Lots of hard luck stories in the wake of Shocking's Cup win...Fairytale horse, and media darling, Alcopop, didn't get much of a run, according to jockey Dom Tourneur. The lightly raced South Australian galloper heavily supported from $5.50 to start the $4.80 fav. He ran 6th. DT says Pop was badly bumped and belted and, at about the halfway point, got slammed by Kibbutz, who had been tightened for room by the eventual winner, Shocking. He adds: 'I had a good run in transit, but it was a rough-act
Lots of hard luck stories in the wake of Shocking's Cup win...Fairytale horse, and media darling, Alcopop, didn't get much of a run, according to jockey Dom Tourneur. The lightly raced South Australian galloper heavily supported from $5.50 to start the $4.80 fav. He ran 6th. DT says Pop was badly bumped and belted and, at about the halfway point, got slammed by Kibbutz, who had been tightened for room by the eventual winner, Shocking. He adds: 'I had a good run in transit, but it was a rough-act affair.'
Melbourne Cup ballot victim Vigor will run in Sat's $1 million Emirates Stakes at Flemington. Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has the ride.