Weight right for Birdman despite wide Metropolitan draw

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An outside barrier has done little to dent stable confidence in Birdman’s Metropolitan claims with the stayer’s light weight expected to offset his difficult draw. Birdman has gate 17 in Saturday’s 2400m feature but Chris Waller’s assistant trainer Charlie Duckworth doesn’t feel the wide alley changes his ranking as the… Read More »

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