chelseacol 2,488 Report post Posted November 8, 2017 43 minutes ago, Sandpiper said: For sure. Rails bias all day similar but not as bad as 2015. Decent advantage to anything on the rail and then with the slow tempo too... The first two home make the top 4 from any gate imo. The rest, who knows. I was surprised there was not a second or third wave pushing on at the start to find the rail. I think Frankie was out there 3 wide holding them all up ....... richie 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalano 951 Report post Posted November 8, 2017 11 minutes ago, chelseacol said: I think Frankie was out there 3 wide holding them all up Almandin ran 22m further than the winner... https://www.racing.com/form/2017-11-07/flemington/race/7/results Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,966 Report post Posted November 8, 2017 I thought that the field was full of aged (old fashioned term) gallopers so I went for the three year old with a little bit of Classic form and proven ability to beat the older horses too when asked to. So I got lucky this time at 17’s! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Money$hot 3 Report post Posted November 8, 2017 13 hours ago, rdytdy said: Did barrier draws play a part? The first four home drew barriers 4, 3, 2 & 5 respectively. Where were you before the race rdytdy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,343 Report post Posted November 8, 2017 13 minutes ago, Money$hot said: Where were you before the race rdytdy? On the phone backing backing Marmelo and Rekindling (which I also drew in the TAB sweep). And you Andrew..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed 250 Report post Posted November 8, 2017 beautiful quote from Aidan O'Brien to his son Joseph earlier in his career....."never let school get in the way of your education." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...