Geelong Cup

No, but, and he did say that too.

Well, the way he talks about even point of law about, you know, how he was parading in the yard after the Geelong Cup and the way he ran that was very much like, I guess kind of like, if you know, my dog's upset because it's done something or my kid, I suppose, whatever works.

But he does seem like, he also spoke about, he spent some time with Bart Cummings and the way he spoke about Bart was like that he learned a lot of those lessons from him, the greatest of all time, arguably.

Yeah, had beautiful eyebrows.

Winner was unreal.

Yugi and Hutchie correctly identified him from the Geelong Cup.

His rating was good.

King Charles sells a future Melbourne Cup winner.

And then you get a horse that has been supported.

They put up sort of a big price Wednesday afternoon when they first went up, Omni Man, who brings what you could suggest is point of law form.

It's just how much did point of law improve off that Geelong Cup and how much will Omni Man improve out of that race? Where do we want to start here, Nico? Because you look at it.

And let's start with, say, a horse like Cosmic Crusader who wins the Cox Plate, wins the Turnbull.

You know, he was there.

Primarily got off him at the Geelong Cup and said, this is the best horse you'll ever train, Kieran.

I thought, hey, just relax.

But he might be right.

I took sort of 19 or 20s.

Again, I only took Caulfield Cup.

He didn't get a run, and you've got to say the way he won Geelong Cup he would have won the Caulfield Cup so it wasn't life changing sounds like the 80 to 1 that Will might have added to his property portfolio whatever he's got but you know the one that got away perhaps

Yeah, I mean, I think from, you know, from that perspective, it's always, it's not always easy, especially if you've got seven on the race, to work out which one's going to win.

Well, I've been going to quite a few, and I would have to say this week has been the best week ever I've seen.

Really? Why? Well, in terms of the quality of the racing, the quality of the Melbourne Cup winner, he's done what Dunedin did and what Americaine did in winning the Geelong Cup and coming straight into the Melbourne Cup.

He won the Geelong Cup with real authority and had only his second start in Australia and his seventh overall start.

to do what he did in the Melbourne Cup and just streak them in the last 150 metres with breathtaking.

So to me, that was fantastic.

You're going from 24 to two mile.

He was even 13 weeks between runs, point of law, into the Geelong Cup.

So all that you've got to factor in and just assess daily to where you're trying to go.

Yeah.

I mean, a lot of his preparation was going to defy history.

What made you so confident with the way that he was going to perform on Tuesday? The

Geelong Cup.

I just love the fact, Matt and Lizzie, that he was able to mix it early in the Geelong Cup and then give that kick and go straight past Gary and Adrian's horse at the top of the straight.

Cosmic Crusader.

Is he being disrespected by the market going up $3.30 after basically establishing himself as the best 2,000-metre horse in the country? Birdman at $6, Sir Delia $7.50, and then Omni Man, who we did see in that Geelong Cup run third, is $12, and then there's right out to treasure the moment, throwing other stumps with some shades on for her.

How did you see this market, Salts? Because Cosmic Crusader, he's done nothing wrong.

Yeah, initially I thought that Aliana would come up favorite after the barrier draw.

We've got Educated at $4.40. Trey Magnifique, $8.50. Torsheen, $9.00. Esmali, $10.00. Prestige, Lucky, $11.00. It's a very open race.

Solaria, Brave Design, Electric Elvis, all $11.00. We've got to go beyond those because I'm playing a little bit of each way in this to finish the day.

I'm with Royal Rendezvous, who is through a benchmark 66 at Geelong on Geelong Cup Day, was a good winner from the back of the field on a day that appeared hard to make ground.

5.2 lengths from the lead at the 600.

What made you so confident with the way that he was going to perform on Tuesday? The

Geelong Cup, I just love the fact, Matt and Lizzie, that he was able to mix it early in the Geelong Cup and then give that kick and go straight past Gay and Adrian's horse at the top of the straight.

And although, you know, Small Fry was closing and Omni Man, I just felt like there was another gear.

I chatted to Ethan Brown on Golden Eagle Day up at Royal Randwick, and he told me how much the horse had improved.

You're going from 24 to two mile.

He was even 13 weeks between runs, point of law, into the Geelong Cup.

So all that you've got to factor in and just assess daily to where you're trying to go.

Yeah.

So in summary, Omni Man's a really interesting horse as well.

Coming out of the Geelong Cup, I think 2,000 metres might be a little bit short.

Treasure of the moment's just hanging around as well and going a little bit better.

I don't think this race is as clear-cut as what the betting suggests.