It\u2019s that time of year again where champions come to the forefront and trainers bask in their glory.<\/p>\n
April 2008 is a very special time for a select group of trainers hailing from Melbourne, Australia. The Conglomerate Ruby Slipper is here and the fields are looking ever better than last year. As usual, Deyoto, Ladofmanor, Vansheen, Nog and Gilberto will go head to head in a battle for national pride and international respect!<\/p>\n
Last year, a horse that some may know took out the final after progressing through the colts prelude in winning form. He went on to conquer all before him including the Breeders Bowl Turf Juvenile and subsequently being crowned sim an Eclipse award. His name is Buck\u2019s Party!<\/p>\n
Others to come from the race include triple ungraded stakes winning filly Invincibility, ungraded stakes winning filly Who Is Pan, ungraded stakes placed filly Born Slippy and ungraded stakes placed colt Bloody Invincible. <\/p>\n
This year, the rules are the same. There are two preludes for colts and fillies. Each trainer is allowed three colts and three fillies, all with maiden status. Therefore, from the fifteen in each race, the first seven across the line in each prelude progresses through to the final of fourteen. <\/p>\n
Lets take look at the trainers best chances:<\/p>\n
FILLIES<\/p>\n
Deyoto – FLORENTINE DREAM(AUS) (HUSSONET x SEATTLE SLEW x ROBERTO) 5\/1
Looks very well bred but may prefer dirt<\/p>\n
Vansheen – RETAIL THERAPY(ENG) (DANSILI (GB) x HENNESSY x ROBERTO) 9\/1
Looks the pick of his fillies<\/p>\n
Nog – PP #5 – FIRE THE GUNS(AUS) (HUSSONET x STORM CAT x DIESIS(GB)) 7\/1
Should run very well<\/p>\n
Ladofmanor – CHILL(NZ) (ZABEEL(NZ) x BARATHEA(IRE) x SAINT BALLADO) 9\/1
Full sister to G1 winning colt Freeze and G3 winning mare Freezing and should prefer the turf.<\/p>\n
COLTS<\/p>\n
Deyoto – LAST MOHICAN(IRE) ( INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) x THEATRICAL(IRE) x KINGMAMBO) 7\/1
Bred to run turf and Invincible Spirit was on fire last year for Deyoto<\/p>\n
Vansheen – SWIPER(KY) ( SPEIGHTSTOWN x SADLER’S WELLS x A.P. INDY) 9\/2
Named after his daughter and her habit to grab everything and steal it! Looks as if this colt will run well.<\/p>\n
Nog – HERE THE BOSS(AUS) ( REDOUTE’S CHOICE (AUS) x DEHERE x MR. PROSPECTOR) 5\/1
By Australia\u2019s boom sire of 2yo\u2019s and a sim elite sire Redoute\u2019s Choice. Greet pedigree and should go well.<\/p>\n
Well one thing is for sure. When the crowd crams into Flemington to see both preludes, they sure won\u2019t be disappointed with the quality of horse flesh. <\/p>\n
Deyoto Lefranse and his fast talking mouth will be at the track to meet and greet all. He is supremely confident this year as he believes that another Buck\u2019s Party is just around the corner.<\/p>\n
Nog will be there, boasting about his special runners and how they will again slip underneath the radar. He is a battler and is still a shadow of his former sim training self. Gone are the days of sim success, now are the days of dreaming about it!<\/p>\n
Vansheen will no doubt have on his best \u2018get up\u2019 and is another who\u2019s mouth will be working overtime right up until they cross the line\u2026\u2026 then silence!<\/p>\n
And of course I will be there, Ladofthemanor. As interested as I will be on this prestigious race, my mind will be else where – worried about the 1000 credits I just put up to the trainer who can select the first 5 runners in order in the $1,000,000 G1 Wooden Indian Derby Lock!!!<\/p>\n
So come one, come all to see the mouth from the UK that can talk all day (Deyoto Lefranse) hang his head in embarrassment as his supposed \u2018gun\u2019 group of 2yo\u2019s take to the track to be nailed by the rest of the Conglomerate!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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