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International runners have dominated the Cox Plate in recent years winning four of the past five races. Romantic Warrior was able to get the job done last year as the international runner in the race and we come up with another international favourite this year with Prognosis. Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Cox Plate according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner for the race. If you are looking for the runner-by-runner form you will need to scroll past a fair bit of preamble, but I assure you it’s worth reading!

International runners have dominated the Melbourne Cup in recent years. Gold Trip was able to get the job done last year and starts second favourite this year. Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Melbourne Cup according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner for the race.

Morphetville Race 2 – BM66 – 1300m 1. Predetermined: Led in Class 1 at Sandown four back and pushed a top tempo and fell in a hole late going way too fast. Two runs this prep over shorter distances have gone close but found one too good both runs. Data wise has been -1.7 and…
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Morpehtville Race 4 – 1250m – BM-68 1. Lady Dunmore: Won two of last three. Performs best when on speed. Has a solid final 400m sprint in the legs if they go slow out front but also can finish off well off a hot speed. Likely leader in a race devoid of speed runners.2. Fighting…
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