Thursday, October 22, 2009

Leica Ding - Dandaad - Bart Cummings

The Age
22/10/09

Leica Ding has been penalised half a kilogram in the $5.65m Melbourne Cup following her win in yesterday's group 3 Geelong Cup, Racing Victoria Ltd chief handicapper Greg Carpenter has announced.

The penalty takes the Darren Weir-trained mare to 50.5kg in the Melbourne Cup and lifts her from 67th to 31st in the order of entry for the 3200m feature at Flemington on November 3.

"The Geelong Cup was a genuinely-run race on quick ground and Leica Ding gave a strong staying performance to beat a very competitive field," Carpenter said.

In recent years, the Geelong Cup has proven a strong form race with last year's winner Bauer going on to finish a nose second to Viewed in the Melbourne Cup.

Bauer was penalised a kilogram for his win at Geelong and moved to 32nd in the elimination order following the win.

Media Puzzle easily won the 2002 Geelong Cup before being penalised 1.5kg for the Melbourne Cup which he also won.

The Bart Cummings-trained Dandaad passed the ballot requirement for the Melbourne Cup and moved from 66th to 54th in the entry order with his Geelong Cup second.

Guyno, the 2009 Perth Cup (2400m) winner, bled during the running of the Geelong Cup and has been officially withdrawn from the Melbourne Cup.

Third declarations for the Melbourne Cup close at 10am (AEDT) on Monday.

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