PR8 The Royal Coral
 

..And lets not forget the race that has already drawn comment from a number of forumites..

1200 Metres Minimum 53 kg

1 William's Steal 3 OPN 60 Shane Cull K L Teasdale
2 Royal Lott 17 CL6 59 Peter Hall K E Jeffreys
3 Danehill Country 18 CL5 57.5 Jason Whiting R W Price
4 Just For Sam (B) 7 CL5 57.5 John Claite S Ruffino
5 Promoted 6 CL5 56 Brad Parnham N D Parnham
6 Coleridge (B) 5 CL4 55.5 Andrew Masters M L Lane
7 Driven To Victory 12 CL5 55.5 Jessica Valas V A Brockman
8 Brave Rhythm 8 CL5 55 Gerahd De Bari G Donnelly
9 Haunts 4 CL4 55 Shaun Mc Gruddy G B Spowart
10 Pinchbeck (B) 10 CL5 55 Shaun O'Donnell M L Lane
11 Mr Jazz Man (B) CL3 SCRATCHED
12 Real Halo (B) 14 CL2 54.5 Troy Turner D R Pateman
13 Sir Chalmers 15 CL1 54.5 Patrick Carbery B P Newnham
14 Stormed (B) 9 CL3 54.5 Noel Rudland K J Mifflin
15 Tidal Storm (*) 13 CL5 54 Jessica Hill M W Pateman
16 Kalkarni 2 CL5 53 Craig Staples D R Pateman
17 Boppin' The Blues E 1 11 CL6 54 B M Dudley
18 Gamatron (B) E 2 1 CL2 53 S L Miller

grey matter wrap-up
 

Reasonable day for the greys yesterday at Narrogin with Miss Pavlinovich (4th), La Fille Du Champ (unplaced), Buster's Yousha (3rd) and Silver Ambush (1st).

WA Fixed Odds
 

The WA TAB is operating fixed odds market on the Pentheus Super Handicap at Ballarat (R2) today, the Group3 Rubiton Stakes at Sandown (R5), the Listed Allan Scott Park Morphettville Mile at Morphettville (R7) and the Listed Bernborough Handicap at Doomben (R7) – all tomorrow.

Pentheus Super Vobis Handicap 1000M - Ballarat Today
 

1 DANTAGE David Hayes R Maloney (a2) 7 57
2 ANNA'S CHOICE Mathew Ellerton N Ryan 5 54.5
3 MISTER STEVENS Mark Riley S Baster 2 54.5
4 HAPPY GIGGLESON Graham Woolston C Williams 1 54.5
5 STORM ACTION Darren Weir 3 54.5
6 BEAUCAPPA Heath Conners 6 54.5
7 WILDWOOD ROAD Shane Fliedner M Pegus 4 54.5
8 BLEVIC'S MELODY Kelvin Smith L Nolen 8 54.5

Pentheus Super Vobis Handicap
 

Current WA Fixed Odds

DANTAGE $3.40
WILDWOOD ROAD $4.60
ANNAS CHOICE $4.80
MISTER STEVENS $5.50
HAPPY GIGGLESON $5.50
STORM ACTION $9.00
BEAUCAPPA $21.00
BLEVICS MELODY $51.00

Pentheus Super Vobis Handicap
 

The toppie and David Hayes trained (1) DANTAGE the one to beat, in great form. The catbird gelding (3) MISTER STEVENS main danger, great debut at Sandown then failed in the dead at Mornington. Next best (2) ANNA'S CHOICE nicely bred and last start winner (prior to spell) at Werribee. (7) WILDWOOD ROAD for 4th.

PR8 The Royal Coral
 

Predicting a 'stormy' finish to this race - (15) Tidal Storm to beat (14) Stormed. Also include in novelties the top 4 weighted - 1 William's Steal, 2 Royal Lott, 3 Danehill Country & 4 Just For Sam ;)

Pentheus Super Vobis Handicap
 

(5) Storm Action
(4) Happy Giggleson
(1) Dantage
(3) Mister Stevens
(6) Beaucappa

Pentheus Super Vobis Handicap
 

1-5-4-7-2-3

Pentheus Super Vobis Handicap
 

(2) ANNA'S CHOICE

Educated Money
 

Most surprised not already gelded :eek: Seems the norm these days :rolleyes:

