Betting turnaround...Bletchingly winner Shoot Out has replaced So You Think as early favourite for the Cox Plate. But the big question now centres on how much weight he'll get for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter says Shoot Out and So You Think will get the highest Cups weights for a 4YO since Universal Prince (55.5kgs) in 2001. GC says: ''It was terrific to see Shoot Out win first-up and race so well fresh but that had no effect on his cups weight...
Betting turnaround...Bletchingly winner Shoot Out has replaced So You Think as early favourite for the Cox Plate. But the big question now centres on how much weight he'll get for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter says Shoot Out and So You Think will get the highest Cups weights for a 4YO since Universal Prince (55.5kgs) in 2001. GC says: ''It was terrific to see Shoot Out win first-up and race so well fresh but that had no effect on his cups weight...As I told his owners on Saturday, you can't take notice of 1200m races early in the season when handicapping horses for 2400 and 3200m races down the track. I had his weight in mind a few weeks after he won the AJC Derby and it hasn't budged since.' Shoot Out is now $9 fav for the Cox Plate over So You Think at $10.
Shoot Out and So You Think are likely to clash for the first time in the JJ Liston Stakes 1400m at Caulfield although Bart Cummings may enter So You Think for Sat's Aurie's Star Handicap at Flemington. The master trainer is pleased with SYT's buildup for his return to racing. He says: 'He's done everything right and he's pretty fit and well.' SYT had an 800m jumpout at Flemington on Friday.