Star 3 year old EFFICIENT was a late scratching today from the 2006 MALbourne Cup.
The horse galloped earlier and was found to be injured leaving connections
no choice but to scratch the horse.
EFFICIENT was lining up for its 6th consequitive win in the Cup and was 3rd favourite
in most prepost markets.
2 Months ago the horse was still a maiden.
SEP 9 WON 1400M BALLARAT MAIDEN
OCT01 WON 1400M SANDOWN HANDICAP
OCT18 WON 1600M CAULFIELD PLATE
OCT28 WON 2040M MOONEY VALLEY
NOV04 WON 2500M FLEMINGTON DERBY
Wouldja look at that it was going to have its 3rd run 10 days !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wouldja look at that it was going to have its 2nd run in 3 days !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here we are expecting a 3yo horse to have 2 runs in 3 days at an untried gruelling
2 mile race, are they dreaming ?
No wonder the horse was sore this morning.
AND ONCE AGAIN IN A RACE CODE SPORT ANOTHER HORSE [THE 25TH NOMINATED HORSE]
MISSES OUT ON A RUN BECAUSE OF THIS.
And just for the record a 3yo has not won the MALbourne Cup since about 1941.
Shame shame shame.