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So NZTR cancel Rotorua well ahead of the meeting based on some adverse forecast from who knows where. Yet they wait until yesterday morning to postpone Woodville today until Thursday. They postpone based on surface water which I guess was not going to drain away in 24 hours. RaceInfo Meetings Meeting News Update - Woodville Races Transferred to Thursday 5th October MEETING NEWS Update - Woodville Races Transferred to Thursday 5th October The meeting scheduled for Woodville on Sunday 1 October has been transferred to Thursday 5th October due to surface flooding on the track and surrounds. The track was inspected this morning (Saturday) by the club and the RIB. All scratchings have been reinstated and the new race times will be advised this afternoon.

No it gets a bit tedious being gleeful when you are ALWAYS wrong. As for who or what or how much I wagered that's none of you business and quite frankly no one cares.

Tell you what @holy ravioli I'll split all your ramblings on The Everest in a separate thread and you can then tell us the merits of it. As I said I don't think it has a longterm future - it was dreamed up to distract from Victorian Racing.

It would escape you.

Because you think Ellis is playing a game and you reckon she is a value bet. Your're all mouth.

But he never won a Group 1! Jacquinot won 2 and never won an Everest.

@holy ravioli like most of your posts on this thread you came out wildly swinging driven by bias and negativity. You found every reason you could why Imperatriz couldn't win. You were wrong. You swung at Opie Bosson. Wrong again. You then had a go at Te Akau obviously without any inderstanding of how that operation works. Then in the face of clear statements and logical reasoning you banged on about The Everest. I would imagine you haven't put your wallet where your mouth is and off loaded on Imperatriz to win The Everest. I'm surprised you haven't given us all the reasons why she couldn't win it.

JACQUINOT 2 Grp 1's. Rubick x Ponterro, by Pierro Height: 16hh Only Australian stallion to retire in 2023 as a WFA winning 3YO Winner of the Golden Rose, just like Zoustar and the emerging Trapeze Artist Defeated 5 Gr.1 winners when winning the Golden Rose including In Secret, Fireburn, She’s Extreme, Golden Mile and Daumier Defeated 6 individual Gr.1 winners when capturing the CF Orr, including I’m Thunderstruck & Mr Brightside Won the CF Orr as a 3yo, like Redoute’s Choice & All Too Hard

You're clutching at straws now.

Seems the Stratosphere is no longer beckoning.

Did it win The Everest?

But you just proved with your example that following your approach you'd lose or at best make less than if one had put the total stake on Imperatriz at $1.80. Which was an early offer for her.

Dwyer proud of Asfoora | RACING.COM www.racing.com On the back of her gallant second placing in Friday night’s Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m), trainer Henry Dwyer says he couldn’t be prouder of his speedy mare Asfoora. Run down late by New Zealand star sprinter Imperatriz, the daughter of Flying Artie proved once again she’s a genuine Group 1 contender after another narrow defeat at the highest level. “She’s done a great job, I’m super proud of her, she’s run out of her skin,” Dwyer said. “It gave us a bit of a thrill at the 50-metre mark, she just does that, she always looks the winner at some stage. “We always thought there was a good improvement to come from her first-up run and she showed that tonight. “She’s been beaten by not just a superstar, but a megastar, and she’s had to break the track record to beat us, and we’ve probably broken the track record ourselves. “She’s a top-level sprinter and that will be proven over the next six to 12 months.” The leading trainer admits it hasn’t always been the easiest journey with the five-year-old, who is finally reaching her true potential. “I couldn’t be prouder of her more so because of where she’s come from, she had a humble beginning,” Dwyer said. “She’s been very hard work all the way through. She’s just mentally improved so much just over the last 12 months and that’s what I’m most proud of. “My team at home, having worked with her, and having gone through the hard times with her, and now she’s the finished product, I’d like to think it’s just going to be all upside from here. “We were four weeks between her first and second run and I’m more than happy to now go two weeks into her next run as she’s done every preparation before now.” While connections of Imperatriz say The Everest isn’t an option, Dwyer says the $20 million race is still very much an option for Asfoora. “We’ve got the Everest, the Everest consolation in Sydney and the Schillaci in Melbourne it depends on how she pulls up in the next couple of days.” “It just depends on what offers come for the Everest, we’ve been talking to a few people and there’s also a good consolation race up there, and the Schillaci is also a good race, and she’s dynamic around Caulfield. “We’ll work it out in the next couple of days but very proud of her and very proud of (jockey) Mitch (Aitken), he rode her super and she’s run a great race.” Aitken also expressed his pride in the mare, despite having missed out on recording his first Group 1 victory. “She comes out every time and throws 100 per cent at it and that’s all you can ask for,” he said. “A better horse beat us tonight and she’s come out and done her best and only just been beaten so we’re very happy with her run and very proud of her.”

I believe @Freda is asking has Yes Yes Yes's potential stud value stayed in the stratosphere? I would suggest his future lies entirely with the success of his progeny. Winning The Everest may have enabled a marketing based premium on his stud fee.....to start with.

