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Sailor looks juicy at $16

Written by  Dennis Huxley Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14:28
Drunken Sailor - loves 2400m Drunken Sailor - loves 2400m

SMARTLY performed import Drunken Sailor will have to overcome a huge weight disadvantage against the rest of the field if he is to win the Mornington Cup but on quality he does look good value.

Alloted 60kg., he is giving 5.5kg. to the next weighted horse Western Jewel with the rest of the 14 horse field all set  the minimum weight of 54kg.

Drunken Sailor was entered for last week’s Hobart Cup but his trainer Michael Moroney elected to bypass that race when the horse was lumped with 60.5kg.

The Mornington race will be Drunken Sailor’s second start for Moroney after  the Flemington trainer took over responsibilities for the horse from English trainer Luca Cumani who prepared him for his assault on the Melbourne Spring Carnival.

In the two biggest staying races in Victoria Drunken Sailor ran a pleasing seventh in the Caulfield Cup before he was checked in the running when 12th in the Melbourne Cup.

First up for Moroney he sat just off the pace throughout and held on well for third over 1800m at Caulfield on January 26.

He will have no trouble with the extra distance at Mornington having won up to 3200m in England.

In fact his most successful distance has been the 2400m over which he has won three races including a Group 3 event at Goodwood last July.

At present Drunken Sailor is a juicy $16.00 with Sportingbet while at $2.30 the favourite for the Mornington Cup is the highly promising Power O’Raylee who has won her last five starts which began with a 1500m maiden win at Mornington last November.

Since then she has gone on to win at the four Melbourne city tracks including a last start 4 length win over 240m at Moonee Valley on January 27.

The Mornington Cup is the eighth race on a big 10 race card and is scheduled ot be run at 4pm.

Race 8 Mornington Cup 2400m 4pm

No

Last 5

Horse (barrier)

Sportingbet

Jockey

Weight

1

3703

Drunken Sailor (8)

$16

D Oliver

60kg

2

9112

Western Jewel (13)

$9

C Williams

54.5kg

3

1116

Sea Galleon (3)

$6.5

B Melham

54kg

4

1121

Unchain My Heart (4)

$9

D Dunn

54kg

5

3051

Apprehend (12)

$12

S R King

54kg

6

1325

Norsqui (5)

$26

C Symons

54kg

7

1111

Power O'raylee (1)

$2.3

L Nolen

54kg

8

3113

Royal Mail (7)

$12

D Nikolic

54kg

9

x313

Heez Born Lucky (2)

$26

E Cassar

54kg

10

2802

Our Serena (11)

$16

C W Brown

54kg

11

3324

Prussian Officer (10)

$21

Dean Holland

54kg

12

8026

Firejet (9)

$101

Ms R Bradley

54kg

13

4172

Richoman (14)

$51

P Mertens

54kg

14

2254

Apres (6)

$21

G Boss

54kg

Dennis Huxley

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