Moonshell to drop the bombshell for Grade III success \u00a0 New Oak Stakes<\/SPAN><\/B> \u00a0 1. MERRYXMASDADDY <\/SPAN><\/B>–\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This 4 year old colt at 14\/1 looks much stronger than the odds suggest.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He’s looking for his ninth and it could be a very merry xmas for Merryxmasdaddy.<\/B> \u00a0 2. SHANNON STEED(IRE)<\/SPAN><\/B> – This 5 yr old homebred is not quite up to Graded Stakes quality.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With a 25% win rate, this horse has been a consistent performer for gmorena<\/I> but mid-80 speeds suggest this horse may only be just competitive in Allowance company. \u00a0 3. CAPTAIN KANGAROO – <\/SPAN><\/B>Had a crack but failed at the Bluegrass Cup 2 runs ago and looks to be well settled back in this class.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This 3 yr old colt has a hint of Australian in his name and is just starting to reach top form again.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 9\/1 this colt could be anything. \u00a0 4. HEY ZEUS – <\/SPAN><\/B>This 4 yr old colt will start favourite at 3\/1 and has a stunning pedigree.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Declining recent form may overshadow his million dollar earnings which is impressive enough in itself to suggest a top 2 finish. \u00a0 5. STUCK IN REVERSE – <\/SPAN><\/B>The oldest horse in the race will not be as his name suggests but rather heading the field in the final stages.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If this horse can find top form again then he will definitely look the winner at some stage.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 15\/1, Stuck in Reverse<\/B> is my smokey and is the value odds in this race. \u00a0 6. MOKELE MBEMBE – <\/SPAN><\/B>This experienced 6 yr old can do no wrong at the moment for reems11<\/I> and has won 3 of his past 5.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pronouncing this horses name was my biggest problem when trying to find difficulties with Mokele Mbembe. \u00a0 7. TETE DIALYSIS(GB) – <\/SPAN><\/B>This brit keeps improving but only at allowance level.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 19\/1, Tete Dialysis<\/B> is unlikely to have a major impact but his last run is capable of producing an upset. \u00a0 8. HER PIGEON(IRE) – <\/SPAN><\/B>The second entrant for the Irish in this race looks the better.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has improved in each of his last 3 runs and there is no reason why he can’t go on with it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>From the stats, if Her Pigeon <\/B>is still in the lead at the top of the stretch, then he may be experienced enough to hold them off the whole way. \u00a0 9. RAINBOW MOONSHELL – <\/SPAN><\/B>Bombed out in the Breeders Bowl G1 but still managed to run an impressive speed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rainbow Moonshell<\/B> is my pick for this race as a result of a mix of high speeds in excellent quality races, and consistent performance over his career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At just 4 yrs old, this colt will be prominent for the next couple of years. \u00a0 10. EQUESTRIAN ORDER – <\/SPAN><\/B>Another horse with over $1 million in earnings and at 4\/1 will be right in it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jakplummer<\/I> will be expecting his horse to come from the back of the field and it will be left to be shown if Equestrian Order<\/B> makes his run early enough to catch the quick front-runners. \u00a0 11. STRATEGIC ALLIANCE – <\/SPAN><\/B>At 9\/1, this 5 yr old will need to produce the fastest run of his career to stand any chance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 5 yrs old, the best may be behind him but that’s what they said about Bonshaw Boy in the Greyhound Melbourne Cup last week and still managed to finish 2nd. <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have a read if you like horses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Grade III
A mile and three eighths
Firm Turf
$125,000
All horses, 3 years old and up