Kiwis too good!

[howrude 108]

Well done to Tim and Anthony Butt for taking out the Hunter Cup tonight across the ditch with Stunin Cullen, looked too good at the swing for home! Also to Cran Delgety and Dexter Dunn for taking second place with Smiling Shard making that a "home" quinella.

Top efforts by all contenders but NZ...WINNERS!!! lol

[majbarnett 0]

8 - 23:30 - A$35K BONUS FIRST4 HUNTER CUP M0+ HANDICAP PACE (Melton R8) 3280 m Results home Stake: $425,000 Track: GOOD Weather: OVERCAST

13 Stunin Cullen Anthony Butt 8.50 2.50

6 Smiling Shard Dexter Dunn © 2.00

15 Im Themightyquinn Nathan Jack 1.30

Bet Type Runners Dividend

Quinella 6, 13 20.50

Trifecta 13:6:15 63.40

First4 13:6:15:1 2524.30

Double 1/13 26.60

Double 1/6 4.30

Quaddie 5/11/1/13 582.70

ALSO RAN:

1-Village Of Dreams-Gavin Lang(n/aL),

7-Karloo Mick-Greg Bennett(n/aL),

9-Villagem-Lisa Miles(n/aL),

2-Power Of Tara-John Caldow(n/aL),

5-Our Chain Of Command-Chris Alford(n/aL),

3-Make Mine Cullen-Daryl Douglas(n/aL),

11-Christian Melody-Jodi Quinlan(n/aL),

4-Mister Swinger-Greg Sugars(n/aL),

10-Georgetown-Michael Langdon(

8-Karlsruhe-Luke McCarthy

14-The Sleepy Tripp-Mark Purdon(

.

Winning Margins: 1-1/2L, Nse, 1/4L

Owners: T Mcdonald, E C Griffin

Trainer: Tim Butt, Christchurch

Breeding: 5 h Christian Cullen-Vicario

Scratched: 12-Bold Cruiser.

SUB: 15

Winners Time: 4:06.80

[Kiah 13]

The Mighty Quinns run was just terrific given how the race panned out.

I used to follow him over here and he was often unlucky.

But I didnt get how come he was such a hot favourite over there off a handicap????????

Spose now I know why. If that had been Addington he would have won

[Midget 4,489]

Well done TEAM Butt,but also to Terry McDonad and Eddie Griffen,these Guys would have spent millions over the years.

Just a pity that Terry has a fear of flying and rarely gets to see his horses race.

[The Brown Bomber 1]

was a great run by im themightyquinn how could stunin cullen be at that price sushi sushi great money earlir on in the night what happend to i can doosit missed the race.

[gjay 0]

Well done Ants and Tim. Looks like he loves those smaller tracks over there. Can someone confirm that our chain of command was that horse T Mcmillan had here. I didnt see its breeding? Cheers.

yep thats the one alright

[cyclops 1]

was a great run by im themightyquinn how could stunin cullen be at that price sushi sushi great money earlir on in the night what happend to i can doosit missed the race.

he couldnt doosit

best horse on the night won,

driven like the best won like the best

[Mardy 475]

Yip a good powerful win from Stunin Cullen.Can't believe that for 2 weeks in a row Stunin Cullen went out at $8s...am loving that . I see Ants adhered to the whip rules last night...not that he really needed the stick tho. Well done team..bring on the Inters.

[aquaman 1,352]

8 - 23:30 - A$35K BONUS FIRST4 HUNTER CUP M0+ HANDICAP PACE (Melton R8) 3280 m Results home Stake: $425,000 Track: GOOD Weather: OVERCAST

13 Stunin Cullen Anthony Butt 8.50 2.50

6 Smiling Shard Dexter Dunn © 2.00

15 Im Themightyquinn Nathan Jack 1.30

Bet Type Runners Dividend

Quinella 6, 13 20.50

Trifecta 13:6:15 63.40

First4 13:6:15:1 2524.30

Double 1/13 26.60

Double 1/6 4.30

Quaddie 5/11/1/13 582.70

ALSO RAN:

1-Village Of Dreams-Gavin Lang(n/aL),

7-Karloo Mick-Greg Bennett(n/aL),

9-Villagem-Lisa Miles(n/aL),

2-Power Of Tara-John Caldow(n/aL),

5-Our Chain Of Command-Chris Alford(n/aL),

3-Make Mine Cullen-Daryl Douglas(n/aL),

11-Christian Melody-Jodi Quinlan(n/aL),

4-Mister Swinger-Greg Sugars(n/aL),

10-Georgetown-Michael Langdon(

8-Karlsruhe-Luke McCarthy

14-The Sleepy Tripp-Mark Purdon(

.

Winning Margins: 1-1/2L, Nse, 1/4L

Owners: T Mcdonald, E C Griffin

Trainer: Tim Butt, Christchurch

Breeding: 5 h Christian Cullen-Vicario

Scratched: 12-Bold Cruiser.

SUB: 15

Winners Time: 4:06.80

How much was the trifecta in Aus?. Thanks.

[aquaman 1,352]

Well done Ants and Tim. Looks like he loves those smaller tracks over there. Can someone confirm that our chain of command was that horse T Mcmillan had here. I didnt see its breeding? Cheers.

Thought Melton was a new track, how big is it?, for some reason thought it was Victorias answer to Menangle.

[4bettor-orworse 21]

Pre reace I thought the Mighty Quinn represented very poor value. By the way it finished off I can see what the hype was about. It suffered from a lack of mid race moves.

Yes, amazing odds for Stunning Cullen the last two weeks. Well, he's clearly back - if it wasn't already obvious last week.

Stunnin Cullen fans owe a % of gratitude to Smiling Shard who initiated the three wide cart up.

What a gutsy horse he is and fast becoming my favourite. He's only four and not a big fella either. Was up and running as an early 2yo and has been the best of his year group since then.

Quite often the 2yos who have the early ability and speed to dominate over 1700m /2200m early in their careers don't go on to be the types that have the strength to sit three wide in top open class company later on.

He's almost always put into the race and has had a quite a few tough runs over his career. He's already had one layoff. These horses aren't machines. I hope he is managed well and not ginga-ised. I doubt that would happen though.

Delovely vs Smiling Shard would be a great headline for the 4yo races in may, I think. Along with a very strong supporting cast, it could make for one of the best messengers ever.

[jayar 114]

Thought Melton was a new track, how big is it?, for some reason thought it was Victorias answer to Menangle.

Courtesy of http://www.tabcorppark.com.au....

Track size-1040mt

Radius on turns-110mt

Camber on corners -14%

Camber on straight-4%

Largest TAB track in Victoria.

A lot of interesting facts on the track

on the above website.

[4bettor-orworse 21]

Going by those figures its a similar sized track to Alex Park.

Too big to be called a saucer track. Too small to be considered a large track.