Anzac Cup Trot at Auckland - Interesting facts!

[Brodie]

Race 8;Auckland Friday night  - HR Fisken Anzac Cup Trot for $100k has 13 starters.

Interesting fact is that of the. 13 starters in it, only 3 of the trotters are not from the South Island originally.

Matty A, Jasinova and the Ozzie seem to be the only non South Island trotters.

North Island not producing enough horses now, so the South Island is providing the starters.

 

[the galah]

yes some good fields at auckland.

It will be interesting how they drive marketplace. I suppose he tries to lead throughout.

J dunn did outdrive c ferguson last week,although the draws make it harder for dunn this week.Punters who had been on marketplace when he got beaten 3 starts ago probably prefer seeing got the chocolates wins,but marketplace being a bettors delight and got the chocolates an art major,mean marketplace should suit the 2700 more.. 

I aslo though p ferguson was a very clever tactical drive last week. He knew john dunn would come of the inside ,and realising c ferguson seemed to be showing no interest in taking up the likely 1/1,so he placed himself there and gave dunn a better buffer from markerplace.

The drive of the last month at auckland,was the ben hope drive on muscle mountain,when he opted to trail instead of leading. That tactical decision,which he must have oplanned pre race,would have come with a lot of mental pressure,knowing he could have coped a lot of critism if things had gone wrong.

havuing said that,i do think its going to be very hard for muscle mountain to replicate winning tommorow night from the ur 10m.I'd like to see him win,but somehow i think it won't happen from his starting position,unless hiope can somehow work some more magic.

Edited 1 hour ago by the galah