Vancouver has yet to produce a Group 1 winner and is slipping from fashion. I quoted Farnan because he is an example of a stallion the same age as Yes Yes Yes but who didn't win The Everest. Farnan's stud fee is over $20k more. So which is reaching stratospheric heights? As for Vancouver - suggest you back Overpass as the omen bet.

Therefore you would be stupid to take a bet because you didn't assess value. Except a subjective comment after the fact. So you would have boxed them all. The trifecta would have cost you $24 to win $29.40. A profit of $5. You would have spent $24 boxing the four selections for a First 4 and lost $24. So you lose $19. Brilliant strategy.

Marketing hyperbole. Never won a Grp 1. I think it only won one Grp 2 - the Todman. Stands for $33k. Farnan 2020 Golden Slipper winner stands for $55k.

Let's make it simple for you. Explain how you know before the race has concluded that the Quinella would pay $4? How did you calculate value I.e. how "good" the price was?

Piece of cake - always off the fence and out of trouble - stalked them. Went faster than her first run! Perfect draw. Made a difference. Opie knows her very well and got her to settle before the race. Also knew that she has a flat spot in a race and didn't panic. Outclassed them.

It comes with Grp 1 black type which adds permanently to her residual value. Black Type is how the industry measures the quality of the horses.

FFS who said I was spokesperson?! It's a well known fact. Successful punters look for value. Hard to do that with exotics. No need to cast aspersions in your case. Your posts suffice.

If Imperatriz wins the Manikato she will join some esteemed company. Previous winners: 2022 - Bella Nipotina[3] 2021 - Jonker[4] 2020 - Hey Doc[5] 2019 - Loving Gaby[6] 2018 - Brave Smash[7] 2017 - Hey Doc[8] 2016 - Rebel Dane[9] 2015 - Chautauqua[10] 2014 - Lankan Rupee[11] 2013 - Buffering[12] 2012 - Sea Siren[13] 2011 - Sepoy[14] 2010 - Hay List[15] 2009 - Danleigh[16] 2008 - Typhoon Zed[17] 2007 - Gold Edition[18] 2006 - Miss Andretti[19] 2005 - Spark Of Life[20] 2004 - Spark Of Life[21] 2003 - Spinning Hill[22] 2002 - Spinning Hill[23] 2001 - Piavonic[24] 2000 - Sunline[25] 1999 - Redoute's Choice[26] 1998 - Dane Ripper[27] 1997 - Spartacus[28] 1996 - Poetic King[29] 1995 - You Remember[30] 1994 - Spanish Mix[31] 1993 - Never Undercharge[32] 1992 - King Marauding[33] 1991 - Sonic Express[34] 1990 - Street Ruffian[35] 1989 - Our Westminster[36] 1988 - Rancho Ruler[37] 1987 - Rubiton[38] 1986 - Lockley's Tradition[39] 1985 - Touch Of Genius[40] 1984 - Vite Cheval[41] 1983 - Strawberry Road[42] 1982 - Manikato 1981 - Silver Bounty 1980 - Grey Sapphire 1979 - Manikato 1978 - Vice Regal 1977 - Ease The Squeeze 1976 - Scamanda 1975 - Lord Dudley 1974 - Tauto 1973 - Tauto 1972 - Century 1971 - Dual Choice 1970 - Dual Choice 1969 - Vain 1968 - Winfreux

The majority of top punters look for value. They don't play exotics especially on the Tote. I'm glad you can relate to two year olds.

Oh so you didn’t take any of the exotic bets on her?

Imperatriz dominant in Moir but The Everest remains off table Imperatriz wins the Moir Stakes. Gun New Zealand mare Imperatriz has cruised to victory in the $750,000 Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m). The Mark Walker-trained sprinter balanced up in the straight and stormed over the top of gallant runner-up Asfoora to win by a length. Imperatriz ran 56.47 sec, breaking her own 1000m track record. Jockey Opie Bosson, who is catching a plane home to New Zealand on Friday night to ride in Group 1 races at home on Saturday, said she gave him an "amazing feeling". "Credit to the team … she's a privilege to ride," Bosson said. "She just gives you an amazing feeling when she lets down… I was a little bit worried today, she was a bit fresh, she tried to buck me off going to the start but onwards and upwards I think." Walker reaffirmed plans to keep the six-time Group 1 winner, unbeaten in three starts at The Valley, in Melbourne despite the carrot of the $20 million The Everest in two weeks. "She's so happy here I don't see any sense on putting her on a float," Walker said. "They're prestigious races and she's loving it down here." Imperatriz will next target the Manikato Stakes on October 28 and the Champions Sprint on November 11. Despite the rhetoric around keeping her in Melbourne, Imperatriz firmed into $4.80 to win The Everest following her Moir blitz. Asfoora's jockey Mitch Aitken praised the Henry Dwyer-trained mare's performance. "She gives 100 per cent every time. I just tried to pinch it on the corner, but a better horse beat us tonight. Very happy with her," Aitken said.