Still a bit of a quiet week for feature races.

FLEM R6 Aurie's Star
(Points: 1st 120, 2nd 60, 3rd 40, 4th 20, Trif. 20, Quin 10)

1 EL SEGUNDO: Maverick1993, Goldcoaster, Goldmember, Michael, Panther, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby
3 APACHE CAT: Horse Whisperer, Michael, Panther, Raw Instinct, Tubby
5 ZIPPING: Real Deal, Wesmip1
13 BEL DANORO: Maverick1993, Real Deal


RAND R6 San Domenico
(Points: 1st 180, 2nd 90, 3rd 60, 4th 30)

1 CASINO PRINCE: Chuck
2 GOLD EDITION: Maverick1993
3 PURE ENERGY: Horse Whisperer
4 WONDERFUL WORLD: Sportz
8 ANTIDOTES: Panther, Tubby

Well, one of us made the right decision Mav, and it certainly wasn't me.

and you call yourself a Queenslander ??? shame shame shame ;)

I still backed her. She was the highest rated horse in the race on my ratings. Unfortunately, I let the opinions of others influence my selection of Wonderful World here and Court Command in the tipping comp. :(

Worst thing is that on Thursday night I was tossing up between Wonderful World and Bel Danoro as to which horse to include in place of Super Elegant. :rolleyes:

You've certainly had a brilliant day in this comp today!

Leaderboard:

370 . MAVERICK1993
355 . HORSE WHISPERER
310 . TUBBY
280 . MICHAEL
280 . RAW INSTINCT
240 . SPORTZ
190 . REAL DEAL
150 . GOLDCOASTER
100 . PANTHER
60 . GOLDMEMBER
0 . WESMIP1
0 . CHUCK

For those of you with the old boy, Fields of Omagh has an injury and is out temporarily although connections are still hoping he will be ready for the cox plate.

I would like to swap Diego Garcia for PRIMUS and Fields Of Omagh for MAYBE BETTER [i certainly hope so ] :D please, Sportz.

SPORTZ can i please swap Pure Energy for El Segundo
cheers....

Sportz can I please make my first change

Add: The Freestater
Drop: Fields of Omagh

Could I please get ROUBECHON out and bring in Thin And Crispy

thanks

hmmm a few i was very close to putting in my stable namely Kaphero, De Lago Mist and Rewaaya are all racing on saturday very interesting to see how they go :o

I was extemely close to taking Delago Mist aswell Chuck you can't have them all I guess Haradasun was another I wanted to put in just wasn't sure what I wanted to leave out.

I hear you. I have no room for regal cheer, astrodame, Valkyrie diva or rewaaya.

I also have no confidence in the consistency of the current crop of 3year olds (except maybe for gold edition...good pick Mav). I have gone mostly ith the new season 4yos.

Sportz,
Can I please bring in Lad of the manor for antidotes (who I thought was a bit disappointing Last weeknd but I am sure will bounce back to bite me on the backside).
I am trying for the trifecta this weekend in the Liston. No chance now I have mentioned it.
David

I'm going to replace Diego Garcia and Wonderful World with Mentality and The Free Stater.

Geez they didn't miss Mentality on his return did they if I was Hawkes I wouldn't run him with 61kgs on his back fantastic horse would hate to see him get flattened 1st up.

Yeah, I think he might give it a miss this week. I still decided to choose him though with a view to the future. He trialled very well and I reckon he should have a good spring.

