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Berri

The AUCKLAND cUP

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Can someone please help me. Just noticed that the Auckland Cup is now set weights and penalties (don't know how or when it was changed from a handicap). I have a small stake in Joe's Legacy. He has won 3 from 18 and has a weight of 55kg. On the same weight is Sound, a winner of 7 including a Group 3 in  Europe, Etah James (53.5 kg), a winner of 7 including a group 3 (I know shes a mare), Dee and Gee (54kg) a winner of 6 including a Group 3, and Solsiefie (54kg), a winner of 6 including a Group 3, 

What's the rational on the weight differences?

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Hi Berri - the base weights for the Auckland Cup is 55kg for males and 53kg for females with penalties from there.  

Sound, being a male, carries the base weight of 55kg and no penalty because he has not won a stakes race for 18 months.  Etah James, being female, carries the base weight of 53kg plus a 1/2kg penalty for winning a listed race.  

Dee and Gee, being a female, carries the base weight of 53kg plus a 1kg penalty for winning a Group 3 race and Soleseifei the same  

 

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Sound is very well weighted when you consider he’s dropping 4kg for finishing 3rd last week in a Listed race over 2500m at The Valley against pretty good competition and prior to that he carried 59.5kg and 60kg. 

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53 minutes ago, poundforpound said:
55 minutes ago, poundforpound said:

There’s is no “good competition” over 2400 and beyond in Australia...,,they’re jumpers 

Latta’s thing will win the Cup by four, ours will run second 

Vow and Declare! 

 

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3 hours ago, poundforpound said:

There’s is no “good competition” over 2400 and beyond in Australia...,,they’re jumpers 

Latta’s thing will win the Cup by four, ours will run second 

Your quite correct to a certain extent , they are jumpers . True Self probably best of them this season . About three ex UK jumpers going this weekend in OZ , two multiple metro winners in OZ after low grade UK jumps runs .

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