Racing 2024 G1 Melbourne Cup Day (3200m)no after timing posts.

[Areyoufireal]

Race order fore those on the same race multi places..

Winner: Knight's Choice
2: Warp Speed
3: Okita Soushi
4: Zardozi
5: Absurde
6: Circle of Fire
7: Fancy Man
8: Land Legend
9: Buckaroo
10: Kovalica
11: Vauban
12: Onesmoothoperator
13: Valiant King
14: Sea King
15: Interpretation
16: Sharp 'N' Smart
17: Trust In You
18: Mostly Cloudy
19: Manzoice
20: Positivity
21: The Map
22: Saint George
23: Just Fine

 

[Peter Doherty]

Middle Earth ruled out.

 

[plays tall 1]

Riff Rocket out with colic.

 

[Jugada]

No Middle Earth probably for the best. Too much guess work

 

[Lunchtime]

Race 5: Lexus Stakes (Hotham Handicap) now to be run on Makybe Diva Stakes Day instead of being run on Victoria Derby day

Winner still gets automatic entry into Melbourne Cup.

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[Jugada]

 

[Jugada]

Absurd being aimed at the Caulfield Cup was a fun run while it lasted

 

[Peter Doherty]

Absurd being aimed at the Caulfield Cup was a fun run while it lasted

Hope people didn't do their dough on these futures bets.

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Absurd being aimed at the Caulfield Cup was a fun run while it lasted

Weird decision

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Absurde to miss Caulfield Cup

Willie Mullins' hopes of a Group 1 win in Melbourne this spring have taken a hit

www.racing.com

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Not accepted for CC being aimed at MC

 

[rank and file]

Birdman has none in anything it races in.
Could be a good be a good place type bet for
for Bendigo/Geelong Cup.

 

[plays tall 1]

Relentless Voyager Cup hopes short lived, sounds like he failed the scans.

 

[Jugada]

No Cup horses in the Archer. Point King did look the most progressive but even still a blanket finish in that field is a long way off

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Why did they move it ? Always was a novelty that last cup spot days before

 

[Jugada]

Warmonger probably the best run today of those heading towards the Cup

 

[Jugada]

St Leger tonight with Illinois, Jan Brueghel and Grosvenor Square. Whichever of them doesn't win but runs a nice 3rd or 4th probably most likely to be aimed up at Melbourne

 

[Viva la Mattner]

St Leger tonight with Illinois, Jan Brueghel and Grosvenor Square. Whichever of them doesn't win but runs a nice 3rd or 4th probably most likely to be aimed up at Melbourne

Please be Jan B

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Huge gutsy win Jan Brueghel too good to come you’d think
But if Aiden says let’s go … gee he’d be hard to beat

 

[Jugada]

Grosvenor Square can stay home.

You wouldn't send Jan Brueghel down here now.

Illinois or bust. Run of the race there and would be the best type for him to send anyway at this point I think

 

[diggo1]

But Illionois will still be slugged with a fairly hefty weight after that performance, no?

 

[Jugada]

But Illionois will still be slugged with a fairly hefty weight after that performance, no?

Who knows. At a guess I would say he would get 53. Not thrown in but not bent over like DL

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Oh wow - we could be on here

'Either of them could go to Melbourne, they’re two real proper staying horses' - Aidan O'Brien raises Australia option for Leger stars

Aidan O'Brien had to wait little more than a quarter of an hour for Group 1 compensation after witnessing Auguste Rodin go down in a blaze of glory... Read More

www.racingpost.com

 

[Lunchtime]

Why did they move it ? Always was a novelty that last cup spot days before

Not sure why. Maybe because in its original timeslot (run on Vic Derby day) the Archer Stakes/Melbourne Cup double has not been done since 2009.

Archer Stakes/Melbourne Cup Double

2009: Shocking
2000: Brew
1974: Think Big
1958: Baystone
1949: Foxzami
1944: Sirius
1943: Dark Felt
1931: White Nose
1922: King Ingoda
1870: Nimblefoot

Maybe in its new timeslot, the "double" can be achieved once again. There used to be a lot of tired horses/tired winners of the Archer Stakes heading into the Cup when the race was run on Vic Derby Day. By running the race on Makybe Diva Stakes Day in September, it makes things easier for the horse.

See article below about why the change was made:

VRC takes Archer Stakes off Derby Day

Gone are the days a Melbourne Cup horse can clinch a spot just three days earlier

www.racing.com

 

[Jugada]

Oh wow - we could be on here

'Either of them could go to Melbourne, they’re two real proper staying horses' - Aidan O'Brien raises Australia option for Leger stars

Aidan O'Brien had to wait little more than a quarter of an hour for Group 1 compensation after witnessing Auguste Rodin go down in a blaze of glory... Read More

www.racingpost.com

Would be happy with either but Illinois just makes the most sense. More ready, had his chances to win a Euro G1, has shown ability over the mile and a half which you want.

JB looks just far too much like he could be the next Strad or Kyprios in waiting to risk cooking him with a trip to Melbourne as a 3yo. Racing style also a lot more dour which isn't really the ideal type anyway

 

[Sockeye]

What weight is Warmonger likely to get?