ROBBO'S ROUGHIES
 

PENTHEUS VOBIS

Horse 6 BEAUCAPPA 4x6
Horses 4 HAPPY GIGGLESON 7 WILDWOOD ROAD 6x14

Ascot Sat
 

PR1
1-Just Les
2-Miss Velvet

PR2
1-Idyllic Prince
5-Moodometer

PR3
1-He’s Smokin’
2-Trousers

PR4
1-Grasspatch Girl
2-Skake Your Bon Bon

PR5
2-Ser Grill
3-Zabane
1-Professional Lady
8-Rosaglow

PR6
12-Metaldale
9-City Of Ruins
1-Miss Castaway
2-On Target
7-O’Flirty

PR7
7-Instantaneous
5-Metarama
1-King Wally
6-Elsie The Eagle
2-Optimizer

PR8
10-Pinchbeck
4-Just For Sam
7-Driven To Victory
1-Williams Steal
15-Tidal Storm
14-Stormed

Esperance Sat
 

CR3
(1) Big Kev
(2) Golden Tiger
(4) Polish Aqua
(6) Storm Reborn

CR5
(4) Tamoshi
(5) Welsh Spirit
(1) Bar Screamer
(6) Twinfin

CR6
(2) Go The Surt
(1) Little Fella
(5) Geologist
(4) Anooshka

Group 3 RUBITON STAKES
 

1 BOMBER BILL Maureen Harry V Duric 4 57.5
2 SPARK OF LIFE Allan Denham G Boss 2 57.5
3 LIVE IN VAIN Peter G Moody L Nolen 6 57.5
4 DON'T TELL TOM John Collins 3 57.5
5 MURRAY DOWNS Peter G Moody N Callow 5 57.5
6 SECATEURS Lee Freedman S W Arnold 7 57.5
7 WHAT'S THE MAIL Mathew Ellerton N Ryan 1 57.5

RUBITON STAKES
 

WA Fixed

SPARK OF LIFE $1.50
MURRAY DOWNS $6.50
BOMBER BILL $7.50
LIVE IN VAIN $9.00
DONT TELL TOM $18.00
WHATS THE MAIL $26.00
SECATEURS $35.00

RUBITON STAKES
 

Can’t go past (2) SPARK OF LIFE should win. Ex sandgroper (1) BOMBER BILL should make up the quinella. (3) LIVE IN VAIN to complete the trifecta.

Listed BERNBOROUGH HANDICAP
 

1 CONSULAR Bill Baker G Colless 5 57.5
2 IMPALER David Atkins Dale Spriggs 7 57.5
3 PRECISE TIMING Ross Stitt T Treichel 1 56.5
4 SHOW BIZ KID Ron Macrae S Galloway 19 53.5
5 DEUXIEME Bryan Guy J Bowditch 6 53
6 ENTHUSIAST John Wallace B El-Issa 18 53
7 SCENIC WELLS Craig Brown B Stewart 15 53
8 XLERATE (NZ) Gerald Ryan B Pengelly 12 53
9 CELTIC TRIAL Neville Petersen W J Cook 13 52.5
10 COLD START Lloyd Brazier Ms R Mason (a) 2 52.5
11 HIGH ACADEMY Jerome Hunter K Pope 3 52.5
12 STAR OF ST. COVET Bevan Laming R McMahon (a) 4 52
13 ADMIRAL SPY Ray McCall M Rice 8 52
14 KOHNRAY STAR Paul Dwyer K Wharton 16 52
15 VIDEO HITS Jim Atkins 11 52
16 WONDERER Gai Waterhouse A Pattillo 14 52
17E ZAUBEREI Shaun Dwyer S Seamer 10 52
18E APPERTAIN John Morrisey 17 52
19E DECIBEEL (NZ) Alan Bailey J Taylor 20 52
20E SIMPLY VIV Dean S Smith C Spry 9 52

RUBITON STAKES
 

2-5-3-1-7

speed rating selections Ascot Saturday
 

Sat 07 Jan 2006 R5 # 4 Our Selection. There are three reasons why I think this old boy can win. First, his figures are very strong, despite having been up this prep forever. Second, he looks to get a soft run in or near lead and can 'wind it up' from the 600m whilst his dangers are stuffing about at the tail. And third, 'Handbrake Turner' goes on today. Lets hope he lets it off today and gives this roughie every chance. Lets also hope I am not stark raving mad tipping a 9yo!