CAUL R5 Vain Stks
POINTS: 1st 120, 2nd 60, 3rd 40, 4th 20, Quin. 10
4 CHURCHILL DOWNS: Goldmember
5 DANEVER: Tubby
15 HARADASUN: Goldmember, Sportz


CAUL R6 Liston Stks
POINTS: 1st 300, 2nd 150, 3rd 100, 4th 50, First4 75, Trif. 50, Quin 25
1 LAD OF THE MANOR: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Panther, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby, Wesmip1
2 OUR SMOKING JOE: Goldcoaster, Horse Whisperer, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby, Wesmip1
3 ABOVE DECK: Chuck, Michael
6 DE BEERS: Goldmember, Michael, Raw Instinct, Sportz, Wesmip1
7 RED DAZZLER: Goldcoaster, Horse Whisperer
8 MINSON: Horse Whisperer, Michael, Raw Instinct, Sportz, Tubby
9 SPINNEY: Tubby, Wesmip1
10 THIN AND CRISPY: Horse Whisperer, Michael, Tubby
11 MAYBE BETTER: Goldmember, Michael, Panther, Sportz
14 SERENADE ROSE: Chuck, Goldmember, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Michael, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby, Wesmip1


CAUL R8 Cockram Stks
POINTS: 1st 180, 2nd 90, 3rd 60, 4th 30
9 REWAAYA: Real Deal, Wesmip1


ROSE R6 Premiere Stks
POINTS: 1st 300, 2nd 150, 3rd 100, 4th 50, First4 75, Trif. 50, Quin 25
1 PARATROOPERS: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby
3 THE FREE STATER: Raw Instinct, Sportz
5 MNEMOSYNE: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Maverick1993, Michael, Real Deal, Tubby
6 REGAL CHEER: Goldmember, Panther, Sportz
7 JOHAN'S TOY: Chuck, Raw Instinct
8 IMANA: Horse Whisperer
11 EXCITES: Chuck, Maverick1993, Raw Instinct, Sportz, Tubby


ROSE R7 Run To The Rose
POINTS: 1st 120, 2nd 60, 3rd 40, 4th 20
1 MENTALITY: Chuck, Maverick1993, Raw Instinct, Sportz
3 CATECHUCHU: Wesmip1

Backed Haradasun at $5.50 yesterday, because I was certain it would come into about $3 or something today. (I had it rated about $2.50) Instead, it's gone out in the betting!!! Not upset though, because I definitely won't be getting $5.50 again about him any time soon.

Well done sportz in particular but all four of you had a good day.

I've had a GREAT day on the punt today. Only mistake was having Pompeii Ruler just for a place and not a win. :o

After today:

1080 . HORSE WHISPERER
980 . SPORTZ
840 . MAVERICK1993
760 . TUBBY
700 . GOLDCOASTER
650 . RAW INSTINCT
590 . REAL DEAL
570 . CHUCK
330 . MICHAEL
270 . GOLDMEMBER
150 . PANTHER
100 . WESMIP1

I'll be first to do what i think a few others might.

Haradasun IN I got Chills OUT please.

im hearing you real deal.

Rassmussen out please, haradasun in.

although i still think this horse could be competitive at the top level, i'm not sure they will actually take it south for the big races

The number of free swaps that everyone has left to use before the start of September:

Chuck 5
Goldcoaster 5
Goldmember 3
Horse Whisperer 3
Maverick1993 4
Michael 2
Panther 5
Raw Instinct 4
Real Deal 3
Sportz 2
Tubby 4
wesmip1 5

Remember, these free swaps are ONLY available until the end of the month. If you don't use them all up by then, they disappear. You can't use them later on in the comp. Once September starts, every time you want to include a new horse, you have to get rid of TWO. So, it would be a bit of a waste not to use up all of these free swaps.

Hi Sportz

I'll swap
Yeats for Haradasun
Tawqeet for Zipping

Thanks :)

Swap # 2 out: Octapussy In: Haradasun

Remember, if you want to include a horse that's running on Saturday, you have to make a swap tonight.


I'll probably regret this next week, but I'm going to delete Minson and include Primus.

