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

 

[Lunchtime]

A bad look for Australian racing for that type of horse to be winning the Cup.

 

[juice t]

a Carlton 1-2

 

[balmainforever]

Where are the Carlton supporters?
Easy quinella for them

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

Track is a disgrace

Then you have scumbag Jmac that keeps Stage ‘N’ Screen out wide

Still backing it for the Thousand Guineas

 

[mcs095]

Don’t get me started…barrier 1 snags it back last then tries to go 20 wide

Hollie Doyle is very good usually at getting horses to the front too - I thought if anyone would say '**** it', lets try and push up, it would have been her.

A few strange rides in amongst it all, as there always is.

 

[99 Problems]

No good for my account balance but the story around the Cup winner is great for the general public and the kind of win the race needs every so often.

 

[dontlimitme]

Track is a disgrace

Then you have scumbag Jmac that keeps Stage ‘N’ Screen out wide

Still backing it for the Thousand Guineas

im on at 101/26 for the guineas please give us strength

 

[mcs095]

Hopefully broke even with those two e/w’s?

I absolutely did - a little bit in front overall, but had it been 3205 m, I might have been partying hard in Sydney town today!

As it is, I'll end up in front as haven't had much else in the way of bets today. On Melbourne Cup day, that's as good as a big win!

 

[2121]

Track will need a shit load of water tonight and tomorrow to even it out clear bias now to be 1-3 off the rails.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

He much did TAB make on their promo?

Moriera was always going to shit the bed.

 

[Aussie Assault]

No good for my account balance but the story around the Cup winner is great for the general public and the kind of win the race needs every so often.

For me personally, not my wallet which is in disrepair, but as general racing fan, I'm more glad Warp Speed ran a big race.. It'll help tickle the interests of the Japanese continuing to come out here and add some sort of quality into our racing.

 

[balmainforever]

Disgusting quinella of $38 on VIC tote

 

[mcs095]

Disgusting quinella of $38 on VIC tote

Just saw that... awful!

 

[chunkylover]

My fault for watching the 9 telecast but why the **** when they put up the dividends post race they display the win dividend for the 2nd and 3rd horses not the place dividend? Amateur hour bullshit.

 

[chunkylover]

Disgusting quinella of $38 on VIC tote

Every Carlton fan was on it. Killed the dividend

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Gotta love the biggest stable in the country taking the Lions share of the Big Dance/Little Dance

 

[Gaston]

Track will need a shit load of water tonight and tomorrow to even it out clear bias now to be 1-3 off the rails.

Rail is going out 6 metres for Oaks Day, should remove the bias.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

Fancify being truckloaded because of the shit track

 

[Gaston]

A bad look for Australian racing for that type of horse to be winning the Cup.

An old fashioned win that was seen back in the 70's and 80's.

 

[qarocks]

i think fancify is a sneaky chance next at flem, def a place bet option

 

[qarocks]

This is what the riders thought of their mount's performance in the Melbourne Cup.

1st - KNIGHT'S CHOICE (Robbie Dolan) Pinch me. I think I'm dreaming. It's incredible. I just can't believe it. I I don't even know what to say. I can't even put it into words. This is the biggest race in the world, and to win it is just incredible. I've never ridden this race before, so I didn't know what to expect, but I feel like I've ridden it ten times because I've run the race over in my head before I got here. It panned out exactly as I thought it would. I thought I'd be a pair closer, but they went quick. I just rode him for luck because I know he's got a good turn of foot. What a training performance. There wasn't enough room for me to come outside. So I decided to cut the corner. I heard Kerrin (McEvoy) giving me a call along the inside. I initially would have went for the run that he went for. He was going a little bit better than me. Once my horse spotted the gap and he sort of changed leads, and he just sort of picked up on me. Once I pulled the stick through, he found another gear again. He's only a small little horse, but he gives his all every start, and that's half the battle with him, I think and he's proved a lot of people wrong.

2nd - WARP SPEED (Akira Sugawara) The plan was to go a bit more forward, but obviously he couldn't. Then we just changed to Plan B, which was what we always had in the mind. We watched many Melbourne Cups of the past, and we could come from the back. We got him into real rhythm, good rhythm and went through the field, and it was a really good run.

