Vo Rogue Plate nominations – 2016

View the nominations for the 2016 Vo Rogue Plate. The Vo Rogue Plate will be run on Saturday 31st December at Eagle Farm racecourse.

Horse
1 GLOBAL GLAMOUR
2 CANDIKA
3 WINNING RUPERT
4 FARAWAY TOWN
5 RARE OCCURRENCE
6 NICCONI LEGGERA
7 RIVER RACER
8 WEATHERLY
9 TIYATROLANI
10 CRACK ME UP (NZ)
11 BILLY THE KID
12 MISS KINDILAN
13 DOUBT DEFYING
14 STARCOURT
15 NATURAL BLACK
16 DEEP IMAGE
17 RICH AFFAIR
18 CARE TO THINK
19 NEVER SO SIRIUS

News:

Alter Call has booked a trip north to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions race day with a narrow win at Caulfield.

But trainer Mick Price admitted he had been expecting an easier win than the one that eventuated in the Joe Brown Plate on Monday.

“I hope the second horse is a good horse,” Price said.

Ridden by Damien Oliver, After Call was sent out the $2.50 favourite before scoring a short-half-head win over Oak Door ($2.70) with Emptor ($6.50) another short-head away third.

Price has two options for After Call at the Gold Coast, the $1 million Magic Millions Fillies and Mares (1300m) or the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) on January 14.

“There’s improvement to come and there would need to be because there’s two races at the Gold Coast that are options for her,” Price said.

“It gives her the prize money now to take her up there and have a go but I thought she might have won a little bit more impressively than that.”

Oliver said he was reluctant to hand up the lead on the filly and become boxed in.

He said as a consequence she had to do more work than anticipated which in turn softened her up.

“I thought she fought on bravely,” Oliver said.

“She was second-up today and it was only her third start in a race so she’s doing a good job.”

Oliver suggested the 1300m race against the fillies and mares might be the softer option for After Call.

“Being a young filly without too much experience I think distance-wise against the fillies and mares might be the better option,” Oliver said.

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