Tara Talks Racing on Breednet

What a week! Derby Day never disappoints - "million dollar yearlings are never any good" - oh really? and throw the Golden Eagle in for good measure. Everybody's got an opinion on the beaten fav and we're no different. All eyes are on the Melbourne Cup though now - it's still the racing person's Christmas Day and nobody has tried harder to find the winner. One day we might actually do it but if you want to hear what we think this year, well we've had our crack. Hopefully we help.

The Cox Plate – we dissect a deserving winner, mad tactics and big runs. The Melbourne Cup – we’ve seen just about all the lead ups now and we’ve done the overseas videos. We work through who’s rising to the top of our pile. The Derby – there’s some dodgy staying pedigrees among some of the favourites. We look through the lead ups and try to flesh out the hopes of running the 2500m trip in the spring. And plenty more both past and future, including the Coolmore and Golden Eagle this weekend, not to mention Tara’s disturbance at a missing Daryl Braithwaite.

So much to deal with this week! It's become one of the great days on the calendar. In no particular order: Tempted’s Everest – we have our say. She’s an Aussie bred…but is she? She’s the pin up girl for shuttle stallions is what she is. And descended from an Oaks winner! The Caulfield Cup – did we see a Melbourne Cup hope there? A quick drill down into the raiders (Clocker’s bagging the favourite). What’s the shape of the Golden Eagle after the Silver Eagle? Is it possible we could be accidental part-owners in the Golden Eagle winner? We reckon we’ve found a Group One winner in waiting. The Cox Plate – the 3YO? The favs? Or is there an outsider begging for the 2000m?

We’re a bit more forward looking with a Caulfield Cup focus this week since it’s the race where there is not an odds-on favourite and there’s plenty in plenty of horse with winning chances. Then there’s the Everest after the barrier draw, the Thousand Guineas and we look back at last weekend. Three fillies beat the colts in the three Sydney features – is that telling us something?

In no particular order this week – a Rant, Epsom, Equimillion, Everest, Arc, 2YO’s, Prizemoney, Cox Plate, Caulfield Guineas. It’s a wide-ranging ramble on the week that was and the week that’s coming.