Anniversary Vase (Listed) - Caulfield 1st April

[Macca_]

Noms -

ANNIVERSARY VASE 1400M

Of $100500 Of $100000 and $500 trophy. 1st $60000 and trophy of $500, 2nd $18000, 3rd $9000, 4th $4500, 5th $2500, 6th $2000, 7th $2000, 8th $2000. (LISTED). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 16+3 EM

No Horse Trainer Rating
1 ACTIVATION (NZ) Graeme Rogerson (104)
2 ASTRODAME Brian Mayfield-Smith (94)
3 BARABBA ROAD Phillip Stokes (96)
4 BEAUTIFUL GEM Lee Freedman (106)
5 BROWNEYED BOY John Blacker
6 CAMP KALANI Pat Carey (100.5)
7 DISMISSAL John Hawkes (99)
8 ECONSUL (NZ) David Hayes (102.5)
9 GOLD WELLS Danny O'Brien (98)
10 KAMSKY Bart Cummings (88)
11 LAD OF THE MANOR (NZ) Roger Hoysted (116)
12 MATRAS (NZ) Lee Freedman (100.5)
13 MISS ANDRETTI David Mueller (104.5)
14 MONO ROCK David Hayes (84)
15 NICONERO David Hayes (104.5)
16 O'CANARVASS Nigel Blackiston (98)
17 OAMARU STORM Tom Hughes (99)
18 PARMAR DAY Peter G Moody (89)
19 POLAR BEAR (GB) David Hayes
20 ROYAL LAKES Terry Kelly (98)
21 SCOPARI Clarry Conners (89)
22 SHADOW (NZ) Colin Davies (88)
23 SHINZIG David Hayes (97)
24 STEP AHEAD Robbie Laing (94)
25 STORM ALERT Lee Freedman (102.5)
26 STRIKELINE Brian Mayfield-Smith (102.5)
27 TENESSEE TOM Mark Young (83)
28 TITANIC JACK Tom Hughes (101)
29 TRULY WICKED Brian Mayfield-Smith (97)
30 VOLITANT Michael Hibbs (100.5)

I have been waiting for Matras to resurface.

 

[Macca_]

52kg for Matras. I like her. Will be keen to do the form here, but most likely will be on her.

LOTM given 64kg!!!

 

[Nuffs]

LOTM not running.

will coem up to sydney and race in the george ryder and then doncaster

 

[Macca_]

Form -

http://www.rsb.net.au/PUBLISHING/DOWNLOADS/FREEFORM/RD0104CAUL.asp?racenum=06

Bugger, me mare drew 15. She'll get back for sure.

 

[Macca_]

Fixed Odds -

No Runner Win
11 Storm Alert 4.50
14 Matras 5.00
1 Niconero 6.50
3 Beautiful Gem 6.50
8 Volitant 15.00
6 Camp Kalani 15.00
17 Astrodame 15.00
12 Gold Wells 17.00
2 Polar Bear 17.00
16 Truly Wicked 21.00
9 Dismissal 21.00
7 Strikeline 26.00
4 Econsul 26.00
10 Oamaru Storm 26.00
13 O'Canarvass 26.00
5 Titanic Jack 34.00
15 Shinzig 34.00
18 Kamsky 101.00

 

[Macca_]

Haven't had a great look at the form but I'll be backing my mare

Been a fan so have to stick and I think she's bound for a big win or 3 this year. Cox Plate later on maybe.........

Matras! Tough draw, but she'll be rattling home.

 

[Tim Brasher]

Ill take the value with Camp kalani...Will be on the pace and will be hard to run down at Caulfield

 

[les amber]

Have been tipped onto DISMISSAL, by those in the know, it was set to race this a while back....

It will run on the pace and look to turn in front...

 

[Macca_]

Might have a look Les. 21's... Worth an interest.

 

[Tim Brasher]

Econsul, Dismissal and Matras are all scratched.

Revised Market Top10

Storm Alert $3.75
Beautiful Gem, Niconero $6.00
Truly Wicked $11.00 Firmed from $21..Interesting
Volitant, Camp Kalani $13.00
Astradame $15.00
Shinzig, Polar Bear, Gold Wells $17.00

 

[Macca_]

Re Matras -

Matras off to Sydney
By Matt Stewart
March 31, 2006

MATRAS, the mare Lee Freedman once hoped would win him another Cox Plate, will bypass her comeback race at Caulfield tomorrow.

Instead, Freedman will begin Matras's long-term Cox Plate grooming process in the Royal Parma Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill next Saturday after she drew barrier 15 in the Anniversary Vase at Caulfield.

Many observers had rated Matras the stable's next great mare after she won six straight races last year.

But a hairline fracture to a tibia, sustained after winning the Inglis Mile on Cox Plate day, sidelined her.

"I often find mares who have a great preparation then have a setback find it hard to come back, but we'll see," Freedman said.

Matras has made a full recovery according to Freedman, who nominated the Emancipation Stakes (1600m) as a likely target for her late in the Sydney carnival.

Herald Sun

http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,18659936-32343,00.html