Cox Plate 2010

let me stoke the fire !
i don't believe that last years winner will win this year , most on this site will know my thought on last years Cox plate result.
there, the fire has been stoked.
the horses i do like are Metal Bender and Trusting.
Metal Bender missed last year with injury and had a good auturm/winter campaign ,so with that residue fitness i believe hes in for a good spring and 2000m is his distance.
Trusting ,i thought was the one most likely to become a good 2000m horse from last years 3yo's and the odds on offer are very tempting.

yeah TRUSTING was 3-4W no cover pretty much the whole trip in the Epsom and still managed to accelerate nicely in the straight, few more strides i think he wins... Cassidy was of the understanding he didn't handle the track either... Bossy rode for luck on the CAPTAIN and it opened up for him in the straight...

Are we looking at a Moonee Valley bog heavy track for Saturday? That'll make things interesting.

Should be really great warming weather on Thursday so don't think MV will be a bog there Infidel. This meeting traditionally plays true as far as the pattern goes.

problem is [Money Talks] is that the forecast for Saturday is for rain, rain and more rain. Makes a slow to heavy more likely despite the excellent drainage at the Vallley.

I hope for the sake of KD and others who gleefully took the overs about So You Think some weeks ago that it doesn't turn out like the time I had $5K @ $6 about Lonhro 6 weeks out from the Cox Plate in 2003. Come Cox Plate morning I was feeling very smug when he was odds on....................

I can remember taking the shorts about Lonhro Cox Plate morning... and then it started to rain.

One other thing SYT is no champion yet. He may be a champion come 5.35pm on Saturday, but lets not blow the front of our strides out until he crosses the line first.

Kingston town was a champion , Sunline was a champion .Phat Lap was a champion ,Tulloch was a champion ,So You think { im a huge fan} has won 6 races...1400m - 2000 m. 3 group 1s...
if he wins the cox plate , and the melbourne cup , and the australian cup next year and every other race in between , then we should think about calling him a Champion ...8-}

That's a big 'if', but I hope he can do it, and I think he can do it. Watching champions is what makes horse racing.

I heard a whisper from a birdy, dont know how true it is but the rumour is if SYT wins this saturday he will be retired to stud as the money on offer is to good to refuse??

On form cant see SYT being beaten but i like shoot out, trusting and zipping so maybe a first 4 bet there but ill be mainly sitting back and watching this race.

Yeah, Dato Chin Nam must be down to his last billion.

Looks like forecast has changed slightly since i last checked. They are forecasting scattered showers until late afternoon for saturday, so hopefully dead track. SYT should be running in the Melbourne Cup. I don't think Bart will have him fully wound up for this saturday and will be at his peak for MC.

should be a great race, would love so you think to win by 9 lengths, champions like him dont come around to often. Might have a tickle on trusting for a place, should run on well.

history tells us that past Cox plate performers ,perform well the next year. but history tells us that no 3yo has returned to the Cox plate and been successful in defending their title ,
history tells us that Zipping will beat So You Think today
then again history could be rewritten today.
either way jump on the quinella until your nose bleeds

track rated a dead 4

Agree surround........that quinella looks a good thing........probably pay MORE than the exacta...

SYT is the one, no question. I can't really see him getting beaten, so I'll try to get the minors. Firstly though, if Bart is right about this horse there is every chance that in 12-13 months (if he hasn't gone to stud) SYT could have had about 22-24 starts and won 3 Cox Plates and maybe a Melbourne Cup or 2..........can that be possible?

MJ is the one with a bit of a question mark for mine, still "on the up" really. Drops in weight for her first go this distance/class which is good. Bred to get a trip like this. She has been faultless for a while now and excellent this prep. I think she is primed to run the race of her life......and finish 2nd.
Zipping has good form and is going very well. But I think we know his mark and it is just below Cox Plate level. He is definately good enough to run 2nd here though. Interesting that he has been set for this race rather than the Cups this year.
Shoot Out looked sharp as a tack fresh from a spell but quickly flattened or went a bit dour. Plenty of talk about him going to the Melbourne Cup, maybe it isn't his day today. I can still see some improvement in him whereas we know what we get with horses like Zipping and Whobe.
Trusting is my KO horse, I've just always had a soft spot for it.

First4

5 / 1, 6, 10 / 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 / 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 = 45 combos

Spot on surround.......had a nice collect thanks to you buddy.....:-)

cheers me too ;-}

Great work Surround. Nice quinella. What a great war horse Zipping is.