3rd - OKITA SOUSHI (Jamie Kah) Fantastic run. Couldn't have asked for anything more from the horse. Got me a bit excited at the 200 (metre mark). I thought he was going to hang on, but he's just a genuine one-pace horse, but couldn't ask for anything more of him.

4th - ZARDOZI (Andrea Atzeni) She ran good. We got a good trip from that draw. She travelled strongly. She picked up nicely. She probably didn't quite get the two miles.

5th - ABSURDE (Kerrin McEvoy) He ran fantastic. He got in a nice rhythm. He relaxed well. I just sort of cut the corner and switched a couple of times up the running, but he was finishing really well the last bit.

6th - CIRCLE OF FIRE (Mark Zahra) He ran well. Good, tough effort.

7th - FANCY MAN (Ron Stewart) Got a fantastic run from the awkward alley. Followed Jamie Kah (Okita Soushi) throughout. From the half-mile she got on her bike and that suited my horse who ran a really good race.

8th - LAND LEGEND (Zac Purton) He was much more manageable than at Caulfield, but still wanting to go 10 per cent too fast the whole way. Really good effort.

9th - BUCKAROO (Joao Moreira) Didn't have the best of the runs because he was actually too wide. It was hard to get in. He had to travel a little bit wide. He still had cover, but the distance probably just stretched him too much, and the last little bit, he started getting tired. So I'd say he couldn't really run the distance.

10th - KOVALICA (Damian Lane) He ran well. Unfortunately, just didn't quite have the turn-of-foot to go. Between the 600 and the 400. I had to wait. After that he hit the line well. Just lacked a turn-of-foot with that speed but he ran honest.

11th - VAUBAN (William Buick) I was a bit further back than ideal. He travelled well the first half of the race, and I had to hold my position. He came off the bridle far earlier than I expected from him.

12th - ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (Craig Williams) I was happy the way his prelim was, but once we placed him under pressure in the race today, he just wasn't quite at his best. Interesting to see how he comes through the run.

13th - VALIANT KING (Craig Newitt) I thought he ran really well, just got caught a little bit wide early. Got into a nice midfield position, travelled really well. I think if the track had a bit more give in it, he'd finish right in the money.

14th - SEA KING (Hollie Doyle) He's run alright. He probably overraced throughout, really. The distance probably tested his stamina.

15th - INTERPRETATION (Teo Nugent) A lovely first half of the race. He travelled really well for me and settled midfield. First week of the race was ideal, just at the business end of things, from the 400 on, he lacked a turn of foot.

16th - SHARP 'N' SMART (Michael Dee) Had a lovely run today, but just didn't quicken when asked.

17th - TRUST IN YOU (Mark Du Plessis) Got a lovely spot and he relaxed really well. He was just probably a year away from really finishing off properly.

18th - MOSTLY CLOUDY (Karis Teetan) Had a perfect position from the start, but just the class, not clear.

19th - MANZOICE (Declan Bates) Just didn't stay. Travelled into the race really well got tired late.

20th - POSITIVITY (Winona Costin) Probably just come up a year too soon. Next year in the race, she's going to be a lot better. Just wanting to overdo it a few times. Overall, I was happy, but next year she'll be a big improver.

21st - THE MAP (Rachel King) Tough run from the gate but she was as game as ever.

22nd - SAINT GEORGE (Tyler Schiller) He had the right run. He followed the winner (but) just didn't see the trip out and probably couldn't get comfortable either with a bit of a stop-start tempo.

Last - JUST FINE (Jye McNeil) He acquitted himself well today. Just struggled at the two miles.

 

[RU_]

Saving quinella on 1,4,5,9 next at Flem.

 

[Hamingja]

A bad look for Australian racing for that type of horse to be winning the Cup.

Group 3 winner. Ran 2nd in a group 2. Ran 3rd in a group 3.

I wouldn't have backed it with stolen money but I mean onesmoothoperator was effectively a Benchmark synthetic horse in the UK and it jumped at $7. That would have been more embarassing for Australian racing IMO if that won.

 

[2121]

Zazsou should be up in the first 4 rounding the home turn, should be hard to beat.

 

[BuddysBiggestFan]

LOL