Odd stuff from David Hayes...He's publicly lambasted Craig Williams for the last start defeat of that perennial gunna Von Costa De Hero (one win from 15 starts)at Caulfield on Aug 15. Apparently it was a race Hayes reckoned the 4YO could win. His complaint is that Williams tried to make ground on the rails after a slow start. That, says DH, is against stable policy (wonder if this has ever been explained to the stewards?). DH complains: 'I have a stable rule, which Craig knows, that if you miss
Odd stuff from David Hayes...He's publicly lambasted Craig Williams for the last start defeat of that perennial gunna Von Costa De Hero (one win from 15 starts)at Caulfield on Aug 15. Apparently it was a race Hayes reckoned the 4YO could win. His complaint is that Williams tried to make ground on the rails after a slow start. That, says DH, is against stable policy (wonder if this has ever been explained to the stewards?). DH complains: 'I have a stable rule, which Craig knows, that if you miss the start, you sit quietly and come down the outside...What you don't do is go forward, look for runs, get knocked down and get two bits of bad luck and that's what he did. You just don't do that, he broke the rules.' The new rider for VCDH in the Memsie is Craig Newitt. Now remember, Froggie, if you're slowly away go to the outside...
Betting is already hotting up on Sat's Grp 1 Golden Rose at Rosehill...and well-fancied Denman is getting most support. TAB Sportsbet has tightened his price from $2.70 into $2.60 after taking two bets of $5,000 and one at $2,000 shortly after releasing their fixed-odds market on Tuesday. Odds-guru Glenn Munsie says: 'They didn't muck around...He's a fit in-form horse from a good draw so I'd expect the support to continue.' Golden Slipper winner Phelan Ready has also had backing but is still at $6.50.