Winter Championship Heat 7

The 2011 TROA/LUXBET Winter Championship Series Heat 7 will be run at Hamilton on Sunday, leading into the $202,000 Final, to be run at Flemington on Saturday 9 July – Flemington Finals Day.

All horses participating in the 2011 TROA/LUXBET Winter Championship Series Heats are awarded points according to judge’s placings. The leading points scorer is eligible for the $50,000 bonus if it then wins the TROA/LUXBET Winter Championship Series Final.

Currently the joint leaders on 18 points are Dr Nipandtuck, and Tough Future. Trainer James Fraser indicated after winning Heat 6 at Flemington last week that Dr Nipandtuck will be heading towards the final, and must be considered a serious contender.

Nicastro is looming as the horse who can surge to the top of the leaderboard, a win at Hamilton on Sunday will put him on 20 points and outright leader; 2nd place will place him as equal third on the leaderboard – with potentially three horses vying for the $50,000 bonus. Yokozuna can also become outright leader with a victory on Sunday.

CURRENT LEADERBOARD - After Heat #6 as at 27 June 2011

HORSE NAME POINTS
DR NIPANDTUCK 18
TOUGH FUTURE 18
ROCKY TIMES 17
TIAKINUI 14
JUNGLE RULER 12
I'M DISCREET 10
NICASTRO 10
YOKOZUNA 9
STANZOUT 9
BY THE WAY 8
JEUNEYMAN 8
KUDETA 8
MR GRISWOLD 8
RUSSIAN BOND 8
LA ROCKET 7
MELETE 7
PHILDA 7
EUPHORIC REALM 6
GLANEUSE 6
HEXY LEGS 6
ITS PRINCE 6
KING COBWEB 6
LUCKY EIGHTY EIGHT 5
NO JURISDICTION 5
SNORT 5
TANAH LOT 5
AT THE HEADS 4
CARNERO 4
JUSTSAY SUMTHINK 4
ORTAYGA 4
SCENIC SCENE 4
BEYOND PARDON 3
DEMERIT 3
EPIC DRAGON 3
RICEMAN 3
SOPHROSYNE 3
TORREFY 3
BIG SLICK 2
HADDLE MCDADDLE 2
LIGHT TAN 2
LUCKY THUNDER 2

ON 1 POINT: ARCH SYMBOL, BOHIKA, BOLLE, CASCABEL, FLYING TESSIE, GOTTA KEEP COOL, IRONSIDE, LE BARON, MISS LILY ROSE, MR PAPPARAZI, SHADOWFAX, SOUND JOURNEY, TERRA RUN, TIO ROSSA, WOOKAH.