Melbourne Cup

[Viva Pataca]

Zabeel, Danehill, Street Cry and High Chaparral - a sire exacta box, please.

SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 24 Shocking (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Rodd Kavanagh 126
2 19 Campanologist Kingmambo McEvoy bin Suroor 123
3 3 So You Think (NZ) High Chaparral (Ire) Arnold B Cumngs 123
4 16 Zipping (Aus) Danehill Hall Hickmott 122
5 9 Illustrious Blue (GB) Dansili (GB) Boss Knight 121
6 5 Mr Medici (Ire) Medicean (GB) Beadman Ho 121
7 17 Shoot Out (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Brown Walace 121
8 12 Americain Dynaformer Mosse de Ryr-Dpre 120
9 4 Tokai Trick (Jpn) El Condor Pasa Fujita Nonaka 120
10 21 Buccellati (GB) Soviet Star King Noonan 119
11 1 Descarado (NZ) High Chaparral (Ire) N Rawiller Waterhouse 119
12 13 Harris Tweed (NZ) Montjeu (Ire) B Rawiller Bakers 119
13 20 Manighar (Fr) Linamix (Fr) Oliver Cumani 119
14 18 Master O’Reilly (NZ) O’Reilly (NZ) Duric D O’Brien 119
15 14 Monaco Consul (NZ) High Chaparral (Ire) Williams Moroney 119
16 22 Profound Beauty (Ire) Danehill Smullen Weld 119
17 7 Zavite (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Walker A Cumngs 119
18 2 Bauer (Ire) Halling Munce Cumani 118
19 10 Holberg (UAE) Halling Dettori bin Suroor 119
20 15 Precedence (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Shinn B Cumngs 118
21 8 Red Ruler (NZ) Viking Ruler (Aus) DuPlessis Sargent 118
22 23 Linton (Aus) Galileo (Ire) Prebble Hickmott 115
23 11 Once Were Wild (Aus) Johannesburg Cassidy Waterhouse 113
24 6 Maluckyday (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Nolen Hawkses 112

[doriemus]

I cannot wait for tomorrow now! I got a last minute invite from a prestige client to go into the city to have a formal sit down lunch on Sydney Harbour, representing my company.

Yay!!!! Work finishes for me at 10am tomorrow!

[Viva Pataca]

I cannot wait for tomorrow now! I got a last minute invite from a prestige client to go into the city to have a formal sit down lunch on Sydney Harbour, representing my company.

Yay!!!! Work finishes for me at 10am tomorrow!

I thought the race stops a nation. Anyway, my heart will go to So You Think. I think many racing fans WANT to see him win, to become the next horse-of-a-lifetime! Maluckyday though, has the feel of a Cup horse. But my $2 will go to Shocking because I'm stubborn.

[doriemus]

It sure does! I am off to a major function in the city, with big screen tvs, a few bookies on site, a 3 course sit down lunch and unlimited drinks!

I was worried what we were going to do at my new workplace, aka NOTHING! Then a person we have been doing a bit of business lately, called, asked my manager to go. She couldn't, and then she requested I come instead of my manager.

DONE DEAL!

I am out to the TAB early this morning to do a bit of gambling!

[rubiton]

Exactly VP - most racing fans want to see SYT win but he's carrying about half the country now and when that happens somethng tends to stop them. But now there is a drama as jockey of Precedence fell in the last race and apparently in some pain according to the tv.

[Viva Pataca]

Exactly VP - most racing fans want to see SYT win but he's carrying about half the country now and when that happens somethng tends to stop them. But now there is a drama as jockey of Precedence fell in the last race and apparently in some pain according to the tv.

Saw that - glad the horse was alright.

[algobbi]

Blake Shinn is off the rest of his mounts today after breaking his right leg in the 3rd.

[Songofthesword]

glad hrtv is showing the entire card on their site, not just the cup.

[reverberate]

2,8,14,15

[Viva Pataca]

So a Kentucky-bred son of Dynaformer won the Cup. Well done!

[rubiton]

And fanastic runs from the others two Maluckyday - young horse, SYT pulled like a train down the straight but probably didnt quite handle the trip and Zipping old 9yo Zipping into fourth for the third time (out of 4 Cups)

[Dusty]

Americain! Excellent ride! and what a gorgeous horse! Kudos to Zipping too - could not try any harder - Looking forward to see Maluckyday in his next.

[Viva Pataca]

[reverberate]

very impressive. to think he couldn't win in america

[Viva Pataca]

What happen to Descarado?

[Viva Pataca]

very impressive. to think he couldn't win in america

There is no 2m turf race for him to win.

[Starine]

There is no 2m turf race for him to win.

Wonder if the winner will target a race like the Spring Tenno Sho?

[tachyon]

Wonder if the winner will target a race like the Spring Tenno Sho?

I was wondering the same thing..

[drjohnh]

i'm thrilled for zipping and dynaformer too. in the end it looked easy for the winner, he looked like he wouldn't have minded a longer race.

[carbine]

What happen to Descarado?

He was galloped on. Not serious apparently. I was happy to back the winner, but was disappointed to see SYT beaten. Americain's run in the Geelong Cup was exceptional and he followed that up today. Excellent ride by Mosse. He had SYT in his sights the whole time.
Shocking did some damage to himself as well so that explains his ordinary run.