg 104
19 32x1837x82 GREY LION (IRE) Matt Cumani Glen Boss 16 52kg 107
20 11x4017x31 OCEANOGRAPHER (GB) Charlie Appleby Chad Schofield 11 52kg 1.0kg 107
21 361x2x12x1 SECRET NUMBER (GB) Saeed Bin Suroor Stephen Baster 10 52kg 112
22 3254x06737 PENTATHLON (NZ) John Wheeler Mark Du Plessis 4 51.5kg 102
23 22x0Fx22x1 QEWY (IRE) Charlie Appleby Craig Williams 15 51.5kg 0.5kg 107
24 62102x0940 ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ) Lee & Shannon Hope Ben E Thompson (a) 8 51kg 100