Unplaced Caulfield Cup fav Predatory Pricer's injury-enforced exit from Sat's $3million Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley has virtually assured a run for the Bart Cummings trained 3YO So You Think. Predatory Pricer has a suspensory ligament injury which is expected to rule him out of racing for three to six months. He had been on the third line of betting at $9, behind the $2.40 fav Whobegotyou.Will Caulfield Cup 3rd placer Vigor get a run in the Melbourne Cup? Maybe not. Ten races exempt the w
Unplaced Caulfield Cup fav Predatory Pricer's injury-enforced exit from Sat's $3million Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley has virtually assured a run for the Bart Cummings trained 3YO So You Think. Predatory Pricer has a suspensory ligament injury which is expected to rule him out of racing for three to six months. He had been on the third line of betting at $9, behind the $2.40 fav Whobegotyou.
Will Caulfield Cup 3rd placer Vigor get a run in the Melbourne Cup? Maybe not. Ten races exempt the winner from a Melbourne Cup ballot but many experts reckon it's amazing that the 3rd placegetter may miss out on a run at Flemington 17 days...Vigor was 34th in line to make the 24-horse Melbourne Cup field before the Caulfield Cup and remains in that precarious spot. He will not start again before the Cup. Trainer Danny O'Brien says: 'It'd be great if he could squeeze in as he's got an amazing Flemington record and he's obviously going very well. But what will be, will be.'
Latest news from the Lloyd Williams camp...The reason for the flop of C'est la Guerre in the Caulfield Cup? Apparently he 'tied up'' but the stable expects him to be OK for the Melbourne Cup...Efficient will miss Sat's Cox Plate and go straight into the Melbourne Cup. Last year's Cox Plate runner-up Zipping will tackle the race again.