This week's runners:

RAND R5 Show County Qlty
POINTS: 1st 60, 2nd 30, 3rd 20, 4th 10, Quin 5
2 MALCOLM: Horse Whisperer, Panther, Real Deal, Sportz, Wesmip1
3 PRIMUS: Goldmember, Sportz
8 CHESS RECORD: Wesmip1


RAND R7 Warwick Stks
POINTS: 1st 300, 2nd 150, 3rd 100, 4th 50, First4 75, Trif 50, Quin 25
1 EREMEIN: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Goldmember, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Michael, Panther, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby, Wesmip1
2 RAILINGS: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Goldmember, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Michael, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Wesmip1
4 DESERT WAR: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Goldmember, Panther, Wesmip1
7 MEN AT WORK: Raw Instinct, Tubby
9 RACING TO WIN: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Goldmember, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Michael, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby, Wesmip1
10 HEADTURNER: Chuck, Goldcoaster, Goldmember, Horse Whisperer, Maverick1993, Michael, Panther, Raw Instinct, Real Deal, Sportz, Tubby, Wesmip1
11 ICE CHARIOT: Goldmember, Raw Instinct, Tubby
13 AQUA D'AMORE: Goldmember, Real Deal


RAND R8 Silver Shadow Stks
POINTS: 1st 180, 2nd 90, 3rd 60, 4th 30
1 GOLD EDITION: Maverick1993
3 GALLANT TESS: Raw Instinct
6 TUESDAY JOY: Chuck, Goldmember, Sportz


RAND R9 Up And Coming Stks
POINTS: 1st 180, 2nd 90, 3rd 60, 4th 30
1 DIEGO GARCIA: Chuck, Wesmip1
10 ANTIDOTES: Panther


MVAL R2 Crockett Stks
POINTS: 1st 120, 2nd 60, 3rd 40, 4th 20
1 FOLLOW THE TILL: Goldmember
6 APRISA: Sportz


MVAL R6 McEwan Stks
POINTS: 1st 240, 2nd 120, 3rd 80, 4th 40
3 PERFECTLY READY: Goldcoaster, Raw Instinct
4 SASSBEE: Maverick1993


MORP R7 Spring Stks
POINTS: 1st 180, 2nd 90, 3rd 60, 4th 30
1 SUPER ELEGANT: Michael, Panther

Hmmm, nobody's got Court's In Session. I couldn't have it based on it's last campaign, but if it got back to previous form, it would have to be a good chance.

Just love this horse,,,the bulldog will be fighting it out down the straight...something must have been wrong with him last prep,,...looked good trialling..if Racing to win is scratched due to that injury..
i'll be on Courts..hes been good to me...

Been reading some of the story's on Grand Zulu, any thoughts on it??

OUT:
Casino Prince
Diego Garcia
Tuesday Joy

IN:
Haradasun
Courts in Session
El Segundo

After this week:

1340 . MAVERICK1993
1280 . HORSE WHISPERER
1240 . SPORTZ
1000 . GOLDCOASTER
960 . TUBBY
930 . CHUCK
850 . RAW INSTINCT
790 . REAL DEAL
670 . GOLDMEMBER
530 . MICHAEL
460 . WESMIP1
300 . PANTHER

OUT
All Bar One
Super Elegant
Testafiable
Utzon
Vroom Vroom


IN
Gold Edition
Haradasun
Mentality
Primus
Racing To Win

Run Rite Run out
Grand Zulu in
cheers

I'll probably regret this next week, but I'm going to delete Minson and include Primus.[/QUOTE]

good move Sportz...no regrets at all...


Cant believe i didnt back the Bulldog yesterday...but i still was happy with RTW run...
wonder just how far they stretch CIS this prep...maybe 2000m ?

Only 1600 I hope. I backed him. I thought there were only three winning chances; Racing To Win, Court's In Session and Aqua D'amore in that order. As I said, it all came down to whether Court's In Session had recaptured his old form. If he had, then he was a BIG chance. Racing To Win looks very good for the future.

Well this is spooky--decided to drop Vroom Vroom yesterday and he drops dead at training this morning--it wasn't me.