Mega-owner Lloyd Williams has more or less conceded that French stayer Americain is a past-the-post proposition in Sat's Zipping Classic 2400m at Sandown Hillside. Hed can't fault the early pricing of Americain at $1.45 ahead of his runner Mourayan at $4. LW says: 'I'm moderately confident Mourayan will run very well but Americain obviously is the one to beat...With average luck he probably should have won the Melbourne Cup this year...He's the benchmark and he is very well weighted, but I coul
Mega-owner Lloyd Williams has more or less conceded that French stayer Americain is a past-the-post proposition in Sat's Zipping Classic 2400m at Sandown Hillside. Hed can't fault the early pricing of Americain at $1.45 ahead of his runner Mourayan at $4. LW says: 'I'm moderately confident Mourayan will run very well but Americain obviously is the one to beat...With average luck he probably should have won the Melbourne Cup this year...He's the benchmark and he is very well weighted, but I couldn't be happier with our horse. Mourayan has had a week off and I think a little bit of a freshen-up will probably suit him.'