Hopefully Earthquake and Rubick take each other on and set the race up for Chivalry.
lol i hope so too mate! We had a good debate on the Earthquake v Rubick runs yesterday and opinions were mixed as to which one had the most merit given the two races were run very differently. Both were very impressive no doubt with both more than capable of winning but from a competition perspective i'm a bit more worried about Earthquake over Rubick.
Not so much because the margin she won by but she seemed to do it effortlessly with plenty left in the tank. Though as Hiney said Rubick did plenty of work early so it stands to reason why he wasn't as strong on the line as what he could have been. The 2kg weight pull certainly won't hurt her chances either and the reason why i slightly put her ahead of the colt. That said Rubick will be awfully hard to beat as well
As for our bloke, all things considered we couldn't have been happier with the run. The plan was to try and get across early, settle around midfield and hopefully get some cover and have a crack at them late. That all went to shit when he missed the kick by at least a half length and Baster had no choice but to settle him at the tail.
Coming around the turn second last and about 10 lengths i was worried, while we knew he does his best work late and he'd hit the line hard i just thought he was a bit too far off them. Though the way he came home and snuck a place to only finish less than a couple of lengths away, it was impossible not to be happy with his run. Would've loved to have drawn a gate and saw how the race panned out then but that's just the way it goes. With any luck we will in the big one and give it a shake.
According to the 'experts' it's a race in two with nobody else having a chance, also Avdulla is of the opinion his horse was pretty much unbeatable from what i've seen and read. I might be way off and it might just be blind faith/bias on my part but i think they're beatable. Don't get me wrong, it'll be f**king hard as they're both great horses and could peak on the day and come out and smash us but we all know racing is a funny game and as Andrew said, if those two take each on up front and run each other ragged they could be be vulnerable in the last few strides. Given the way he hit the line there's no doubt Chivalry will eat up the extra 100m of the BD so you never know.
All i'm hoping for is we draw a decent gate and if we do and get done by better horses then so be it. All of them will take plenty out of the run yesterday and will be much improved in two weeks time so it should be a cracker. I think he's better than a $12 chance but again that might just be my bias again lol Not that it bothers me as i got on early the day the markets opened and got plenty more than that. That said it doesn't matter how much you get for them if they don't win.....
Edit: Good to see you had a collect veggie, lets hope for an even bigger one if you stick with him ;-)
