Can one of these 3 year olds win the Met?

Frodo Wrote:

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> I'm with PeterD - the best horse on the day won -
> CA on today's run will not see out the 2000; also
> King of Pain showed that he has something to find
> - had every chance but could not get to Ze Kaiser
> who surely is not in the Met league :S For me the
> horse to catch the eye in that race was Jet
> Explorer - running on strongly at the end and sure
> to improve over 2000.
>
> And just when Gavin van zyl must have been ready
> to pack his bags on head back to KZN - up comes
> Mohave Princess - so I still think that No Worries
> could just put that disappointing effort last time
> behind him and go close in the Met
>
> Also plenty has been written about this year's 3
> yr old crop being much better than last year's -
> but to be fair just like last year, they are
> beating each other regularly - so could it be that
> they are all slightly over-rated :S
>
> Just my opinion (tu)


King of Pain was giving the winner 7kgs...........he's got nothing to find!!!! This run will bring him on gir QPLATE.

fogwils Wrote:

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> IMO Bret will have the first 2 past the post in(tu)X(
> the Met i.e. Jackson & Elusive Gold, U heard it
> here first, take the exacta.


(tu)(tu)(tu),could'nt hav said it better,maybe KOP third

The better horse on the day did not win....THE BEST horse won!....not on the day!!!!

All the guys saying this and that abt CA....go watch the race again!

In six months time they wont even be sharing a parade ring...chalk and cheese..The Captain will win the Derby and whatever else they put him in...great feat by Brett yet again today but no doubt CA was a winner beaten...

I was hoping for big runs for De Kock and Whistle Stop today as I figured Brett would split CA and De Kock in the derby/met. As for Whistle Stop, Mdk never been shy to go the met route with a 3 year old. He was beaten 5l but still very disappointing. I very much doubt whether Tony Millard who will one day train Elusive Gold in Hong Kong and is looking after his interests here will be keen to go for the Met. Just my opinion. So if Brett is bold I think Capt America will just about win it if he opts out of the derby.

Frodo Wrote:

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> I'm with PeterD - the best horse on the day won -
> CA on today's run will not see out the 2000; also
> King of Pain showed that he has something to find
> - had every chance but could not get to Ze Kaiser
> who surely is not in the Met league :S For me the
> horse to catch the eye in that race was Jet
> Explorer - running on strongly at the end and sure
> to improve over 2000.
>
> And just when Gavin van zyl must have been ready
> to pack his bags on head back to KZN - up comes
> Mohave Princess - so I still think that No Worries
> could just put that disappointing effort last time
> behind him and go close in the Met
>
> Also plenty has been written about this year's 3
> yr old crop being much better than last year's -
> but to be fair just like last year, they are
> beating each other regularly - so could it be that
> they are all slightly over-rated :S
>
> Just my opinion (tu)


Absolutely concur .... same old same old every year.... short term memory punters have.

yip madji the same was not said last year in fact the 3yo crop was called poor and was proved to be and when gimmethegreenlite jackson and variety club where 3yos they were called very good and proved it by beating the older horses and subsequent results have proved how good that crop was.....brass them at your peril..im looking to back a 3yo to win the july this year anybody want to lay me some 2 to 1 that a 3yo will win it?

I will not necessary brass them, but will treat each race on merit (poor word choice) as I always do. But I really do not know how this MR system works... a 79 rated beating 104's at level weights confuses my pip :S ...

The Madji Wrote:

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> I will not necessary brass them, but will treat
> each race on merit (poor word choice) as I always
> do. But I really do not know how this MR system
> works... a 79 rated beating 104's at level
> weights confuses my pip :S ...


rate them yourself dont concern yourself what the official handicapers rate them...its only an opinion but theirs has to be official mine and yours dont

pirates Wrote:

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> The Madji Wrote:
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> > I will not necessary brass them, but will treat
> > each race on merit (poor word choice) as I
> always
> > do. But I really do not know how this MR system
> > works... a 79 rated beating 104's at level
> > weights confuses my pip :S ...
>
>
> rate them yourself dont concern yourself what the
> official handicapers rate them...its only an
> opinion but theirs has to be official mine and
> yours dont


Amen !!

I fancied the two joburg horses so looks like Cape Town in the lead when it comes to the three year olds but we should not forget Dennis Drier and the master I still think he could be the one to spoil the party and they will understand the Jackson factor as helped Brett with his prep in natal.

Hatt has ridden both EG and CA but chose CA, stable seems to have punted CA hence EG was 50/1. We knew before the race that CA is beating all his stable mates at home. Forest indigo, Dekock and Red ray came from wide draws. Whistle Stop was flat on the day. Most of these are decent and still improving. I don't believe the best horse won the race. As for the met I'm siding with an older horse, the extra 400m will prove too much for the young ones.