2006 Titanium Forum Melbourne Cup Signature Sweepstakes

[Robbie_Dee]

If 2 more people don't enter, I'll happily enter my name again lol

[jenny]

If 2 more people don't enter, I'll happily enter my name again lol

SNEAKY WIDDLE WOBBIE!

[Titanium_BD1103]

LOL Robbie, nope... One horse per entrant only... if not enough numbers, I will pick lucky random regular members not in the comp to be in it....

As for the current group, well here is your horses GOOD LUCK...

2006 Titanium Forums Melbourne Cup Sweepstakes, Barrier Draw #1

Zacaroo- Zipping

Michel- Mandela

Robbie Dee- Mahtoum

Gio- Kerry O' Reilly

Hoppy2007Dragons- Pop Rock

Teegy- Zabeat

LoneGull- Maybe Better

BrisbaneBroncosRule- Tawquet

Steelers- Yeats

Go_The_Doggies- Ice Chariot

NRLChick- Art Success

DeeGan- Railings

DIEHARD- Land N' Stars

Jenny- On a Jeune

Grimmace- Headturner

Patrick- Glistening

MonaroMan- Activation

Bulldog_Titan311- Short Pause

Bernster- Dizelle

Horses still left:

Delta Blues
DeMerger
Dolphin Jo
Geordieland

[Robbie_Dee]

C'mon Mahtoum, you can do it :emp:

I like the look of Go the Doggies!

[jenny]

I'm happpy with that TJ!! (not like i know anything about them ) LOL!
But i'm happy!

[Go_The_Doggies]

Isnt Efficient a Kiwi horse? or has some Kiwi connection.

[Robbie_Dee]

Yea thanks for this TJ, its very kind of you

[jenny]

Chris got the one i am backing here on the Coast! ..TAWQUET

[Titanium_BD1103]

Isnt Efficient a Kiwi horse? or has some Kiwi connection.

Robbie, It's all random, I didn't choose where they land, I just kept sorting the spreadsheet till the names were far away from where they started, and that is how it turned out...

Kimmy, spot on... yep Efficient is a Kiwi...

From: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=10409339

Racing: Efficient's late entry gives NZ another chance in Cup

Monday November 6, 2006
By Greg Tourelle

MELBOURNE - The elevation of Efficient to tomorrow's A$5 million ($5.8 million) Melbourne Cup adds extra spice to the annual New Zealand challenge for the race that stops two nations.

Efficient's connections paid a A$132,000 ($153,470) late entry fee to secure their place in the field.

A New Zealand-trained horse has not won the cup since Ethereal for Waikato trainer Sheila Laxon in 2001.

Efficient, brilliant winner of the Victoria Derby at Flemington in Melbourne on Saturday, is not trained in New Zealand, but he was bred here, four Kiwis share 25 per cent ownership, and his trainer, Graeme Rogerson, is a New Zealander.

The 3-year-old jumped into the bookmakers' cup charts after connections decided to run him in the cup - a rare move for derby winners.

The last horse to complete the derby-cup double was Skipton in 1941.

Three New Zealand-trained horses are running in the cup - Zabeat, Kerry O'Reilly and Mandela.

But the Kiwi connection doesn't end there. Rogerson also has Activation and Zipping in the field.

Railings and Headturner, from the John Hawkes stable, are part-owned by New Zealanders Gerard Peterson and Owen Glenn.

Expatriate New Zealand jockey Greg Childs rides Headturner.

Peterson and Glenn also share in the ownership of English raider Glistening.

John Collins, a New Zealander who previously trained at Otaki but has been in Victoria for 10 years, has Brisbane Cup winner Art Success engaged.

The New Zealand-breds in the cup are Art Success, Activation, Kerry O'Reilly, Zabeat, Mandela and Efficient.

Here's a closer look at the three visitors from New Zealand:

Zabeat
Seven-year-old gelding by Rhythm out of Zabeel mare Zabest. Trained by Donna Logan, Dean Logan and Chris Gibbs at Ruakaka, near Whangarei. Has won a Wellington Cup and finished second in this year's Auckland and Sydney Cups, so he can certainly run out the cup distance. But he flopped badly in the 2500m Saab Quality Handicap on Saturday, finishing last. Vets have found no problem with him, so his connections have decided to press ahead. That run sent his odds from $71 to $201. He has to be a major risk on Saturday's run, but at his best he would be competitive in this race. Exuberant French jockey Olivier Doleuze rides him.

Kerry O'reilly
Six-year-old gelding by O'Reilly out of the Grosvenor mare Pegarah. Trained by Jim Gibbs at Matamata in Waikato. Winner of last year's Counties (2100m) and Waikato Cups (2400m), he surprised many with his sizzling finish for second in the Kelt Capital Stakes (2040m) last month. He then warmed up for the cup with a nice run for fourth in the Geelong Cup (2400m). In his only run at 3200m, he ran sixth in the Auckland Cup this year, so there is a query over the distance, but he is a big-striding horse who could be suited to Flemington. Cameron Lammas, 18 months out of his apprenticeship with Gibbs, rides. Odds: $41.

Mandela
Five-year-old stallion by Ebony Grosve out of Sea Anchor mare Wairongoa Belle. Trained by Richard Yuill at Pukekohe. Cost only $1600 at auction, which makes him the cheapest buy in the field. Leapt into cup calculations with an emphatic win in the Geelong Cup (2400m) on October 25, sending his odds plummeting from $300 to $21. Now at $34. Unknown at distance, but leading Melbourne jockey Craig Williams was keen to retain the ride. In form, so rates a solid chance.

Starter's orders: Get your Sweepstake Chart in tomorrow's New Zealand Herald with a special 10-page section covering all the Melbourne Cup action.

Melbourne Cup: Flemington, 5pm tomorrow. Live TV3, Trackside.

- NZPA

[jenny]

THANKYOU TJ! You are VERY cool!

[Robbie_Dee]

Robbie, It's all random, I didn't choose where they land, I just kept sorting the spreadsheet till the names were far away from where they started, and that is how it turned out...

I wasn't suggestion anything there, I was just saying that i like the look of Ice Chariot

[Go_The_Doggies]

Aww yeah im good

I'm going for Efficient then. And the other 3 Kiwi horses <3

[Hoppy2007Dragons]

Poprock ay, sounds good.

ive put a bet on headturner. i liek the sound of him and the jockeys colours.

[Capital_Shark]

My cup day has been #$%^ed by my boss ringing and wanting me to work till 4:30 but I've placed my bets on my TAB account so hopefully the trifecta will make up for it. If there is still a spot I'll be in BDT muh hooooomie!

[jenny]

My cup day has been #$%^ed by my boss ringing and wanting me to work till 4:30 but I've placed my bets on my TAB account so hopefully the trifecta will make up for it. If there is still a spot I'll be in BDT muh hooooomie!

Glad you made it sharky :dizzy: