I made 20c on the nags.

[gemfyre]

Better than a kick in the face I guess.

Nattie - Leica Falcon - related to Nothing Leica Dane?

On A Juene - yaknow, I was considering that horse. Oh well.

And Makybe. Helllooooo stud fees! And what if they race her again next year? She's miles ahead right now.

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[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

What was up with that horse?

I was under the impression the race began at 12:20 WST. So when I arrived at the TV at about 12:07 and discovered the race was over I was a bit disappointed. But I did notice one horse lagging behind badly.

[natsuchan.livejournal.com]

He was lame that's all anyone will say, but on the Thursday or Friday before the cup he came back from track work very slightly sore. The trainer or the vet said he'd strained a hind tendon the other said he'd bruised his sole. He was sound Monday and Tuesday mornings but to me it's plain stupidity and greed to run an animal in a race when it's pulled up sore even if it is only slight within a week before. Especially when it's the Melbourne cup, where everyone goes like cut snakes and especially when the track has been watered down to dead (which is why some of the horses performed so poorly, the VRC gifted it to the mare if that's not track bias I don't know what is! Half the field wanted the track good or better). Any trainer worth his salt would know that a wet track puts more strain on tendons than a good track which is the last thing you want with a suspect tendon strain.

By the by with mares it's just increases the value of the foals. I don't think there is a short phrase for it.