Shepparton R5 ALABAR PACE

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3  

Race comment

  OVERVIEW: The snakes and ladders paradigm upon which the National Ratings system relies regularly poses pointed questions at the metro level. Do you side with in-form confidence-filled horses charging through their grades or pay respect to more established standardbreds finding their right race? Here, in yet another brutally tough contest to start this evening’s Quad, we are kindly having one bob here and one bob there. Based on his two runs here in Vic, ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) hasn’t seemed anything overly special. A cursory squiz at his previous form, however, indicates something different. And putting a line through his luckless Metro Pace final effort is also strongly advised. Much if not everything for ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) will definitively depend on the start. He does have two quality beginners drawn inside him in BIDE OUR TIME (1) and DESSIE GEE (2) but when he’s asked to really launch, David Kennedy’s Group 1 winner possesses the type of early pace that few Australia-wide can resist. Should the front be his, Jackson Painting must then decide whether to hold-up or hand-up as he did when first-up on Victorian terrain. Given the times CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) can sustain in front and given his moderate record – bar for two start back – when unable to lead, it’s likely that ROCKNROLL RUNA (5) would keep his edge. Regardless of this, either leading or trailing this looks the Riverina visitor’s chance to show what he’s made of away from home. The dangers, however, are everywhere. ALADDIN (9) emigrated here from NZ with a sizeable price tag and a slightly bigger boom; and based on his last-to-first win in an easier race fresh, he’ll be charging ominously should the pace be solid. The previously referenced CELESTIAL GOSSIP (7) is also in this up to his ears, particularly if he can bully through to lead, while ARGGGHHH (4), now with outstanding mentor David Miles, has been trialling like a jet and can also be dangerous along with DESSIE GEE (2) who landed a pass-mark first-up and should be vastly improved by the run given how much time he spent off the scene.   EARLY SPEED: 5 + 2 + 1,7 RATINGS: 5/ 9/ 7/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 8/ 6/ 3