THE FORECAST: Space Junk

THE FORECAST: SPACE JUNK

Did you know that Cranbourne has its own meteorite?

I’m not talking about the new $1million sprint race on Saturday, it has a legit actual meteorite. Well, the plaster casts of a legit actual meteorite that hit earth about a 1000 years ago raining down on Cranbourne and nearby Devon Meadows and Pearcedale. Local people started digging them up around 1850. Cool huh?

The plaster casts used to sit on little poles just outside of KFC. Weird place for them, but I guess plenty of locals were chowing down on the Colonel’s bird so why not give them something to look at while they ate themselves into an early grave.

In 2020 a meteor shower was spotted right over Cranbourne, another one passed over the area just last year. Now I’m no conspiracy theorist, but I’d say the evidence is irrefutable – Cranbourne is a magnet for cosmic rock.

BARAQIEL lobs up again on Saturday in the inaugural running of the Meteorite worth a cool million clams. Surely if he brings his Moonee Valley and Flemington form to this race he is getting the job done here? Big Bad Benny Clifton is very keen, as keen as I am on seeing Johnny Diesel and The Injectors after the last. This one is an absolute underrated banger.

The Cranbourne Cup has dragged in a genuine Listed grade field and GLOBE is the horse I want to be with. VON HAUKE at odds can run a mighty race, it’ll be thirsty work out there on Saturday.

There’s Group 1 action over in the west as well as a cricket game – that is if the cricket is still going, Bumrah is running riot! The Railway is typically open, I reckon PORT LOCKROY can run well at double figures. Local COMFORT ME is a great roughie and gives me the excuse to link this belter.

BEST: Cranbourne Race 6 No. 4 NATION’S CALL

BEST EACH-WAY: Ascot R6 No. 12 PORT LOCKROY

BEST ROUGHIE: Cranbourne R7 No. 6 JUST DO IT