Miracle Mile 2025, Chariots of Fire and MM Lead Up races

MIRACLE MILE BARRIER DRAW

$1mil. Group 1. 1609m. Menangle Saturday night.

1. Bulletproof Boy (2nd emerg) $35

2. Swayzee – Cam Hart - $4

3. Don Hugo – Luke McCarthy - $2.50

4. Sooner The Bettor – Gavin Fitzpatrick - $41

5. Captain Ravishing – Jack Callaghan - $8

6. Max Delight – Will Rixon - $51

7. Tact McLeod – Anthony Butt - $16

8. Leap To Fame – Grant Dixon - $2.70

9. Catch A Wave – Kate Gath - $9

10. Sure Thing Captain (1st emerg) - $101

You can see how the draw has made Don Hugo fave
I would prefer it if it was a 6 horse race - from a fair contest point of view (no good for turnover)
What a handicap it is to be coming from 7 or 8

I am not sure he is the horse he was but until the draw I could have been tempted to have a nibble at the Wave but I would have wanted better than $9 (with a decent draw). I like how he has been prepared for this but we know he is a psycho.

LTF did win it from 7 last year

Great draw for Larry because his two main dangers ( on paper) will both get involved in the early hustle ( for differing reasons), I have watched all the qualifiers very closely and I just don't see how Swayzee can come from behind Larry and beat him and I don't think there is another horse in the field that can "blow smoke up his arse". After saying all that I'm having a quinella on 8 and 5. Captain Ravishing IS a horse with issues, he was hanging like a dump truck with a flat front tyre last week ( not new for him) but still got home exceptionally well. I don't like bagging drivers but I don't think Jack and the horse are all that compatible either. Will be a great race I think this is a stronger field than we have seen in a while.

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Originally Posted by Messenger

MIRACLE MILE BARRIER DRAW

$1mil. Group 1. 1609m. Menangle Saturday night.

1. Bulletproof Boy (2nd emerg) $35

2. Swayzee – Cam Hart - $4

3. Don Hugo – Luke McCarthy - $2.50

4. Sooner The Bettor – Gavin Fitzpatrick - $41

5. Captain Ravishing – Jack Callaghan - $8

6. Max Delight – Will Rixon - $51

7. Tact McLeod – Anthony Butt - $16

8. Leap To Fame – Grant Dixon - $2.70

9. Catch A Wave – Kate Gath - $9

10. Sure Thing Captain (1st emerg) - $101

You can see how the draw has made Don Hugo fave
I would prefer it if it was a 6 horse race - from a fair contest point of view (no good for turnover)
What a handicap it is to be coming from 7 or 8

I am not sure he is the horse he was but until the draw I could have been tempted to have a nibble at the Wave but I would have wanted better than $9 (with a decent draw). I like how he has been prepared for this but we know he is a psycho.

LTF did win it from 7 last year

When it was 6 at Harold Park it was a brilliant race.
Enough said.

LTF has come into $2.20 fav (Don Hugo has drifted to $2.70)

Merlin has been scratched from R6 and I think Kanena Provlima gets his spot although I am not 100% certain at the TAB says that Curly James is Em.1

Catch A Wave and Captain Ravishing are being kept safe with both of them at $9.50
I would need that to be $19.50 before I would have a dabble
The reasons being:
For Catch A Wave it is twofold, he is not always on song and that draw deserves more attractive odds
Grimson is known to perform miracles but he has not had Captain Ravishing long enough to satisfy me that he has made CR more tractable

I cannot say I have been following the form closely enough but the draw would seem to have made the Derby more interesting

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...25#PCM08032502

I hope rain does not put a 'dampener' on Saturday's super Menangle program

Is the MM on tv?
If not , why not?

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Originally Posted by Messenger

I hope rain does not put a 'dampener' on Saturday's super Menangle program

NO , we got it all at Yamba!!