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08-03-2007, 10:51 PM
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I'm taking Craig Williams' mount.
Minson on top... Apache Cat and Live in Vain fight out the placings. Haradasun gets 5th. 
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08-04-2007, 01:08 AM
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EEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYY Money
 
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08-04-2007, 01:31 AM
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Please please please tell me he did it and easily!
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08-04-2007, 01:35 AM
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1st Apache Cat 2nd Haradah 3rd No 5
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08-04-2007, 01:37 AM
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THANK YOU for the great news... i could kiss you! MUST go and toast our pretty boy! THRILLED. 
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08-04-2007, 01:03 PM
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Michael Rodd rapt in Apache Cat
Saturday, 4 August 2007: Michael Rodd declared it would take a sledgehammer to get him off Apache Cat  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
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08-04-2007, 06:19 PM
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Look! Look!
He's smiling in one of the pictures! http://www.virtualformguide.com/cgi-...ichaelrodd.txt
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08-05-2007, 12:48 AM
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In two weeks time itll be Cmon !!!! dad needs A Chrome wheel for the wheel barrow !!!
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08-06-2007, 04:53 PM
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What do you all think of this?
Apache Cat may not venture beyond 1600m 6 Aug 2007 By Rob Burnet Cranbourne trainer Greg Eurell is seriously thinking of keeping his well-named galloper Apache Cat outside the weight-for-age spring arena once the distances reach over 1600m. Eurell said on Monday that he as going to have a think about taking the white-blazed five-year-old gelding to another Group I Tattersalls Cox Plate over 2040m of Moonee Valley’s tight turning track. Last year Apache Cat drew barrier 12 in the race and finished seventh. “I think that over 200m it is a bit of a stretch for him,” said Eurell, “I think he is better kept to a mile (1600m).” “All being well we will head to the Liston, and then we will sit down and work out where to go. There is a lot on offer with the Dato Tan, Torrak and Emirates on the last day of the Carnival. “There is a long way to go and we may give him a little ease up,” he said. On Saturday Apache Cat, under Michael Rodd, demolished the Group III, Bletchingly Stakes field, including the multi-million dollar sire Haradasun, by 2 1/2L without Rodd moving a muscle. Apache Cat had the race in safe keeping coming off the turn at the Melbourne Racing Club’s meeting at Caulfield, and went to a lead that was not remotely threatened. “It is interesting the way he is developing into such a strong horse when fresh,” noted Eurell. “He seems to enjoy his first up runs so much. Michael said that he pulled himself into the run. It was a very good effort. “Michael was quite excited about the way the horse went about it,” he added. Rodd was having his first major day of riding as a freelance jockey after stepping back from ties to prominent Victorian owner Lloyd Williams. Eurell said that Apache Cat, the winner of $1.6 million after Saturday, had gone back to the stable on Saturday and eaten everything in sight and then went to the track on Monday ‘bouncing around like he had never been around,’ The possible path for Apache Cat would be the $200,000, Group II, WFA JJ Liston Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 18th, $300,000, Group II, WFA Dato Tan Chin Nam (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 15th, $350,000, Group I, Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on October 13th and then the $1 million, Group I, Emirates Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on November 10th.
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08-07-2007, 04:00 AM
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Is exactly what ive been saying for the last 2 seasons, Great gelding but the Horse & indeed his breed shouldnt go over 1600, some are made for distance & some are not , he's won enough without going over 1600 & there must be other races he can go for ? Breeders cup ?
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08-07-2007, 10:50 AM
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Hell, he can stay with me!
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08-13-2007, 02:44 PM
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Oh damn, love Efficient too but gotta stick with our boy.
Feature Nominations for Saturday's Meeting at Caulfield $201,000 JJ Liston Stakes - 1400m Group 2 race 01 APACHE CAT (Greg Eurell) 02 BLUE MONDAY (GB) (David Hayes) 03 DOURO VALLEY (Danny O'Brien) 04 EFFICIENT (NZ) (Graeme Rogerson) 05 GALLIC (NZ) (Graeme Rogerson) 06 LIVE IN VAIN (Peter G Moody) 07 MALDIVIAN (NZ) (Mark Kavanagh) 08 MARASCO (Fred Kersley) 09 MAYBE BETTER (Brian Mayfield-Smith) 10 POMPEII RULER (Mick Price) 11 RED LORD (Anthony Cummings) 12 SPHENOPHYTA (NZ) (Lee Freedman) 13 ZIPPING (Graeme Rogerson) Good luck to Blue Monday, Pompeii Ruler, Maybe Better, Efficient and the winner, APAAAAAACHE CAT! Apache gets some press..... http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/australia/?id=30579
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08-13-2007, 11:37 PM
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Shrewd ryhthm is running a 1 of the earlier races at the same meet so might have to look at the exotics to get some value
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