Cup - Maybe Better (Pop Rock) --> But i'm secretly hoping for Dolphin Jo :D


Melb races -

R1 - Beauty School
R4 - Appaiser
R5 - Letmeentertainyou
R6 - Bianca
R10 - Timboon

Subs -

R2 - Star Mystic
R3 - Lady Gulch
R8 - Polar Bear

ALL FOR A WIN

Cheers Sportz,

Sven

Good luck with Dolphin Jo then. :D

Personally, I think Maybe Better and Pop Rock have a bit more chance. ;)

Don't say that Sportz!

I only want positive vibes!

I'm still hoping :D

Melbourne Cup
Mandela E/W (Glistening E/W)

Flemington
Race 3: #16 Southern Courage E/W
Race 4: #14 Perpugilliam W
Race 5: #16 Liger E/W
Race 9: #15 Mr. Baritone W

SUBS
Flemington Race 6: #6 Flame of Sydney W
Flemington Race 10: #14 Bodacious Harmony W
Flemington Race 2: #5 Unabated W

Feature: Pop Rock (delta blues)

MR7 #2 Delta Blues
MR7 #24 Efficient
MR8 #13 Dr Nip n tuck
MR9 #2 Amyjaye power
PR3 #4 Homme

all win

Reserves: SP Favourite in the race.

cheers and good luck all...


Umrum

Forgot to say good luck Sven and good luck to all today it already feels like it is going to be a real steamy day up here going to need some early beverages at the track.

Efficient's out. Do you want to change this. Who knows. The SP favourite in the cup could possibly end up being Pop Rock, and you've already got that on.

FEATURE RACE (like all the others- guessing)

TAWQEET

(maybe better)
(on a jeune)

OTHERS
GC R5-4 COSTA SMERALDA
GC R7-2 NATIONAL FOREST
GC R8-3 LOCAL RULES
SR R6-1 STRONG CHANCE

res:
pr r4-3 zabba doo
pr r6-3 key's ace

Yeah mate. I'll have Kerry O'reilly e/w.

cheers
umrum

Wow! You're going to be damn hard to beat after that one, Raw!!! Well done.

And even harder to beat now!!! :eek:

Aren't the bookies having a field day at Flemington so far !

Wow, if the protest upheld then Liger could even win the race!!!

There you go. That's the weird thing about protests. 5th against 2nd was upheld. Now, the 5th horse probably would have won the race but for the interference, yet it only gets promoted to 4th place. Meanwhile the 4th and 3rd horses which weren't affected by the interference at all get promoted to 3rd and 2nd. Weird. I don't know what the answer is, but that doesn't seem exactly fair.

Okay, at this stage, Raw Instinct has a big lead over Svenvlad, but Sven will get up and win if Timboon wins the last race at Flemington.

In the other match, feather still has one race to go, but is too far behind, so Umrum will win that one.

Geez, he gave it a damn good go!!! :eek:

Today's winners:
Raw Instinct 295 def Svenvlad 0
Umrum 404 def feather ???

Congrats Umrun,
well done with your melb cup win. I do hope you had a bet on it.

Sportz - I did enjoy this comp thanks

Thanks Sportz had a huge day today with Southern Courage, Unabated, Flame of Sydney and Liger for the place aswell would have been enormous if Liger had won on protest but hey I can't complain.

Thanks feather,

got the tri, qinella and backed the first 3 placegetters straight out.
massive day...
been at ascot but had to pull stumps early : )

hope everyone has had a great day and looking forward to the day melb cup becomes a national public holiday...

cheers
umrum

Good on you umrum . I missed the winner with Pop Rock but Zoe got it.
She saw a JNP guy [the jockey] in ancient dress in her tea leaves ..I kid you not!

I also scored on the quin and tri 3x5x5 [can't believe I had the tri in my first three selections ....see my Sudden Death comp. entry]. Last time I won the Cup tri. was when Rain Lover won!

Thursday, November 9

Again, the tipster mentioned first has the "home" advantage and gets to make an extra tip.

Preliminary Finals
Panther v Raw Instinct
Sportz v Umrum

Feature Race Of The Day
CROWN OAKS 2500M
1 MISS FINLAND - David Hayes C Williams 6 55.5
2 TUESDAY JOY (NZ) - Gai Waterhouse D Beasley 15 55.5
3 ANAMATO - David Hayes D Dunn 2 55.5
4 ULFAH - David Hayes K McEvoy 14 55.5
5 GALLANT TESS - David Payne C Brown 9 55.5
6 J'ADANE (NZ) - Russell Cameron B Shinn 1 55.5
7 RENDZINA - Graeme Rogerson C Munce 4 55.5
8 FUJI FANTASY - Eric Musgrove V Duric 13 55.5
9 RENA'S LADY - Gary Portelli N Callow 10 55.5
10 SEFRAH (NZ) - David Hayes D Oliver 12 55.5
11 CLAUDIAWEST - Mathew Ellerton C D Symons 5 55.5
12 GOLDEN ZEN - Bart Cummings L Nolen 11 55.5
13 KISUMU - Pat Carey 16 55.5
14 MARY GOODNIGHT - Fran Houlahan & Brian Johnston 7 55.5
15 LADY GRACIOUS - Anthony Cummings N Rawiller 8 55.5
16 VIOGNIER - Pat Hyland 3 55.5

Well done Crash and Umrum looks like you both had great days I don't know about these early starts drinking beer at 10 am just seems plain wrong when your still going at 5.30 and shattered.

cheers crash

good on you too mate!

Must be weird in Perth. First Melbourne race at 7:20am!!! :eek:

yeah sportz particularly hard day over here in that regard... haha

Oaks
2 TUESDAY JOY (sub--10-Sefrah)

SR 8-8 RADETZKY MARCH
MR 4-1 GOLD EDITION
MR 7-4 MANNA MISS
MR 8-5 BISCAYNE BAY
MR 9-1-JACQUES LE NAIF

Just realised I should add some subs so here goes:

Oaks
2 TUESDAY JOY (sub--10-Sefrah)

SR 8-8 RADETZKY MARCH (sub--5 Anwaar)
MR 4-1 GOLD EDITION (sub--2 Splashing Out)
MR 7-4 MANNA MISS (sub--5 Saddler's Story)
MR 8-5 BISCAYNE BAY (sub--9 Message Bank)
MR 9-1-JACQUES LE NAIF (sub--4 Red Ali)

Umrum,

Don't forget to tip today.

Oaks
Gallant Tess E/W (Rendzina E/W)

Flemington
Race 1: #8 Rock Revival W
Race 2: #4 Maloose E/W
Race 8: #18 Presto Vite E/W

Hawkesbury
Race 8: #1 Mustard E/W

Subs
Flemington Race 5: #9 Pindarri Affair E/W
Flemington Race 9: #15 Chandonne E/W

Good Luck Panther & everyone else should be a decent days betting nowhere near as good a fields as Tuesday though which I feel were the best so far.

Panther,
Splashing out is scratched.

feature: tuesday joy - win

MR4 #1 Gold edition - win
MR8 #17 Rightson - e/w
Pinjarra Race 7 #5 c'est elle - win
Pinjarra Race8 #1 Vintrack - win

cheers
umrum

MR6-2 Tuesday Joy (Win)
Res: 1 Miss Finland (Win)

MR2-1 Bon Hoffa (Win)
MR2-15 Lodge The Deeds (Win)
MR4-1 Gold Edition (Win)
MR7-4 Manna Miss (EW)
MR7-5 Sadler's Story (EW)

Res:
NR8-8 Anwaar (Win)
MR6-3 Anamato (EW)

MR2-1 Bon Hoffa (Win)
MR2-15 Lodge The Deeds (Win)

Well, I reckon I'm gone. Silly move. I really thought one of those two would win the race. Instead my 3rd tip got up and won. :(

long way to go sportz...

Hi all,

Seems like all of you have Gold Edition to win today. Have a feeling GE will not win. Will get 3rd with Satin and Indust to beat him.

Was never in doubt. Just about the biggest certainty of the spring.

Bit of a joke of a race actually if i was a bookie i wouldn't have given more than $1.10 there take it if you want it.

Satin was a little unlucky. Good sectional time I believe.

I had a bad feeling about today and it is staying that way right now Oaks day has never been a good day for me I think the only year i got much out of it was the year Makybe won her 1st cup and Carnegie Pops won at over 40-1 on Oaks day other than that I have scratched hard for winner for the most part.

Unbelievable I had a bit e/w on Gallant Tess, Rendzina, Fuji Fantasy & Rena's Lady and the last 3 finish within a length of placing very frustrating was really pulling for Callow to get home for 3rd at the $26 place divi it was paying.