Met - who rides what?

I'm wondering who's riding what in the Met.

Fairly certain:
Pocket Power -Bernard Fayd'herbe
Dancer's Daughter - Kevin Shea
Kapil - Felix Coetzee
Surfin' USA - Pierre Strydom (from Clinto)
Vision Of Grandeur - Andrew Fortune
Golden Dice - Fareed Anthony
Prince Asad - Johnny Geroudis
River Jetez - Glen Hatt (from Jack Dash)


Even now I would empty out if Fortune was on DD at 4/1
Very hypocritical given I never thought the bloke would last, now he would be my first choice.. lol Isn't life funny?

Nothing wrong with Shea at evens.

Shea much better hands than Fayd'herbe

Bar the top few horses the field is going to be pretty average......if they get a full field?

where's the overseas challengers? Or are there too many logistical nightmares to get one a UK or UAE based horse out to SA? Or is the prize money not worth it?

Would have been nice for organizers to somehow entice some overseas trainers to send out a runner for the Met 1 day (don't know if it's been tried before?).

Dave,

lmbookmaker got 1.13-1 4 places if you are interested.

Brandon Lerena npt available on met day (on honeymoon)

strydom confirmed on surfin usa and la drakkar is apparently going to be scratched on tues

le drakkar running in the derby instead - 3 year old form line a bit questionable!!!!

as for the kevin shea - fayd'herbe comment, bernard has been at the top of his game for a long long time now, im sure he'd give most jockeys in the world a go if he could make around 55kg. if you knew what he goes through every day just to be able to make 58 - i think most people would give him a lot more credit than he gets!!! We all now you cant fault shea though!!!

I see that Delpeche is riding quite a few of Tarry's horses today and I see G Lerena is riding other trainers horses.

Leads me to believe that Delpeche could be on and Buy and Sell for the Met. IMO if this is the case then this is Buy and Sell's only chance to knock PP off of his thrown. This horse seems to need an experienced strong rider up in order to win.

I striker confirmed on Surfin USA ? I heard not and that trainer had offered the ride elsewhere?

Coetzee off Kapil on to Buy and Sell!!!!!!!!!!!