Sat 07 Jan 2006 R7 #1 King Wally continues to improve this prep despite his last 4 runs looking very similar. He was knocked off by nice 4yo Ser Grill last time when they raced along a bit (He returned a 105 that day compared to the winners' 104). They will probably run this hard again today, but he has at least a length on his rivals. $3 MINIMUM PRICE.

Good punting,
Chops

ps you can see all of my past selections (that are going very well) at:
http://cust.idl.com.au/chops/

Listed BERNBOROUGH HANDICAP
 

WA Fixed

PRECISE TIMING $4.20
IMPALER $6.50
DEUXIEME $6.50
HIGH ACADEMY $8.00
XLERATE $12.00
WONDERER $13.00
ENTHUSIAST $14.00
ADMIRAL SPY $14.00
ZAUBEREI (1E) $14.00
CONSULAR $15.00
SHOW BIZ KID $15.00
SCENIC WELLS $18.00
COLD START $21.00
VIDEO HITS $21.00
APPERTAIN (2E) $21.00
DECIBEEL (3E) $26.00
STAR OF ST COVET $41.00
KOHNRAY STAR $41.00
CELTIC TRIAL $101.00
SIMPLY VIV (4E) $101.00

BERNBOROUGH HANDICAP
 

(5) DEUXIEME had plenty of excuses last start, good record this track and distance.

(11) HIGH ACADEMY yet to start this track but most impressive 3 most recent starts at Eagle Farm.

The much travelled (3) PRECISE TIMING well drawn and looks well weighted a good chance.

The 1st emergency (17) ZAUBEREI has a perfect record this track and distance.

Value bet might be (7) SCENIC WELLS.

Listed ALLAN SCOTT PARK MORP MILE
 

1 KATTAVIA Leon Macdonald Ms C Lindop 3 57
2 SATURDAY FEVER David Hayes P Gatt 1 56
3 MT BILLY Jeremy Gask D Yendall 6 55.5
4 EXALTED EGO Jim Smith Simon Price 5 55
5 TALONS SHOWN Lee Freedman Matthew Allen 10 54.5
6 FLY FOR ME Jeremy Gask C L Bryant 16 54
7 PLAY TO WIN Mark Kavanagh S Leckey (a) 14 54
8 SWISS VAULT Stuart Gower Ms N Stone (a) 9 53.5
9 SUNMAYA Peter Montgomerie D Tootell 11 53.5
10 KOURNEROV David Hayes J Lorensini 15 53.5
11 SNIPIFY Richard Jolly D Dunn 12 53.5
12 UMAQUEST Mark Minervini W Kerford 13 53.5
13 REDADAN Byron Cozamanis D Tourneur 7 53.5
14 SHANIKOV Joe Hall J Lyon 4 53.5
15 ROYAL PLAYER Heather Frew A Patterson 2 53.5
16 MONO ROCK Gary Kennewell J Maund 8 53.5

BERNBOROUGH HANDICAP
 

11-13-15-17-5-3-7

Mt Billy is hard to catch..but this race suits and hopefully will be given a chance by yendall from the good draw.

BLACK BOOKERS - ASCOT TOMORROW
 

RACE 1 JUST LES; GRETA BRIDGE

RACE 2 BUNDY JACK; STORMED OUT

RACE 3 YARRAMAN; RAW METAL; ZABADAK

RACE 4 JUST LOOKING; OUR PEKAN

RACE 5 ALL CLEAR

RACE 6 ON TARGET; O'FLIRTY

RACE 7 OPTIMIZER; METARAMA; RANCHER'S BOY

RACE 8 TIDAL STORM

Listed ALLAN SCOTT PARK MORP MILE
 

WA Fixed

TALONS SHOWN $3.00
EXALTED EGO $7.00
MT BILLY $9.00
UMAQUEST $10.00
FLY FOR ME $12.00
ROYAL PLAYER $13.00
MONO ROCK $13.00
PLAY TO WIN $15.00
SNIPIFY $15.00
SATURDAY FEVER $17.00
REDADAN $17.00
KOURNEROV $18.00
SUNMAYA $26.00
KATTAVIA $41.00
SHANIKOV $51.00
SWISS VAULT $61.00

grey matter
 

Zed’s Girl (1st), Moodometer (2nd), Grasspatch Girl (4th), Jarnot and Leading Man (6th), Williams Steal and Real Halo (8th) make up the grey brigade at Ascot today.

