I can't believe that sonofabitch did it!!!

That is awesome...

& what a way to win did it easly,Desert was gone by the 200:(

He looked great coming for home. Good deal, mood.

Golden Slipper
I'm thinking the race is going to unfold perfectly for Meurice.

Who are you two favoring?

im going for a real outsider payin $30 here incumbent mainly for breeding reasons Choisir/Rubiton think it can upset such a big field any horse a chance

I'm gonna root Incumbent along.

Not gonna have a bet on the Slipper, I just don't have any strong opinion on any of them.

Good race though.

miss finland $1.40 how can you bet on that had 100 on her last start made 20 buck not worth it i reckon.:cool:

That's a tough post Incumbent's got.

Man youd have trouble closing that wallet after those two great picks;)

You can't hardly bet her ever. She is always so short. I reckon she will walk in with a leg in the air. The Waterhouse filly might not even get within 3 lengths.

If Sleek Chassis can overcome his poor barrier draw, he is in with a good shot.

I think the Hayes camp is high on it.

Both treated me pretty good. I needed it after last weekend.

Yeah & with a huge field, but you never know stays out of trouble, Track looks even & has won it's last 2 starts

Now you are startin to scare me:cool:

sorry about
apache cat
but did this
one win?
i don't follow
this much.
that bmw winner,
wasn't he
a very
inexpensive
purchase?

I wish I could find one in the Golden Slipper but I guess I would be forcing it.

I might jab at Orange County in the sixth at the Valley. But Nediym's Glow should win that one I reckon.

Think I might head to bed after the slipper. I have to get up and go produce the simulcast of the Dubai World Cup at 8 a.m.

congrats
that was a
great pick.
:)

I pick him everytime. I guess the law of averages works out sometimes.

Crap just found out the freemans have bought into incumbent this week ,Can i get my money off now ?
Just jokin :cool: Go my $20 you good thing

I put $5 to win on it. I'll get astronomical odds over here in our pools I think.

I'm rooting for him, buddy.

I got a 20 spot on Meurice

Good luck

Oliver is on fire....

I didn't see that coming

Yeah just shudda backed D.O All day.
Well better go feed the nags:cool:

Orange County in the house!!! That's it for me. Bedtime

Finally getting caught up on this..... congrats, Moodwalker!

I don't even know where Apache finished.....

Aaaah well.

Is there a reason he and Mentality are entered in the same one again? Damn! :D

Doncaster Handicap - Final Field and Barriers
01 APACHE CAT :cool: YEA! (Greg Eurell) Damien Oliver (11) 56.5
02 ACTIVATION (NZ) (Dale Sutton) Stephen Baster (5) 55.5
03 AQUA D'AMORE (Gai Waterhouse) Hugh Bowman (6) 55.5
04 MENTALITY:) (John Hawkes) (14) 54.5
05 DANZIPPO (John Hawkes) (9) 53
06 DIVINE MADONNA (Mark Kavanagh) Dwayne Dunn (4) 53
07 HIGH CEE (NZ) (Bart Cummings) Zac Purton (12) 53
08 SHINZIG (Gerald Ryan) Michael Rodd (13) 53
09 SWICK (NZ) (Bart Cummings) Luke Nolen (16) 53
10 FLAMING (Gai Waterhouse) Blake Shinn (2) 53
11 HARADASUN (Tony Vasil) Glen Boss (1) 52.5
12 MR UBIQUITOUS (Chris Waller) Corey Brown (15) 53
13 THE FREE STATER (Paul Cave) James Innes (10) 52.5
14 BEAUTY WATCH (Gai Waterhouse) Danny Beasley (3) 52.5
15 CASINO PRINCE (Anthony Cummings) Jim Cassidy (7) 52
16 ANAMATO (David Hayes) Craig Newitt (8) 51

AJC Derby - Final Field and Barriers
01 HE'S NO PIE EATER (Graeme Rogerson) Hugh Bowman (2) 56.5
02 GORKY PARK (NZ) (David Hayes) Danny Nikolic (10) 56.5
03 REDOUTE'S DANCER (Tim Martin) Jim Cassidy (14) 56.5
04 AMBITIOUS GENERAL (Peter Moody) Damien Oliver (8) 56.5
05 DANEVER (David Hayes) Glen Boss (5) 56.5
06 METTRE EN JEU (NZ) (Fraser Auret) Greg Childs (9) 56.5
07 FIUMICINO (NZ) (John Hawkes) Darren Beadman (7) 56.5
08 PACINO (Clinton McDonald) Dwayne Dunn (1) 56.5
09 RULING POWER (Bart Cummings) Steven King (11) 56.5
10 RED LORD (Anthony Cummings) Tim Clark (a) (4) 56.5
11 SIR JAMES (NZ) (Bart Cummings) Corey Brown (6) 56.5
12 FIANCHETTO (NZ) (Bart Cummings) Zac Purton (12) 56.5
13 MISS FINLAND :cool: (David Hayes) Craig Williams (3) 54.5
14 TUESDAY JOY (NZ) (Gai Waterhouse) Danny Beasley (13) 54.5

Feel better TT. From Fox.....

Takeover Target misses T.J. Smith
By Mandy Cottell

April 04, 2007 TAKEOVER Target will miss the Group I T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick on Saturday after contracting a virus.

Trainer Joe Janiak described the setback as "only minor", but he did not accept with Takeover Target as he had treated the seven year old for the condition.

"We had some blood tests done and they showed he had a slight virus so we had to give him some medication," Janiak said.

"It came to light about three days ago.

"We were hoping it would go away but it hasn't so, rather than take any risks, we thought it was better to scratch him now.

