Oops...AJC Derby hope Rock Classic has been beaten by a lesser-fancied stablemate in an 1800m track gallop at Randwick. RC's effort puzzled Bart Cummings, but he puts it down to the weight issue. He says Suyama - beatren 13 lengths by Count Encosta last Saturday -- carried a lot less weight than Rock Classic. Bart says: '"The soft track didn't suit him and Michelle Payne is not as heavy as the other jockey.' In fact, there was probably 10 to 12 kgs difference. Working without his raceday bl
Oops...AJC Derby hope Rock Classic has been beaten by a lesser-fancied stablemate in an 1800m track gallop at Randwick. RC's effort puzzled Bart Cummings, but he puts it down to the weight issue. He says Suyama - beatren 13 lengths by Count Encosta last Saturday -- carried a lot less weight than Rock Classic. Bart says: '"The soft track didn't suit him and Michelle Payne is not as heavy as the other jockey.' In fact, there was probably 10 to 12 kgs difference. Working without his raceday blinkers, Rock Classic was under the whip in the straight on the Randwick-K track and unable to overhaul Suyama, who drew away over the concluding stages.
Latest market on Sat's AJC Derby 2400m at Randwick (TAB Sportsbet):
ZABRASIVE 3.00 1.42
ROCK CLASSIC 3.80 1.58
SHOOT OUT 5.50 1.94
HANDSOME ZULU 11.00 3.10
DESCARADO 12.00 3.31
KEEP THE PEACE 15.00 3.94
MONACO CONSUL 18.00 4.57
COUNT ENCOSTA 18.00 4.57
EXTRA ZERO 35.00 8.15
SHERPA TENZING 61.00 13.63
LANDLOCKED 61.00 13.63
SAINT ENCOSTA 71.00 15.73
SUYAMA 101.00 22.05
CEDARBERG 151.00 32.57
HOME ON A WING 151.00 32.57