AFTER THE BALLWell we've had it. Been and gone. And nobody could begrudge the winner his prize, could they? Did it the hard way.I thought there could be a happy ending for me at the 250 as my earliest PPM nomination, Harris Tweed, moved up with my small 150/1 each way on his back; but he wilted to a decent fifth. Bart was probably unlucky if anyone was, as Viewed carried the weight and was still coming, even after the rough trip. Daffodil was clobbered early and again on the turn. Two visitors r
AFTER THE BALL
Well we've had it. Been and gone. And nobody could begrudge the winner his prize, could they? Did it the hard way.
I thought there could be a happy ending for me at the 250 as my earliest PPM nomination, Harris Tweed, moved up with my small 150/1 each way on his back; but he wilted to a decent fifth. Bart was probably unlucky if anyone was, as Viewed carried the weight and was still coming, even after the rough trip. Daffodil was clobbered early and again on the turn. Two visitors ran the minor placings, and frankly they both ran superbly.
So there goes another Cup.
It's worth remembering that Bart tells it as he sees it. What he thinks, what he hopes, what he's planning. Remember Sirmione? We snared him at 66/1 and better for the Mackinnon, and Bart thought he'd get the Cup trip. Didn't though, Just as Allez Wonder didn't. But Bart thought she could. Or at least might.
You can't carry them! If you want the honesty you must also accept the speculation that drives a top trainer. The "what if?" aspect of it all.
What now? It's all a sort of anticlimax, isn't it? The Oaks, and the QE, plus this and that and back to the drawing boards.
Take a day or two to regather your energy and enthusiasm.
Never forget my credo:
A $5 winner at Woop Woop pays exactly the same as a $5 winner in the Melbourne Cup, and it's darn easier to find!
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