Victoria Cup Carnival 2023

[Messenger]

https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/the...on-in-earnest/

What a race it would be if they all come!
Draws are going to be SO important
Should Captain Ravishing get a start w/o racing? If the horse is so iffy that he cannot race once or twice you really have to wonder what he is doing racing at all

[Messenger]

Derby and Oaks heats on Saturday night
Only 24 noms for C&G's and Fillies so far

[aussiebreno]

Captain Ravishing was nommed for Smoken Up Sprint but is not in the final field. I wonder why

[Messenger]

Captain Ravishing was nommed for Smoken Up Sprint but is not in the final field. I wonder why

I am thinking that he is so unsound that he can only run once a month

Thankfully Catch A Wave has drawn 8 otherwise it was all over

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...23#MXM07102301

[Messenger]

Only 2 heats of Derby and 2 heats of Oaks
They have made an emergency for the Oaks heats - I used to think that any 3yoF who wanted to contest it would get a start, obviously not

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...s/?mc=MX071023

[Messenger]

I notice we are not racing on the half hour - are we no longer the main meeting of the night?

[Messenger]

Who gets a start?

https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...ions-revealed/

ABOUTTIME - J R (Jason) Grimson

ACT NOW - E J (Emma) Stewart

AMORE VITA NZ - E J (Emma) Stewart

BETTER ECLIPSE - J A (Jess) Tubbs

BETTOR BE THE BOMB - S L (Sonya) Smith

BEYOND DELIGHT - E J (Emma) Stewart

BUBBA SCRUB NZ - J R (Jason) Grimson

BULLETPROOF BOY - S L (Scott) Ewen

CAPTAIN RAVISHING - A (Ahmed) Taiba

CATCH A WAVE - A P (Andy) Gath

ENCIPHER - E J (Emma) Stewart

HI MANAMEISJEFF NZ - J R (Jason) Grimson

HONOLUA BAY - E J (Emma) Stewart

HOT AND TREACHEROUS NZ - M J (Jack) Butler

LEAP TO FAME - G W (Grant) Dixon

LOYALIST NZ - J (Joe) Conolly

MACH DAN - E J (Emma) Stewart

MAX DELIGHT - D (David) Aiken

NERANO NZ - J R (Jason) Grimson

OUTLAW MAN NZ - A P (Andy) Gath

ROCK N ROLL DOO NZ - M I (Michael) Stanley

SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS NZ - B J (Belinda) McCarthy

TAIPO NZ - B M (Brad) Hewitt

TANGO TARA NZ - A P (Andy) Gath

TIMS A TROOPER - G W (Grant) Dixon

TREACHERY - E J (Emma) Stewart

YAMBUKIAN - A P (Andy) Gath

Who are the last two?

[aussiebreno]

I wouldnt be giving Amore Vita guaranteed status. Open age racing is different to Age/Sex racing. 8th in BAF and this is a much stronger field.

Mach Dan and Beyond Delight should be in the field for mine. MynameisJeff probably get a gig too

[Messenger]

True but I don't mind if a couple like Mach Dan miss to give someone new a chance

MynameisJeff cannot possibly win according to HRA

[Messenger]

Hi Manameisjeff really only has one sensational run/time to his name. He beat little in the Melton Plate last year and if it wasn't for the fact that Grimson's horses can grow an extra leg I could not put him before Amore. I don't think he deserves a run on one run