Melbourne Cup

[Macca_]

Sportsbet No. Runner Win Place
34564 MASTER OREILLY 5.00 2.00
34584 PURPLE MOON 7.50 2.62
34627 ZIPPING 9.00 3.00
34569 MISS FINLAND 11.00 3.50
34560 MAHLER 11.00 3.50
34593 SCORPION 13.00 4.00
34536 EFFICIENT 13.00 4.00
34548 GALLIC 13.00 4.00
34566 MAYBE BETTER 15.00 4.50
34540 ESKIMO QUEEN 17.00 5.00
34576 ON A JEUNE 17.00 5.00
34583 PRINCESS COUP 17.00 5.00
34608 TAWQEET 21.00 6.00
34516 BLUE MONDAY 21.00 6.00
34556 LAZER SHARP 21.00 6.00
34613 THE FUZZ 26.00 7.25
34617 TUNGSTEN STRIKE 31.00 8.50
34534 DOURO VALLEY 31.00 8.50
34517 BLUTIGEROO 41.00 11.00
34533 DOLPHIN JO 81.00 21.00
34624 ZAVITE 81.00 21.00
34600 SIRMIONE 81.00 21.00
34592 SCENIC SHOT 81.00 21.00

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

i like gallic at odds. sirimone is a shot as well, particularly after how well cummings prepared wonderful world on the weekend

 

[NK Arsenal]

Righto, I've just backed Miss Finland for the cups double:crazy: . It'll win for sure!!!!111!!!!

Miss Finland just got scratched for the Melbourne Cup ;-)
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4260729a17395.html

I'm putting 50c each way on whoever draws gates 4, 7 and 11. You may ask why these gates. I'm choosing them because 4 is Cesc Fabregas' number, 7 is Tomas Rosicky's number and 11 is Robin van Persie's number. All of them play for the greatest football club in the world, Arsenal FC.

When is the barrier draw?

 

[Macca_]

Draw is at 6.30pm.

barrier 5-10 for Purple Moon

 

[Macca_]

:lol: I didn't mean 5+10!

15 will do me.

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

whats the draw? can't find it anywhere FFS

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

sirmione drew barrier 20 i had a slash at it at 80/1 so here's hoping the barrier won't kill it. its a backmarker anyway so shouldn't be a big issue

1 – 0050 Tawqeet mh (3) D Dunn 57
2 – 5774 Blue Monday mh (14) N Rawiller 56
3 – 9797 Blutigeroo tm (12) L Nolen 55.5
4 – X601 Gallic tdh (24) S W Arnold 55.5
5 – 8000 Railings (18) G J Childs 55.5
6 – 0409 Efficient th (10) M Rodd 54.5
7 – 6497 Maybe Better tmh (7) C W Brown 54
8 – 5061 Tungsten Strike dm (2) Darryll Holland 54
9 – 3583 Zipping tmh (22) D Nikolic 54
10 – 6809 Black Tom dh (21) P Hall 53.5
11 – 1311 Master O'Reilly tmh (17) V Duric 53.5
12 – 4116 Purple Moon d (15) D Oliver 53.5
13 – 6762 Lazer Sharp mh (16) B Shinn 52.5
14 – 8546 On A Jeune m (4) K Mc Evoy 52.5
15 – 7208 Scenic Shot (19) M Zahra 52.5
16 – 3444 Sarrera mh (23) S Murphy (a) 52
17 – 2411 Sculptor tm (8) Ms L K Cropp 52
18 – 3146 Dolphin Jo t (1) Ms C Lindop 51.5
19 – 1426 Douro Valley h (13) J Winks 51.5
20 – 0001 Sirmione tmh (20) P Mertens 51.5
21 – 5212 The Fuzz mbh (11) Craig Williams 51.5
22 – 2486 Eskimo Queen h (5) C Newitt 51
23 – 3132 Princess Coup (9) N G Harris 51
24 – 0152 Mahler d (6) S Baster 50.5
Legend: T - Won at track. C - Won at this distance on this course. D - Won at this distance on another course. M - Won in heavy going. B - Beaten favourite at last start. H - Home track. X - Spell of three months. N - Won at night. F - Fell.

 

[NK Arsenal]

My horses:

4. Gallic - $18 for the win, $5 for a place
7. Maybe Better - $18 for the win, $5 for a place
11. Master O'Reilly - $5.50 for the win, $2.10 for a place

Odds - Centrebet

 

[stuke]

i think you are a little confused....you have picked them from order of entry...not the barrier draw that you wanted earlier.

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

Anyone think the favourites aren't really that much chop?

I for one do. Im tossing up whether to load up on a big triffecta as i really think there'll be some roughies this year get up

For starters, i think that Gallic and Sirimione at odds will run good races. Its just a weak year. Master O'Reilly is good but geez, if that is the favourite...there is something amiss

Anyway what does everyone else think?

i hope someone was following me here. gallic and sirmione have both won at good odds since i posted this. i got on sirmione at 80/1, now in to 12/1!

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

Righto, I've just backed Miss Finland for the cups double:crazy: . It'll win for sure!!!!111!!!!

not likely!

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

the great bart is ready to fire boys and girls, get on board!

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

i think the winner of this race will pay over $20

 

[Mr Angry]

I like Eskimo Queen.

 

[Cletus]

Bloody hell!!:crazy:
Can't believe they scratched Miss Finland, it probably would have run in the first six in the Melbourne Cup! Theivin bastards stealing my money . So far I've had Scorpion and MF drop out, thankfully I've still got Mahler at 20s. Which will win for sure:crazy: .

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

Im starting to like Princess Coup

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

Bloody hell!!:crazy:
Can't believe they scratched Miss Finland, it probably would have run in the first six in the Melbourne Cup! Theivin bastards stealing my money . So far I've had Scorpion and MF drop out, thankfully I've still got Mahler at 20s. Which will win for sure:crazy: .

stiff break mate. not sure about mahler, not many 3yr olds win the race

 

[hineyrulz]

Nothing like a Dane ran 2nd to Doriemus in 1995, on a bog track, he was never the same horse again.

 

[Cletus]

stiff break mate. not sure about mahler, not many 3yr olds win the race

I know, hard to tell how it will go without any leadup races. It came second in the St Leger(G1) at Ascot a few months ago so it must be pretty good.
There's plenty of horses that can win it this year. I liked Zipping's run yesterday, jockey hauled in front of the stewards for not trying and it still came third from last. Gallic was good in the MV cup. Meh, I think I'll just back Mahler and Zipping and box up plenty in a trifecta.

 

[_Johnsy]

I usually do a couple of box trifectas with 4 horses.

At this point looking at possible combo's from these horses;
Gallic, Efficient, Master O'Reilly, Purple Moon, The Fuzz, Mahler, Zipping.

I will try to narrow it down by Tuesday morning, weather dependant. If it is wet and track rated heavy and above throw a bit on Sirmione for a place. If it is wet he'll be in all of my boxe trifecta's.

Always get a dozen mystery trifecta's for fun.