"Hopefully it will clear up soon and we can start him in the All-Aged."

Takeover Target's absence from the T.J. Smith is the latest in a series of setbacks for the globetrotting gelding, who has not started since scoring a brilliant victory in the Group I Sprinters Stakes in Japan last October.

He went to Hong Kong for International race day at Sha Tin in December, but he was was withdrawn on race morning, by order of the stewards, after returning a positive swab to a banned substance in a series of pre-race blood tests.

Last month, he pulled up sore after a gallop at his home track of Queanbeyan, but tests revealed that he had simply jarred up.

Janiak said the latest setback was unlikely to hinder plans to head to Brisbane for the winter carnival, and later to Europe for another international campaign.

"It's disappointing because it's what we've aimed him at all along and now this has happened," Janiak said.

"But it is only minor."

Two picks for today before i go to work;)

Randwick
REIGNING TO WIN


& of COURSE

01 APACHE CAT :cool: YEA!

The race has come and gone but i found this and had to post it.

It doesn't matter that it's a few days old, or at least it doesn't to me.

For anyone interested.....

The one and only.....

http://www.smh.com.au/news/horseraci...970941756.html

Liger running tomorrow
 

Race 8- 4. Liger
( 9 - 56.0kg )
(Greg Eurell)
09/05/07 Cranbourne Race 08 - 04:45 1000m - Musidora Hcp (3yo Open Handicap)
[LR: 81 days]

Time Two Shine MY Big Baldy Faced Horse !!!!!!

May Harada eat your Turf Covered Shoes !!!!!!!!!!.

Come on baby !!!!!!! Dad needs a New Wheelbarrow:D

A-HEM, I believe you mean OUR big baldy face boy!:)

2 Apache threads so i'll post my picks here too...

Apache / Maybe Better / H

I'm taking Craig Williams' mount.

Minson on top...

Apache Cat and Live in Vain fight out the placings.

Haradasun gets 5th.

EEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYY Money:D :D

FORTHELOVEOFGODHELPME! Cannot find results....

Please please please tell me he did it and easily!

HE DID IT EASILY !!!!!!!!

1st Apache Cat
2nd Haradah
3rd No 5

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU for the great news... i could kiss you!

MUST go and toast our pretty boy!

THRILLED. :)

Michael Rodd rapt in Apache Cat
Saturday, 4 August 2007:

Michael Rodd declared it would take a sledgehammer to get him off Apache Cat :cool: after he outgunned glamour four-year-old Haradasun to win the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield.

Rodd said he was confident a long way from home and was thrilled with Apache Cat's 2-1/2-length win over the $45 million entire who beat him at his last two Group One starts in the George Ryder Stakes and Doncaster Handicap.

Haradasun, an easing favourite from $1.70 to start in the black at $2.10, was no match for the baldy-faced chestnut who shot away at the top of the straight.

"I got to the half-mile (800m) and I was giggling to myself because I couldn't believe how well he (Apache Cat) was going," said Rodd who rode the horse for the first time.

"He pulled himself up there three deep and when I let him go he was sensational.

"He's got class and they might need a sledgehammer to get me off him now."

Trainer Greg Eurell said Apache Cat deserved his win but didn't expect the margin to be so decisive.

"To beat him (Haradasun) the way he did probably surprised me a bit," Eurell said.

"But I was very happy with him leading into this as he was always giving me a good feel and what he did today probably only just highlighted what I have been looking at.

"It was a soft win in the end as Michael didn't do a lot on him and he got to the line very well.

"It looks good for the rest of the spring."

Trainer Tony Vasil praised Apache Cat as a brilliant sprinter but said Haradasun was vulnerable today and would improve.

"This horse (Haradasun) is now more mature and the style and manner he raced today showed he is now looking for ground," Vasil said.

"He needed to have a run today but that horse (Apache Cat) is a bloody good horse over 1200 metres and was too brilliant for him."

In the last two weeks Haradasun had been backed from $12 to $6 favouritism for the Cox Plate on October 27 but Michael Eskander's Betstar eased him to $8 after Saturday's performance.

Damien Oliver was having his first ride on Haradasun and said he would be better suited over 1400 metres.

"I was right there with (Apache Cat) but he really got away from me on the turn," he said.

Apache Cat and Haradasun now look certain to clash again in the Group Two Liston Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 18.

Vasil said he was planning to next run Haradasun in the Memsie Stakes a week after the Liston but now fears the horse may do too well with three weeks between runs.

Eurell said he remained unsure about Cox Plate aspirations for Apache Cat.

"It is always going to be question mark for him," Eurell said.

"He's a quality galloper, no doubt, but it will be interesting to see once we get up to mile (1600m) what he does from there."

Honalee ran another honest race today after finishing third last start in the Monash Stakes and again filled the minor placing 2-1/2 lengths behind Haradasun.

Apaiser, who led early, finished fourth while the eye-catching run was Melbourne Cup placegetter Maybe Better who was tailed off on the home turn and ran fifth of the seven runners over an unsuitable distance, less than seven lengths from the winner.


http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra...asp?NID=109201

Look! Look!

He's smiling in one of the pictures! :D

http://www.virtualformguide.com/cgi-...ichaelrodd.txt

i think it would be cool if they raced him in black blinkers.
he'd look cool, like a bandit.

Had $100 on the nose & had $20 1/2/6 for the tri should have covered the field for third as the tri still paid $38. Oh Well i'll still take my $120 & be happy:D In two weeks time itll be Cmon !!!! dad needs A Chrome wheel for the wheel barrow !!!:cool: