Hope you don't make the same mistakes with people. :D

Nope,,i'm very careful,,Crying game was the scariest movie i've ever seen :)

Wow a great days racing at Doomben today,,Between Sven and i we tipped the card except for Cog Hill...

Race 1,
I had San Franfrisco way on top rated at 2.80 and got $6 ..couldnt believe the odds...love starting the day like this..sort of sets you up for the day..
i just love the breed aswell,,and backed a Frisco in Grafton for an even better collect...easy system ,,just back the friscos..
Race 2.
Took on the hot pot and got smashed...Spirit of Tara was angling for a run when Cog Hill was surging to the front,,got a few lengths on him and just couldnt catch him..
Cog Hill was very impressive as he wasnt totally extended aswell..
Race 3.
Storm Signal , Coincidental and Countess Bathory were all backed...and a great result..sort of result where you wish you had the whole stake on the winner ,,Free roller killed the tri and 1st4 which hurt as i had Star Of Asia 3rd and free roller for 4th ...oh well ..a good result so i shouldnt be whinging..
Race 4.
Gold edition $4.20 ?? another race where i thought i wouldnt be able to get on,,she was just to good...great result all round here with the tri and 1st4 ..
backed Silent Power aswell who i though ran very well..
Race 5.
Gaze the safe bet...but you guys no me..nothing safe about my betting and i had a go e/w on MAgic Harmony and Veitnam and got done...
silly silly boy..
Race 6.
SBK and Picaday for the win here,,,and i said last week that i under estimate HArd to Catch and i did it again....i said it was a race for swoopers and they filled the first 5 places ....Hard to Catch was breathtaking and SBK also was very impressive....
Race 7.
Another race where i took on the hot pot in Above Deck...Ikes dream was brave but there was more speed in this than i was hoping..Mahtoum the distance runner trying to make it more of a staying test...
i know in my summary i said i wanted a slow tempo for ikes dream a back marker which is usually a tough thing to do...but my reasoning was shes suspect at the distance as i was hoping Above deck would be..and if she was in touch with them in a bunching field and she hadnt done any work at all she would sprint to quick for them.....but she had no gas in the tank at all..Beadman tried to tack onto the back of Above Deck but couldnt keep up.
Race 8.
Wow is all i can say...backed her for a stack...and was thinking no chance ...couldnt believe it,,,what a horse...Straddie here we come at 26's and a feather weight....woo hoo :)

Other states were awfull..
saved me last week and brought me back this week,,,
Rosehill
Ledger (never again)
Nowinenosong ...nearly

Adelaide
Party Charter (very good will be winning soon)
Blue Bows ??

Gold Coast
Omnitrader..thought i had this..would have been very nice at the odds

Tatura
Cathy Come Home...poor old girl will win soon...the longer the better..

Melbourne
Maucaus causeway..brave
Rubijon...very nice..thank god...nice tri
Slow track ruled out Merlot and Recap

Toowoomba
Shades of Steel ..cant win going that wide around there...next time..

as you can see 1 from 10 ..not very good at all....
lucky enought to jag a couple in Grafton...but a tuff day away from brissie..

Hope you guys had a good one...good to bounce back at brissie after an ordinary day last week..
drinks are on me and Sven ..
cheers :)

Hey Mav,

Congrats on another great day :). It sounds as though you have the straddy result cornered w/ good odds on St Basil, La Montagna and Daunting Lad. The only other one i'd want for it at this stage would be Hard to Catch. Altho, i'm sure you're content with the ones you've got :D.

As for the racing today, well....you can't go past La Montagna. Astonishing. Thats all you can say. I don't care if the leaders went too hard or if they're no good, hell i wouldnt even care if they had 70kgs on their back, for La Montagna to put in that sort of a finishing burst was sensational.

The 2yo race was full of interest and well Gold Edition did it again. Shes a tough little filly. Liked the run of Ghetto Blaster a lot. He has plenty of upside and won't be far off in the Sires or the TJ if connections go that way. Silent Power, over a little bit more ground, can win a nice race too....that was a good return.

I'll leave my judgement of the kiwis until they race something decent. Cog Hill won well but beat a bunch of camels. Gaze also won well, but most of the fillies in that race had something against them. You'll see an entirely different affair come the Oaks at Eagle Farm - the long straight and the tougher races.

I love Hard To Catch. He is a great little horse. As i mentioned in my analysis, he just puts in every time he goes onto the track and today he was fantastic. Haven't seen any times for the day, so i can only go on what my eyes tell me, and they say that he beat some pretty decent horses pointlessly. I'd love to have a piece of him coming into the Straddy with no weight, thats for sure.

And who can forget Above Deck. Was just too classy for them. Zahra rode him perfectly too. Didn't get frazzled mid-race when he was back [probably] further than expected. And although i thought he made the wrong move going 5 and 6 deep around the turn, he judged it well (because as AT said, he was on the best horse, and he knew it). I noticed High Academy getting to the line well at the end too, nice effort that. Won't get any prizemoney for it, but to put in an effort like that at WFA must be heartening for connections.

Well, onwards and upwards toward the 10000 and the EF carnival. I can't wait to see some of these top horses in the flesh when they get back to EF, i can tell you.

Again, congrats on the big day today Mav (and big get w/ Countess Bathory btw :)).

Sven

Yep feeling good about the Straddie ..but after today i'll have to think about savers on Hard To Catch and Show Biz Kid if he gets in... not my style the whole saver thing but i'll see what the odds are like..
A good day today..on reflection though i totally over thought the Cup and sometimes try to hard to find any reason at all to risk the hot pot..
Should have backed Gaze as well...on top in my ratings and had nothing on
Will be studying hard the video tomorrow..havent seen any of the replays yet...just had heaps going on today with 23 full stake bets ..which is about 8 more than my comfort zone ..not usual where i bet in every single race on the card in Doomben but when i start so well i get alittle carried away....
no discipline at all and after 2 years you'd think i'd be standing in the dole que :)
just lucky i guess..

Mav,
Your an absolute champion. I was half looking at countless bathony and you totally confirmed it, had a very nice collect there, glad to see your back to your best cleaning them out. Well done to sven also. This brisbane thread each week is providing winner after winner, well done guys.
Its great to see people with your knowledge to share your thoughts.