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Unlucky Miss Finland looks fit and ready to run
Andrew Eddy
November 1, 2006 - 12:00AM
DAVID Hayes yesterday said his champion filly Miss Finland was "inviting herself to run" in tomorrow week's group 1 VRC Oaks after recovering quickly from her luckless Cox Plate effort.
Hayes, who will today pay-up for Danever and Gorky Park to run in Saturday's $1.5 million Victoria Derby, said he could have as many as five Oaks runners, headed by Miss Finland, after the Redoute's Choice filly continued to impress him in recent days with her recuperative powers.
"It seems she just doesn't feel a run," Hayes said yesterday. "Her recovery from the Cox Plate has been quite remarkable and although we won't make a final decision until Sunday, I think she'd be a 50-50 chance to run."
Hayes said that the benefit of starting Miss Finland in the VRC Oaks would be twofold. "It's a group 1 and she would have won group 1s at 1200 metres in the Golden Slipper and 2500 metres of the Oaks in just a seven-month period.
"Also, if she ran in the Oaks it would give us a better idea of what to aim her for in the future. If she ran and couldn't run the trip out, then we'd concentrate on making her a super miler (1600m)."
Miss Finland was an unlucky sixth in the Cox Plate as she fought for room and Hayes said the owners were keen to run her in the Oaks provided she could step-up in distance. "Miss Finland never really got the chance to make an effort (in the Cox Plate) and I know she should have won," said managing owner John Messara.
Thought this might be of interest to a few of you, especially given the heated debate this filly seems to cause!
Already in from $8 to $3 favourite on IAS...
So, will she win?
... now in to $2.60
Andrew Eddy
November 1, 2006 - 12:00AM
DAVID Hayes yesterday said his champion filly Miss Finland was "inviting herself to run" in tomorrow week's group 1 VRC Oaks after recovering quickly from her luckless Cox Plate effort.
Hayes, who will today pay-up for Danever and Gorky Park to run in Saturday's $1.5 million Victoria Derby, said he could have as many as five Oaks runners, headed by Miss Finland, after the Redoute's Choice filly continued to impress him in recent days with her recuperative powers.
"It seems she just doesn't feel a run," Hayes said yesterday. "Her recovery from the Cox Plate has been quite remarkable and although we won't make a final decision until Sunday, I think she'd be a 50-50 chance to run."
Hayes said that the benefit of starting Miss Finland in the VRC Oaks would be twofold. "It's a group 1 and she would have won group 1s at 1200 metres in the Golden Slipper and 2500 metres of the Oaks in just a seven-month period.
"Also, if she ran in the Oaks it would give us a better idea of what to aim her for in the future. If she ran and couldn't run the trip out, then we'd concentrate on making her a super miler (1600m)."
Miss Finland was an unlucky sixth in the Cox Plate as she fought for room and Hayes said the owners were keen to run her in the Oaks provided she could step-up in distance. "Miss Finland never really got the chance to make an effort (in the Cox Plate) and I know she should have won," said managing owner John Messara.
Thought this might be of interest to a few of you, especially given the heated debate this filly seems to cause!
Already in from $8 to $3 favourite on IAS...
So, will she win?
... now in to $2.60

