the Cat is Back on Sat

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5-2.50 BLAMEY STAKES 1600 M Of $352000 Of $350000 and $2000 trophy. 1st $210000 and trophy of $2000, 2nd $63000, 3rd $31500, 4th $15750, 5th $8750, 6th $7000, 7th $7000, 8th $7000. For Three-Years-Old and Upwards. Set Weights plus Penalties. (GROUP 2). No allowances for apprentices. Field Limit: 16+3 EM
No. Horse Trainer Jockey Barr WgtPen RTG
1 APACHE CAT Greg Eurell D Oliver 1 57.5 (109)
2 RED DAZZLER Mick Price Steven King 2 57.5 (109)
3 SPINNEY John Hawkes M Rodd 4 56.5 (102)
4 LUCKY UNICORN Tony Vasil S W Arnold 3 56 (102)
5 AT THE OASIS Heath Conners L T Coffey 6 55.5 (97)
6 MOLOTOV David Hayes D Dunn 7 54.5 (98)
7 COGNAC BAY Matthew Upton B Shinn 8 54.5 (80)
8 BON HOFFA Wendy Kelly V Duric 5 54.5 (90)


If you can get.50 cents for the win take it Dead Cert ,I wont be betting on it tho too short odds for me im going for something in sydney race 7
Beadman aboard

[my miss storm cat]

Good luck, pretty boy.

[Scurlogue Champ]

You think Molotov can get him today?

The Hayes stable said it was their best bet on Sky previews.

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Would be the only threat but the cat won last start by 4 lengths cruizing away & with the totes only payin 50 cents the win & 10 the place the Tab dosnt think so

[my miss storm cat]

YEA!!!

Apache on to Sydney after Blamey win
Story By Jason Hickson

Saturday, 17 March 2007: Talented galloper Apache Cat brought up a winning hat-trick at Sandown today and will now target the Sydney autumn carnival.

The unusually-marked gelding, prepared by Greg Eurell, has raced below the top rung of races this campaign but has been a soft winner of all three.

After wins in the Memeres Stakes and Carlyon Cup he went into today’s Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) as an odds-on favourite.

After settling just off a very slow early pace, the tempo quickened as Lucky Unicorn overraced and was allowed to slide to join leader Red Dazzler.

That gave Damien Oliver and Apache Cat the perfect drop on his rivals, easing to the outside in the long straight before letting down strongly.

Bon Hoffa, who finished runner-up behind him last start, tried valiantly again but was no match for the favourite, finishing runner-up ahead of the fast finishing Molotov and Spinney.

Red Dazzler and Lucky Unicorn, who shared the lead around the turn, both dropped right out.

“He was a little agitated, a bit fresh after three weeks between runs,” Oliver said.

“He went keenly early but once there was some pace in the race he settled perfectly and then came into the race at the right time.

“It was a good win and I’d be very keen to stay with him.”

Apache Cat was a Group 1 winner of the Australian Guineas a year ago, then went to Sydney and won the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes before failing in the Doncaster Handicap.

Eurell is adamant he’s a far more seasoned horse this time in and doesn’t have to lead, as he did in the Doncaster before knocking up.

“It gives you a bit more confidence he’s not so one dimensional now,” Eurell said.

“He’s on his way to Sydney now and will head up on the 29th before the George Ryder on the 30th, then the Doncaster nine days later.”

In the Doncaster, at Randwick on Monday April 9th, he has 56.5kg.
http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra...asp?NID=101192

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1 APACHE CAT 1.50 1.00
8 BON HOFFA 2.30
6 MOLOTOV 2.20

Cranbourne Tri codes today, How to lose money Real Quick with Gallops, Greyhounds,Trots all at the same race meet it's a fantastic day & is well supported by the melbournites

About 1 race per 7 mins goes off i think from memory

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Damien Oliver put his stamp of approval on new Doncaster Handicap favourite Apache Cat after an effortless win in yesterday's Blamey Stakes at Sandown.
Trainer Greg Eurell was keen for Oliver to commit to the Doncaster ride. A two-length win over Bon Hoffa ($12) in the Group 2 $352,000 Blamey Stakes (1600m) was enough for the champion jockey to take up the offer.
Apache Cat, who has 56.5kg in the $2.5 million Doncaster (1600m), firmed from $7 to $5.50 favouritism with bookmaker Michael Eskander after the win.
With his distinctive baldy face, Apache Cat ($1.45 fav) is a pin-up horse with racegoers.
The Lion Cavern gelding had an army of fans cheering him home yesterday as the one-out anchor for most quadrella punters, who invested $1,582,934 in response to Tabcorp cutting its commission. The "Fat Quaddie" paid $2137 for a $1 unit.
Apache Cat was inclined to over-race early but then settled and had his rivals covered early in the straight when Oliver eased him to the centre of the track.
"He was a little bit fresh, a bit toey. He hadn't raced for three weeks," Oliver said.
Apache Cat gave Oliver his third Blamey Stakes win as he won on Oliver Twist in 2000 and Gold Wells in 2004.
Apache Cat is already a Group 1 winner but seems to have returned to racing a more complete racehorse.
He has transformed from a specialist front-runner into a galloper capable of settling in a field.
"It's good to have another string to his bow," Eurell said.
Apache Cat has now won nine of his 20 starts and $1.4 million in stakes and has been touted by rival trainer David Hayes as an emerging star of Australian racing.
Eurell said Apache Cat would arrive in Sydney on Thursday week to prepare for Saturday week's Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) before tackling the Doncaster on April 9.