Well with no Stakes race last week I got a week off and you got a week off from having to read my ramblings. I did check three times to make sure so I don’t think I missed it.\u00a0 I had no comments whatsoever on my write up the previous week so I will leave you hanging as to the outcome of that until I do get some comments either through the forum or by messaging to me. Even if I have to wait all year! I just want to see if anyone is reading it or not. Personally I don’t think they are and that’s fine – I can take a kick as good as anyone! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 <\/P>
Enough rambling.\u00a0 Big race here with a small field.\u00a0 Exeter Orange Special at Queensland over a mile and one sixteenth. Firm turf is what the stewards rated it as which is probably a bit over optimistic in my view but what would I know. Firm turf it is.\u00a0 Purse is $75,000 which is a lot of cash – more than I ever win thats for sure!\u00a0 Let’s see who is running.<\/P>
Owner: foxon3 Equal favourite, looks good, top jockey Wyatt on board, hasn’t got a chance in hell.\u00a0 Joking.\u00a0 Has every chance after a stellar run at Allowance level of late. Was running in Stakes company late last year with good results including a win over 7.5 furlongs.\u00a0 Has been running around that up to 8.5 furlongs and the distance here is perfect for her.\u00a0 Every chance with top speeds of 103 and 104 in her last two runs.\u00a0 Short odds but has to be up there at the end.\u00a0 Top 1 or 2 surely. Owner: orosto The other equal favourite here as the first one we have already covered.\u00a0 Above if you missed it.\u00a0 Go back there and re-read.\u00a0 Anyway is also in top form and also making the step up again to Stakes company after two runs on the trot at allowance level but exceptional speeds.\u00a0 105 and last time out 109 so this girl can run hey.\u00a0 Distance is also perfect – she is one who likes to run at the front the entire race but has enough speed and distance to stay out front to the finish.\u00a0 Should be a good race from this one. Owner: lazysranch At 5\/1 odds is the second long shot of the race!\u00a0 Well there are only 6 entries here.\u00a0 Not really in form this one although has been running in Stakes company unlike the previous two entries.\u00a0 Looking at her career though and especially of late she is looking like the distance may be a problem\u00a0 Is up there until hitting the straight and then she powers down and is unable to put on that burst required to cross the line first.\u00a0 If that happens again, she won’t be there. Owner: socalslew Running successfully at Stakes level including a second in the CR’s Moneymaker Bonanza over 8.5 and a third place finish in the Ginny Elf Challenge over 8 furlongs. I reckon she wants way more distance though as she has always been finishing strongly and eating up the front runners. Even last time out she was still wanting more distance.\u00a0 Is this enough room for her to wind up and take the race? Owner: bbudgies7 The day is moving but this one hasn’t been moving extremely fast.\u00a0 Not lately anyway.\u00a0 Couple of goes Stakes races but has finished about midfield both times.\u00a0 Last win was in Allowance company over 6.5 furlongsin September last year.\u00a0 Is the longshot at only 11\/1 odds on the tote but is going to struggle at this distance I believe.\u00a0 Yes I do. Might be worth a bet but will have to run the race of her life to finish top three.\u00a0 Owner: khalasar2 I don’t like snakes much.\u00a0 However this girl can run well even if she is named after snakes.\u00a0 Having run most of her career on turf her last run was on dirt and she actually ran quite well really finishing second and strongly across the line. Speed wasn’t as good as on turf though and she is back on her familiar feel of turf today.\u00a0 Will need a good run but it is doable.\u00a0 Small field so may well figure.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/P> So who is going to win? That’s the big question isn’t it?\u00a0 Well let’s see there are six entries.\u00a0 Let’s get rid of 2 of them to start with.\u00a0 Ok now we are left with four.\u00a0 Divide that by 2.\u00a0 Now we are left with 2.\u00a0 Add 4 and take away 5.\u00a0 That leaves us with 1.\u00a0 So runner #1 is going to win which happens to be 1 KNOWING LOOKS(KY)<\/STRONG> .\u00a0 So that folks is our winner – put all your money on her!<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exeter Orange Special<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"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-7388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7388","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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1 KNOWING LOOKS(KY)<\/STRONG> <\/P>
Record: 39-18-6-6
Earnings: $420,655
Jockey: C Wyatt
Odds: 5\/2<\/EM> <\/P>
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2 DRUJ OF THE GRAVE(GER)<\/STRONG> <\/P>
Record: 23-8-3-3
Earnings: $116,609
Jockey: GLawson
Odds: 5\/2<\/EM>\u00a0 <\/P>
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3 ROCK THE SLEW(JPN)<\/STRONG> <\/P>
Record: 23-4-5-4
Earnings: $237,302
Jockey: O Alexander
Odds: 5\/1<\/EM><\/P>
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4 MOONLIGHT GRAHAM(KY)<\/STRONG> <\/P>
Record: 21-5-4-4
Earnings: $123,499
Jockey: M Radke
Odds: 3\/1<\/EM><\/P>
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5 MOVING DAY(NZ)<\/STRONG> <\/P>
Record: 12-4-1-1
Earnings: $105,959
Jockey: K Damo
Odds: 11\/1<\/EM><\/P>
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6 QUEEN OF SNAKES(IRE)<\/STRONG> <\/P>
Record: 25-7-6-3
Earnings: $244,815
Jockey: M Cameron
Odds: 7\/2<\/EM>\u00a0 <\/P>
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