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Rising superstar Im Victorious will travel to Sydney to contest the $200,000 New South Wales Derby at Menangle on Saturday week if he maintains his tremendous form and wins the $200,000 Sky Racing WA Derby at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Really....don't you have to contest the heats????
I thought so too. I thought the parachute in for one outing routine was all done & dusted?
Should be, wouldn't be real fair on anyone contesting the heats trying to gain a rightful place in the final . There is so much talent this year its not an easy get in .Quote:
Originally Posted by Triple V
Royal Witness the only scratching so far from the NSW heats..and so far no scratchings from WA, will be interesting to watch.
Fellas, on this general subject...Rising Superstar? Geeze, that's one Hell of a tag. Is the Industry Media that starved of fodder that they rush to anoint such horses? He's going really well in WA, no doubt, but aren't they sending him up in a hot air balloon sky high and setting him up for a fall if he doesn't live up to the boom? There are so often quite unreasonable expectations put on them, IMO.
About 4 weeks ago all the buzz over there was about Gracias Para Nada.
4 weeks before that it was Western Cullen.
4 weeks from now it will be something else.
Harness Racing's version of the 24hrs news cycle I guess.
Bingo
Maybe it's asking too much however now and again I'd like to see them dig around in the background of these good ones a bit more.
Instead of blurting out the usual Rising Superstar thing...maybe someone could go back and take a quick look at how they came to be...where they were bred & raised, how they got from there to where they are now or whatever. It doesn't have to be a 3 part novel but something with a little more substance would be good.
That's a good idea .Quote:
Originally Posted by Triple V
Also noticed Mr Nickle in at Kilmore Sat night .