Racing Melbourne Cup 2020. * All race day discussion and Tips in here *(no aftertiming)

[balmainforever]

ANY AFTERTIMING WILL GET A CARD.

ANYONE BAGGING WHAT HAPPENED TO AVD GETS A CARD.

 

[deskc]

Isn't it interesting that whenever a horse dies people say racing should be banned but when jockeys die, and plenty of them do no one calls for racing to be banned

 

[PP34]

No clue that would be you.
I wasn't on it but it was stiff as.

Not sure why you’re having a go at me.

The horse has become a well known Melbourne Cup horse and a favourite of once a year punters to back that wouldn’t have a clue about how anything is going. That’s all I said.

 

[deskc]

Captain Cook at $8 tomorrow in the Kyneton cup is a steal

 

[Shade]

I wonder how stupid michael walker feels after jumping off POA

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I wonder how stupid michael walker feels after jumping off POA

Especially for a slow crab in Willoughby lol

 

[iluvparis]

Captain Cook at $8 tomorrow in the Kyneton cup is a steal

Happy to be on known nonny Double You Tee with form through MC top 5 finisher Persan

 

[Jugada]

He only switched to ride for his mate. Was nothing to do with winning chances

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Well only 1 Leg to go lol

 

[PP34]

As ridiculous as the nup to the cups are, it certainly isn’t great for racing having a death what seems like every Cup day recently.

 

[FallingLiefs]

It may be because it's the only track I've found a winner today in WA but this race caller is magnificent. Untapped ability, looks easily city class with a couple lengths improvement maybe stakes grade.

 

[FallingLiefs]

As ridiculous as the nup to the cups are, it certainly isn’t great for racing having a death what seems like every Cup day recently.

Hurts me immensely because it's undeniable. I think everyone knows its these non-acclimatised skinny leg euro's who just don't have the bone hardening runs early in their career, I'm not sure what we can do about it. Water the tracks is the obvious answer but it's not a resolution it's a band-aid. Breeding is only trending towards these superior horses and it always has been to ability not reliability. No one wants reliable slow horses, forever chasing black type.

 

[deskc]

This $1.09 shot won't win at Griffith trots off the backrow surely

 

[toxic]

I wonder how stupid michael walker feels after jumping off POA

Informed = no

Valid reason = yes

 

[Hamingja]

Happy to be on known nonny Double You Tee with form through MC top 5 finisher Persan

Flashbacks to last year. Almost got out of cup week with a big bet on DYT. What the hell nailed it, it was complete bs whoever it was.

Edit: It was Midterm. Arrrrgghhh.

 

[HeathySure]

My thoughts on the race. Last year the same horse leads and walks and gets run over, this year the same horse leads and goes fast and gets all the hoses behind off the bit and wins. Amazing that. Its a lesson all jockeys should learn but wont. IF you go too slow you give more horses a chance to outsprint you. IF you go at the right pace you can get the rest of the field off the bit and then only 1 or 2 horses can beat you.
Jye Mcneils ride is the best ride i have seen in 35 years of watching the cup closely and i always thought he was ordinary lol There were no excuses for anything else and generally the past few years there have been lots of unlucky horses.

 

[year of the cat]

Somewhat in shock that Tiger Moth couldn't run that down. All credit to the winner. This one hurts lol

Yep. You thought he was a moral with 600m to the post

 

[iluvparis]

My thoughts on the race. Last year the same horse leads and walks and gets run over, this year the same horse leads and goes fast and gets all the hoses behind off the bit and wins. Amazing that. Its a lesson all jockeys should learn but wont. IF you go too slow you give more horses a chance to outsprint you. IF you go at the right pace you can get the rest of the field off the bit and then only 1 or 2 horses can beat you.
Jye Mcneils ride is the best ride i have seen in 35 years of watching the cup closely and i always thought he was ordinary lol There were no excuses for anything else and generally the past few years there have been lots of unlucky horses.

Yup - Bossy on Sir Dragonet said exactly this - horse had plenty to give but at the 800 was 12 lenghts off the leader and wasted too much energy just to even get back into the race.

 

[toxic]

This $1.09 shot won't win at Griffith trots off the backrow surely

Or it might

 

[2121]

My thoughts on the race. Last year the same horse leads and walks and gets run over, this year the same horse leads and goes fast and gets all the hoses behind off the bit and wins. Amazing that. Its a lesson all jockeys should learn but wont. IF you go too slow you give more horses a chance to outsprint you. IF you go at the right pace you can get the rest of the field off the bit and then only 1 or 2 horses can beat you.
Jye Mcneils ride is the best ride i have seen in 35 years of watching the cup closely and i always thought he was ordinary lol There were no excuses for anything else and generally the past few years there have been lots of unlucky horses.

Agreed but boss ride on the diva for the 3rd cup is still the best, the pressure and the ability to give it the perfect ride will be hard to top. Mcneils ride was certainly the best front running ride ive seen though.

 

[iluvparis]

Agreed but boss ride on the diva for the 3rd cup is still the best, the pressure and the ability to give it the perfect ride will be hard to top. Mcneils ride was certainly the best front running ride ive seen though.

All Bossy's rides on the Diva were out of this world to be honest.

 

[year of the cat]

My thoughts on the race. Last year the same horse leads and walks and gets run over, this year the same horse leads and goes fast and gets all the hoses behind off the bit and wins. Amazing that. Its a lesson all jockeys should learn but wont. IF you go too slow you give more horses a chance to outsprint you. IF you go at the right pace you can get the rest of the field off the bit and then only 1 or 2 horses can beat you.
Jye Mcneils ride is the best ride i have seen in 35 years of watching the cup closely and i always thought he was ordinary lol There were no excuses for anything else and generally the past few years there have been lots of unlucky horses.

There wasn’t really anything that came from further back than midfield to win all day. Great effort by TP but the track certainly helped its cause.

 

[Acinath]

There wasn’t really anything that came from further back than midfield to win all day. Great effort by TP but the track certainly helped its cause.

Sin to Win was literally last at halfway through R4 and came to win

 

[FallingLiefs]

Gee I had Kissonallforcheeks as the best 2yo filly in WA and comes out runs a PB at first start at 3 as a front running type. Hard to turn down $10 in this race.

Just back the Morton fillies they're class.

 

[FallingLiefs]

I'd like to report a robbery.


****

 

[3rd Grade Maggy]

Dropped maybe a hunj on the ponies today up and down - mostly breaking the rules and betting on s**t provincials with a skinful. But i took a gorilla off the southern cross club (church club in canberra) on the pokies on the way out the door. So * you catholic church campaigners. That's one G less to spend on defending rock spiders.