Feature races Daily News day

N.B. GREY Sat 31-May, 14 runners + 3 reserves will be carded in the Daily News 2000, Woolavington & Lonsdale Stirrup Cup.

An article in The Mercury this morning by Michael Glower, Futura will not be running in the DN 2000, the stable has decided to opt for a different qualifying race because of the possible weight penalty it could incur should it win. That's a bit sad from a racing point of view as this is one of the talking horse's right now and it would have added to the spectacle, however the stable knows what's best I guess.

bayern Wrote:

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> An article in The Mercury this morning by Michael
> Glower, Futura will not be running in the DN 2000,
> the stable has decided to opt for a different
> qualifying race because of the possible weight
> penalty it could incur should it win. That's a bit
> sad from a racing point of view as this is one of
> the talking horse's right now and it would have
> added to the spectacle, however the stable knows
> what's best I guess.


Article in the SP states that they will be going for the Cup Trial - correct decision imo as winning a handicap (if good enough) will not cost him as much in MR as even running close in the DN - ideally they want to get into the July with the lowest weight possible

Will be interesting to see tomorrow if Whistle Stop's name is among the runners :S

Imo thatshows the confidence they have in futura, looks like they know he will win daily news.lol.
Cup trial he will shit in.
My whistle stop will win sunday and win daily news.lol

Massive risk to take IMO. Does winning a Grade 3 do enough for him to qualify for the July? I suppose if he wins a lot depends on how he wins.

shrek Wrote:

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> Massive risk to take IMO. Does winning a Grade 3
> do enough for him to qualify for the July? I
> suppose if he wins a lot depends on how he wins.

I agree, there are so many things that can go wrong between the 31st and the day of the proposed race, horses are flesh and blood after all, virus, injury, blood count wrong, etc, etc, come that race day. Whilst it may be an sign of confidence as suggested by Sheza, I'm a firm believer in the never put off what you can do today till tomorrow. I appreciate they are trying to qualify the horse for the July at the best conceivable weight possible, very risky route though.

shrek Wrote:

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> Massive risk to take IMO. Does winning a Grade 3
> do enough for him to qualify for the July? I
> suppose if he wins a lot depends on how he wins.


Read the SP article, lays it out very well....and huge kudo's to Karel and his team....that site has come on in leaps and bounds as s rscing news site....

I think they should of went for the daily news,premier 3 year old race of the season worth a healthy 2bar. To win the july you need a handy weight and a favourable draw with a lot of luck in running. I think he had a good chance of winning it along with 5 or 6 but why miss such a prestigious race along the way. Anyway that's my 2 cents worth

the 2 wildcard entries are most interesting

mvp Wrote:

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> I think they should of went for the daily
> news,premier 3 year old race of the season worth a
> healthy 2bar. To win the july you need a handy
> weight and a favourable draw with a lot of luck in
> running. I think he had a good chance of winning
> it along with 5 or 6 but why miss such a
> prestigious race along the way. Anyway that's my 2
> cents worth
Maybe he wants 2 win a gr1 4the connections of Captain America....
Never know. Brett Crawford is a toptoptop trainer...he knows how 2 win these graded races and plans horses very well imo

Correct Futura is the July prospect ,that has been the stables mission ,thanks to the hype after he wins the Cup trial he will be so high up in the betting ,that he will make tha field as a peferential runner!(tu)

no value in backing futura for the july. Trainer taking a huge gamble by bypassing the Daily News. Its no certainty that he will win the cup trial, alot can go wrong. Other trainers will be using the race as a qualifier too.