“Hauraki is primed to run the race of his life – he’s probably entitled to have that crack to be fair, ” he said. We think he’s more of a Melbourne Cup horse but it’s just if they can stay the extra 800 metres.
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FAME GAME is one of Japan’s best stayers and he stacks up very well compared to the likes of Admire Rakti, Pop Rock and Delta Blues, who have all performed exceptionally in Australia in the past. I said it’s my horse and I want to run there.
He said his father Koichi Yabe formed a dream of winning the Melbourne Cup with a horse of his own after watching the race when French horse Americain won.
“[Claire] and Chris had the Myer [Classic] picked out for [Royal Descent] and wanted to go there”.
Boss needs to add the Caulfield Cup to victories in the Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate and Golden Slipper to join fellow Queensland hoops Mick Dittman and Chris Munce, Roy Higgins, Damien Oliver, Jim Cassidy, Pat Hyland and Neville Sellwood in the exclusive Grand Slam club.
He got forced back through the field when Entirely Platinum dropped anchor up front and then had to weave a passage before staking his claim over the concluding stages. “She had talked to the trainer and Bossy, she wasn’t happy but thought it was worth a crack”.
She has been a runner-up in the George Main Stakes for the past three years as well as seconds in an Epsom and a Doncaster, a race she was third in this year.
“She’s talented, she’s very talented and she’s run into a few incredible horse flesh”, he said. “They don’t feel sorry for me when she runs second but they feel sorry for the horse”.
He said the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Snow Sky had importantly had a trouble-free lead-in to Saturday’s big race. I can’t believe it won.
Bosson watched the Caulfield Cup draw from New Zealand and again everything fell into line when he got barrier nine.
This four-year-old mare beat Winx in the ATC Oaks (2400m) four starts ago and she has been racing extremely well without a huge amount of luck this preparation. “When I rode him last week I had to ride him the whole way round to get him to work three-quarter pace, but today he travelled and did it mostly by himself”.
Sarah Denniff with Caulfield Cup runner Snow Sky.
“He was bought by a Cambridge agent for a Hong Kong buyer who didn’t like the horse and told him to get rid of it”, Baker said. “She never lets us down”.
Royal Descent is steady at $21 quote with Ladbrokes in a market that has not seen too much change since the barrier draw on Tuesday.
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The 35-year-old will partner the Kiwi-bred favourite Mongolian Khan in the $A3 million feature and on Friday he walked the Melbourne course with Brent Thomson, these days New Zealand Bloodstock’s Victorian representative. “Set Square is steady at $9 with a bet of $8000 yesterday”.
