Betstar boss Alan Eskander reckons runaway winner Miracles of Life is 'the real deal'. He told PPD: 'She was $9 into $4.60 for the Blue Diamond after her Caulfield win, and since then she has seen constant action and we have moved her into $3.80...It's a popular quote with the punters, and the way it's going we think she will continue to shorten. If they can pull it together and decide to let her have a crack on February 23, she looks a very likely type...To sit midfield, show that turn of foot
Betstar boss Alan Eskander reckons runaway winner Miracles of Life is 'the real deal'. He told PPD: 'She was $9 into $4.60 for the Blue Diamond after her Caulfield win, and since then she has seen constant action and we have moved her into $3.80...It's a popular quote with the punters, and the way it's going we think she will continue to shorten. If they can pull it together and decide to let her have a crack on February 23, she looks a very likely type...To sit midfield, show that turn of foot and run that time, proves she is the one to beat in the Blue Diamond. She didn't need to lead, and she can put a field away in a few strides - some great attributes for a 2YO.
Peter Snowden chose to keep Guelph at home in the lead-up to the Blue Diamond Stakes, and the move paid dividends when she stormed home in the last two hundred metres to be victorious by a length. Consequentially, she has moved into outright second favoritism, from $13 into $9, and she could well be the #1 Blue Diamond contender for the all-powerful Darley operation. Eskander says: 'With Guelph running up in Sydney, you could be forgiven for thinking that it might be a case of out of sight, out of mind but with a barnstorming finish like that, rest assured there is no chance of her steering clear of the headlines. She ran an excellent second in the Gimcrack Stakes last October, so we know she likes the big stage, and today she displayed a turn of foot that is needed to win a Blue Diamond."