http://www.millersguide.com.au Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:24:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1239 Cox Plate rank outsider Sir Slick will have to pass a Veterinary check before he is allowed to take his place in Australia’s weight-for-age title race. Reports from Mornington suggested that the $126 roughie appeared sore in his off fore hoof. Racing Victoria’s chief veterinary surgeon Paul O’Callaghan today travelled to the ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1236 TWISTED and turned to suit, the facts and figures from past Cox Plate results suggest that Whobegotyou is far from a certainty this year. For a start no horse whose name starts with a W has won a Cox Plate. Whittier ran second twice - 1923 and 1924 and Winfreux was runner-up ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1227 THE 2009 Melbourne Spring Carnival is looming as one of the best for years after several potential superstars were unearthed in less than half an hour at Caulfield and Rosehill this afternoon. And they were matched by equally impressive performances by a couple of already established topliners. First up was the highly ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1222 WELL the Poms have regained the Ashes, but in boxing terms it wasn’t a knockout victory, it was a points decision and a hotly disputed one at that. They will be waking up with sore heads this morning after celebrating their win but when they sober up they might consider just ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1213 A BRILLIANT ride by Craig Williams has seen veteran stayer Ista Kareem score an easy win in the Sydney Cup at Randwick today. From his inside barrier draw, Williams allowed Ista Kareem to settle in the second half of the field while the heavily backed Fuimicino was allowed to stride along ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1076 IT looks like New Zealand stayer Mr Tipsy will carry the hopes of most punters going into today’s Sydney Cup at Randwick. In what looks to be one of the most open Sydney Cups in recent years, Mr Tipsy has continued to firm in the Sportingbet market during the week, although ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=992 A possible heavy track and weight of money has seen BMW winner Fuimicino take over as outright favourite for the Sydney Cup in the latest Sportingbet markets. Overnight he shared favourtism at $7.50 with Newport and Mr Tipsy but while they have remained steady he has shortened half a point to ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1052 THE barrier draw has not been kind to several of the more fancied runners in Saturday’s Sydney Cup. Pre-post equal favourites for the draw were New Zealander Mr Tipsy and BMW winner Fiumicino who have drawn barriers 16 and 14 respectively. The three emergencies have all drawn inside that pair so ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1036 BOOKMAKERS are having as much trouble as punters in finding the likely winner of Saturday’s Sydney Cup at Randwick. At present they have it at $7.50 the field with favourtism shared between Mr Tipsy and Fiumicino. Not far behind them are Ista Kareem and Master O’Reilly at $8.00 and the enigmatic Newport ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=948