I have heard of it Jimbo, I just did a check though on my racing sites and find that it is a maiden with 20 starts, It did run at Canberra on Sunday and it was a good rating run on racenet ratings, ran 4th over a mile.
It's early form was with Neville McBurney in Wyong you are 100% right Foz, I think it needs more ground than the mile however I note it has been entered in a nowra Mile on Monday, let's have a look at it, there is a horse I backed last weekend in the same race on monday, called Leamington road with Bede Murray, on that field at nowra it is a class above, only query is he has been up a bit and is dropping back from two 2000 races where he went really good, to a mile, back big drop in class but also distance, some rain would do his and Novocastrians chances the world of good. Also an interesting runner in that same race is Northwood, a rogerson thing that has reasonable city form and should be right in that race on class.
I'd probably line em up something like this
1. Leamington road
2. Northwood
3. Novocastrian
4. Waitara
but that's only after a 20 minute form loook, if my view changes before that race ( race 2) on monday at Nowra I shall add my opinion.
Do you own that horse or have a share Jimbo ?
On another note, does anyone known the waterhouse thing called GERONIMO ?
It was purchased for over $1million as a yearling, son of the great Danehill. He has had about 6 starts for Gai, won in a canter at randwick last prep, then had two poor runs before failing last weekend at rosehill ( I had my money on the blasted beast ! )
I read today that they have retired him from racing, Obviously as they don"t wish to Geld him as he is a valuable asset with Danehills blood in him, but to continue racing him with poor form may reduce his Sire Fee, costly excercise considering the most he could ask for at Stud is $20,000 I'd reckon ! need alot of mares going to you to get your million back !
