The season is near drawing to a close. Who do we think will take out
- Australian horse of the year
-Australian two year old of year (aswell as colt and filly)
-Australian three year old of the year (aswell as colt and filly)
-Australian trotter of the year.
Aswell as the state horses of the year?
Horse of the Year: Smoken Up or Im Themightyquinn depending on ID result. Make Mine Cullen for the mare.
2yos: Umm Sensational Gabby and ??? There is no real absolute standout whereas most years there is
3yos: Sushi Sushi and Courageous Annie but wouldnt surprise me if a couple others got it
Trotter: Sundons Gift but only just
3yo filly is the hardest by far as every major race was one by a dfferent horse:
NSW Oaks - Courageous Annie
Vic Oaks - Bettor Cover Lover
QLD Oaks - Forever Gold
Aust Oaks - Baby Bling
Vicbred Series - Bellas Delight
Breeders Challenge - Vertigal
Slightly lesser races:
APG series - Shezallattitude
Bathurst - Aussie made Lombo
It might come down to the breeders crown, although out of all the winners above, only bellas Delight and Aussie made Lombo are in the series.
Good Luck to the judges!!!!
Oops - APG race should be on a par with the various Oaks as it was a Gr1Originally Posted by mightymo
I think its pretty clear cut Courageous Annie wins unless Bellas Delight/Aussie Made Lombo can demolish the ABC field and show they've improved since their let ups which looks unlikely given they both got beaten in heats.
I'm with you Breno i think Courageous Annie might just get it
Have whoever you want on but don't ever have yourself on
i'm sure a kiwi horse can win it, its just based on any performance in aussie - as smoken up and imthemightyquinn were in contention in NZ
i think you would have to give to forever gold in front of couragies annie, destroyed her in the gold coast oaks, won the qld triad, won the governors cup beating ceasars folly, won the qld oaks in a jog beating baby bling, jennas higview, vertigal - (on form you'd say she would have easily won the aussie oaks and nsw breeders if eligible/turned up)..only beaten twice this season, once first up by casaers folly and 2nd in the gold caost oaks where she went huge
but i think bettor cover lover would have won any gr1 fillies race in aussie if she wasn't hurt and she was amazing in victoria oaks
artemis belle should be a contender, only filly to contest a derby, only beaten 4m in it too, won WA oaks and 200k - which is the most of any filly this season
Last edited by smithy; 07-30-2011 at 04:25 PM.
Courageous annie kicked the wheels on the sulky in the gold coast oaks and pulled and also had a bruised hoof. That was her only defeat all season including holding two southern hempisphere records, winning the most 'star studded' oaks( Aussie made lombo, vertical, passions promise, bainfield Washington) and the nursery pace. Forever gold is a VERY nice horse but I'm just not sure if you could give an Australian title to a horse who hasnt left it's own state in it's career.
Did anyone see artemis belles race last night. Went very below par.
yeah im sure it wasn't the 57 first half after forever gold declared her on that made her stop
nsw oaks star studded?? - bettor cover lover dealt to everyone of those fillies in victoria
forever gold has done everything that was put in front of her and proved she was better than CA in the gold coast oaks
So you're saying Darrel Graham is a liar. And that Graham cares more about sticking to lying then racing the next week in a Group 1 $75K races? LOL
Courageous Annie was not beat on her merits in that race and thats final.
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