ALLAN SCOTT PARK MORP MILE
 

Tricky race with not a lot of exposed 1600 form.

The Lee Freedman trained (5) TALONS SHOWN is my top selection. Nicely weighted and has a very good strike rate: wins 43% places 64%

(7) PLAY TO WIN is another who looks well weighted and also boasts a good strike rate, looks the main danger.

The David Hayes trained (10) KOURNEROV next best goes very well this track and her last start effort over the 1600 very good.

For 4th (3) MT BILLY has a good draw does OK this track and has his share of ability on his day.

Including (14) SHANIKOV as the value selection. Hasn’t raced for 2 months but taking the gamble still race fit. Does OK this track and should run a strong 1600.

grey matter
 

Milky Bars Galore (1st), Hot Time and With Promise (2nd) only starters for the grey brigade at Esperance tomorrow.

ASCOT
 

Race 1 Miss Velvet
Race 2 Idyllic Prince, Moodometer, Zabba Doo, Stormed Out
Race 3 Turbanator, Kimique, He’s Smokin’, Trousers
Race 4 Grasspatch Girl, Just Looking, Shake Your Bon Bon
Race 5 Zambane, Professional Lady, Ser Grill, Comeback Girl, Marubos
Race 6 Miss Castaway, City Of Ruins, O’Flirty
Race 7 Optimizer, Elsie The Eagle, King Wally, Abonible
Race 8 Royal Lott, Danehill Country, Sir Chalmers, Haunts, Gamatron

BERNBOROUGH HANDICAP
 

HIGH ACADEMY, PRECISE TIMING, ZAUBEREI, ADMIRAL SPY, WONDERER

BERNBOROUGH HANDICAP
 

The greys in this race are ADMIRAL SPY, ZAUBEREI and APPERTAIN.

RUBITON STAKES
 

BOMBER BILL, SPARK OF LIFE, MURRAY DOWNS

ALLAN SCOTT PARK MORP MILE
 

KATTAVIA, TALONS SHOWN, MT BILLY, SATURDAY FEVER, UMAQUEST, PLAY TO WIN

Ascot Sat
 

RACE 1
2:MISS VELVET 1:JUST LES 4:GRETA BRIDGE
RACE 2
1:IDYLLIC PRINCE 5:MOODOMETER 4:STORMED OUT 3:BUNDY JACK
RACE 3
1:HE'S SMOKIN 8:TURBANATOR 3:KIMIQUE 4:PRICE REGAL
RACE 4
10:RUN RONNIE RUN 7:LYRICAL QUEEN 1:GRASSPATCH GIRL 9:PET BALL
RACE 5
3:ZAMBANE 2:SER GRILL 1:PROFESSIONAL LADY 4:OUR SELECTION
RACE 6
1:MISS CASTAWAY 9:CITY OF RUINS 11:LEADING MAN 7:O'FLIRTY
RACE 7
2:OPTIMIZER 8:ABONIBLE 6:ELSIE THE EAGLE 1:KING WALLY
RACE 8
18:GAMATRON 1:WILLIAMS STEAL 16:KALKARNI 9:HAUNTS 13:SIR CHALMERS 6:COLERIDGE

ALLAN SCOTT PARK MORP MILE
 

3-5-11-7-14-10

Ascot Today
 

Weather Humid Track Good Rail True Penetrometer 6.2

Scratchings:

PR 1 ZED'S GIRL No 5
PR 2 LADY SHIRAZ No 9
PR 4 SHAKE YOUR BON BON No 2
PR 5 COMEBACK KID No 5
PR 5 ZINDER No 10
PR 8 DANEHILL COUNTRY No 3
PR 8 MR JAZZ MAN No 11
PR 8 BOPPIN' THE BLUES No 17

Good luck today wherever you're punting :)

RUBITON
 

SPARK OF LIFE
LIVE IN VAIN
BOMBER BILL
MURRAY DOWNS