Get The Nod chalks another win up for the progressive runners in the early Melbourne three year old season as he was too good for some of his higher credentialed opponents in the Vain Stakes. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained runner held off the fast finishing Stingray, with the always reliable Boomwaa finished third, with the Mick Price runners all disappointing today given their form as two year olds. Only at his second start, it is certainly a step up from a moderate two year old handicap at Morphettville last start, though Stingray was an eye-catching run in second. Runners are headed to the barriers for the feature event of the day, the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes over 1400 metres. The build-up to this race has centred around Puissance De Lune, who was a long-time Melbourne Cup favourite last year, and won this race this last year, and will be looking to go down the same path towards Flemington on the first Tuesday of November. Plenty of other runners that may be looking beyond today, with Lidari, Star Rolling and Foreteller could all be in the reckoning, while Zamorar is suited perfectly at the trip and is one of the fitter runners in the field. Going with Puissance De Lune as the class runner of the race and to go back-to-back in this race. Just a quick update on NRL Super Saturday, with the St George Illawarra Dragons leading 24-16 over the Canberra Raiders with 15 minutes to go. If the Dragons hold on, it will be their first win in the nations capital in 14 years.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 06:34:22 +0000