Bart - Bart - Bart - Bart

IT was that man again at Moonee Valley today where Bart Cummings chalked up another Group 1 victory when So You Think led throughout to claim the W S Cox Plate.
If he was in the stables of any other trainer it is doubtful that So You Think would have been given a place in the field but when it is Bart Cummings you don’t think twice.
Having only his fifth race start and with only two previous wins next to his name, So You Think quickly worked to the front and set a smart pace throughout.
With only 49.5kg on his back he never looked like tiring and while the more fancied runners were battling to make ground he kicked clear at the top of the home straight and held on to win clearly.
Fellow three-year-old Manhattan Rain held on gamely for second while Zipping kicked back after looking gone to hold on to third, just ahead of the fast finishing El Segundo.
Race favourite Whobetgotyou settled well back and looked a rough as he made ground from the 100 metre mark but failed to maintain that burst and only struggled to the line.
So You Think is Cummings’ fourth Cox Plate winner after Taj Rossi in 1973 and successive wins with Saintly in 1996 and Dane Ripper in 1997.
Melbourne Cup hopeful Speed Gifted (GB) was outclassed under the WFA conditions and was never in the hunt.
2009 TATTERSALL’S COX PLATE – 2040m (Saturday, October 24)
Group 1. WFA of $3,000,000 plus $50,000 trophies. First: $1,800,000 plus trophies; Second: $440,000; Third: $220,000; Fourth: $130,000; Fifth: $110,000; Sixth: $100,000; Seventh: $100,000; Eighth: $100,000.
$14.00 SO YOU THINK (NZ) (Dato Tan Chin Nam & Tunku Ahmad Yahaya. B/br c 3y, High Chaparral (Ire..) - Triassic (NZ), by Tights (USA). Tr: Bart Cummings. 495.kg. Glen Boss 1
$19.00 MANHATTAN RAIN (Teeley Assets Ltd syn. (Mgr: Ms I O”Farrell). B c 3y, Encosta De Lago - Shantha’’s Choice, by Canny Lad). Tr: Ms Gai Waterhouse. 49.5kg.
Craig Williams 2
$12.00 ZIPPING (Mr & Mrs L J Williams. B g 8y, Danehill (USA) - Social Scene (Ire.), by Grand Lodge (USA). Tr: John Sadler. 57kg. Steven Arnold 3
Then followed:
16.00 El Segundo (NZ) (b g 8y, Pins - Palos Verdes (NZ) 59 L Nolen 4
20.00 Scenic Shot (b g 7y, Scenic (Ire.) – Sweepshot) 59 S Scriven 5
2.80 f Whobegotyou (Street Cry (Ire.) - Temple Of Peace (Japan) 57.5 D Oliver 6
7.50 Heart Of Dreams (b g 4y, Show A Heart - Academy Of Dreams) 57.5 C Newitt 7
16.00 Rock Kingdom (ch g 4y, Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire.) - Happy Empress) 57.5 N Rawiller 8
21.00 Black Piranha (br g 6y, Clang – Jazztrack) 59 T Angland 9
21.00 Road To Rock (b h 5y, Encosta De Lago - Trewornan (GB) 59 G Schofield 10
21.00 Vision And Power (NZ) (b g 7y, Carnegie (Ire.) - Escada (NZ) 59 H Bowman 11
11.00 Speed Gifted (GB) (b g 6y, Montjeu (Ire.) - Good Standing (USA) 59 D Dunn 12
71.00 Nom Du Jeu (NZ) (b h 5y, Montjeu (Ire.) - Prized Gem (NZ) 59 M Rodd 13
Scratched: Sir Slick. Won by: 2-1/2 lengths, long neck. Time: 2:03.98. (Last 600m: 35.31). Track: good (3).
Barriers: 7-13-2-12. Judge’s numbers: 14-13-2-1.
SuperTAB Divs: Win: $9.50. Place: $3.00, $4.10, $2.90. Quinella: $54.20. Exacta: $132.80. Trifecta: $1569.30. First Four: $10,928.30.