After watching the heats at Sale last week (still trying to get over the last 30m of heat 3 LOL) 2 3 4, Jupe Muse not only come from last and 20 lentghs back on the turn but was checked just before the turn and was going backwards, picked up momemntum and absolutely flew home I'll be there and will have a bit of a crack I reckon.

Sale, Friday 26th December, 2008
Race 8 GOLD 1242 SALE CUP FINAL 9:42pm
S/E Group 2 FINAL 650m
These are the unofficial results for race 8.
(Validated and official within 24 hours.)
Place Dog Trainer Box Rug Weight Start Price Hdcp Margin Margin
1 VINTAGE OCTANE D N McDonald 3 3 32.1 $1.70F
2 BURRAWONGA BRETT J Birthisel 4 4 33.0 $12.20 1.25 1.25
3 PURPLE RANGE G M Rounds 1 1 34.0 $10.50 3.50 2.25
4 ASHES PLATINUM P J Galea 8 8 34.3 $7.20 5.25 1.75
5 HALL'S ON FIRE K J Hunt 5 5 33.5 $34.10 7.25 2.00
6 JOOP MUSE R J Hume 2 2 31.3 $5.80 8.00 0.75
7 RUN LIKE ELL L A Hughes 6 6 30.6 $41.80 10.25 2.25
8 UNO JACOB M L Mallia-Magri 7 7 31.8 $16.70 12.25 2.00
R RAPID NEWFIRE P Goold 9
R IMA DRIFTER W A Vassallo 10

Time 37.34 Split 1 6.22 (3) Split 2 16.19 (3) Split 3 25.22 (3)
Win $1.70 Place 1st $1.30 Place 2nd $2.30 Place 3rd $2.30
Quin $11.40 Exa $13.00 Trif $67.60 First 4 $210.00
Run/Dble $4.00 Dly/Dble $3.70 Quad $81.00 . .


Vintage display in Sale Cup
Friday 26th December, 2008

The versatile Vintage Octane justified his hot favourtism when he scored a sensational win in the Group 2 Gold 1242 Sale Cup tonight.

Despite leading all the way and clocking a stunning time of 37.34sec over the 650 metres trip, the Darren McDonald-trained youngster defeated the gallant Burrawonga Brett (James Birthisel) by one and a quarter lengths. The Glenn Rounds-trained Purple Range finished third, a further two and a quarter lengths adrift.

The Sale Cup is Victoria's richest middle distance event, boasting prize money of $30,000 (1st), $8,000 (2nd) and $4,000 (3rd).

Vintage Octane has now had 21 starts for 13 wins and 3 seconds and it will be interesting to see if McDonald tries to transform his versatile star into a stayer.

Whether he is nominated for next month's Group 2 Maidment Memorial (715 metres) series at Sandown Park or not could tell the tale.