Will Singapore's sweetheart Jolie's Shinju still have a crack at the Cox Plate? She flopped in the wet at Moonee Valley on Friday night but connections say they'll continue with her campaign. Former Victorian now Singapore trainer Len Treloar, an advisor to JS's trainer Hideyuki Takaoka, blames the slow conditions for the mare's 12th placing in the JRA Cup 2040m. He says: 'We just don't get slow tracks like this in Singapore...It's always warm in Singapore so the ground is warm and any rain we g

Will Singapore's sweetheart Jolie's Shinju still have a crack at the Cox Plate? She flopped in the wet at Moonee Valley on Friday night but connections say they'll continue with her campaign. Former Victorian now Singapore trainer Len Treloar, an advisor to JS's trainer Hideyuki Takaoka, blames the slow conditions for the mare's 12th placing in the JRA Cup 2040m. He says: 'We just don't get slow tracks like this in Singapore...It's always warm in Singapore so the ground is warm and any rain we get drains away really quickly....She was all at sea on the slow ground and wouldn't stretch out to accelerate in the second half of the race...We're just going to put it down to the wet track.'

There may be more news to come from the Jolie Shinju area...MV stewards ordered a vet's exam of the mare and were advised she had a case of the thumps as well as a cardiac irregularity.There was also some concern about Jolie's Shinju's near foreleg though Treloar says the 5YO mare was not lame.

Not on our patch...Adelaide jockey Dom Tourneur's win in Fri night's JRA Cup came at a price...Stewards suspended him for 10 meetings on a careless riding charge.Tourneur was making ground on the inside on Alcopop when he shifted out to get around the tiring Marchelle Belle at the 300m and severely hampered Miss Darcey.