FOLLOWING THE RACESThis blog title has two meanings as you probably cottoned onto. "After" the races, and "Following" the horses. I meant both.We listed early prices for the big Rosehill meeting. I have my suspicions about them and I have even more now. Hinchinbrook is the biggest of all the disappointments for anyone going in early.Here were the early prices (they're detailed in the previous blog):2 Sacred Choice 2.50 3.80 no offer3 Precedence 2.80 1.70 1.704 Hinchinbrook 2.
FOLLOWING THE RACES
This blog title has two meanings as you probably cottoned onto. "After" the races, and "Following" the horses. I meant both.
We listed early prices for the big Rosehill meeting. I have my suspicions about them and I have even more now. Hinchinbrook is the biggest of all the disappointments for anyone going in early.
Here were the early prices (they're detailed in the previous blog):
2 Sacred Choice 2.50 3.80 no offer
3 Precedence 2.80 1.70 1.70
4 Hinchinbrook 2.00 2.00 2.05
5 Georgette Silk 3.00 3.20 3.50
6 Rock Kingdom 2.50 3.20 3.40
7 Shoot Out 2.00 3.20 3.40
8 Khas Kura 3.50 no offer no offer
9 Beaded 2.50 3.20 no offer
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And the actuals? Try these. Oh yeah and by the way they ALL lost except Precedence, which was heavily supported!
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Sacred Choice was unplaced at $2.20 best.
Precedence won easily at $1.80. Evens was never offered.
Hinchinbrook didn't get around the Rosehill turn. Blew from $2.20 to $2.70, after being at odds on during Saturday morning. Third.
Georgette Silk touched $7.50 and gave little. Sixth.
Rock Kingdom got to $3.30 from $2.00 then firmed to $2.90. Never a real chance. Fifth.
Shoot Out ($2.50 best) ran a shocker and couldn't win from the 600. Fourth.
Khas Kura got out to $4.60 then settled at $4.20. Fourth.
Beaded went from $3.20 to $4.60 then firmed to $4.00. Second.
Now, re-run those races and Beaded wins hers. I can't say that any of the others would win theirs.
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And the jury's still out, isn't it? I suspect we were sucked into Hinchinbrook, as the big bookmakers knew the real pea was the ultimate easy winner and heavily backed Brightexpectations. But if they could offer evens Hinchinbrook, then $1.90, and rake the money in... wouldn't you?
Shoot Out? I really don't know. I'm mystified. Sometimes horses make fools of us and so far as I'm concerned this was one occasion. I thought he was a good thing at $3.50 which was offered late Friday. As they turned into the straight he was no hope. That's a bad feeling.