$20 WIN
E FM R2 H9 Lovely Esteem
E FM R3 H3 Sagacious
E FM R6 H11 Enterprise Pomme
GOSF R4 H1 Oxford Vision
ALSP R1 H1 A Thousand Degrees

Gosford

6/7 Smart as Smart $20 ew

Rosehill

5/2 Athelric $20 ew
10/13 Stroke Of Luck $10 ew


Thanks Sportz

Pukekohe

r.10 HASSTOBEPERFECT $30 win

Trentham
r.7 BRANDO $50 WIN
r.8 MORUS $30 WIN

Flemington

r.3 ETERNAL FLAME $30 WIN
r.5 INSPIRATIONAL GIRL $10ew


Eagle Farm
r.2 LOVELY ESTEEM $10ew
r.4 MIRACLE SPIN $20 ew

Morphetville
r.6 KUTAYHA $20ew

Rosehill
r.7 KING FRANKEL $50 win
r.10 MAJOR BEEL $50 win

Doubtful of these...:(

EFRM 7-5 TWO SMOKIN BARRELS $20win
EFRM 7-6 GO MILLO $10ew

EFRM 9-12 THATFEELSBETTER $30win
EFRM 9-6 PETUNIA $10ew

ROSE 7-15 KING FRANKEL $20win
ROSE 7-16 PROTAGONIST $10ew

ROSE 9-12 WATERFORD $20win
ROSE 9-1 BANDERSNATCH $10ew

FLEM 3-3 SHUFFLE DANCER $20win
FLEM 3-1 REVOLUTIONARY MISS $10ew

MORP 6-7 MALINONG CLUB $20win

ASCOT 6-2 MAGNIFICENT ANDY $20win

Wow, tough, I'm behind the 8 ball, worst days punting for 6 weeks so far.:(

Yes, not a great week for kiwi and that has tightened things right up...

LEADERBOARD:
21.1 . kiwi ( Out: $930.00 , In: $1,126.50 )
20.8 . reded ( Out: $610.00 , In: $736.60 )
7.4 . walkermac ( Out: $550.00 , In: $590.50 )
-20.9 . william ( Out: $1,240.00 , In: $980.95 )
-25.8 . Sportz ( Out: $1,150.00 , In: $853.55 )

Because we only have 5 tipsters, I've decided to stretch the preliminary rounds out by a week to April 1st, then it will be a top 3.

Saturday 18th March
 

Sportz ... All 10 E/W Thanks

Ascot (WA)

R3-1 Supersession
R7-1 Shell Bell

Doomben (QLD)

R6-10 Xtra Gear
R8-1 All That Pizzazz

Moonee Valley (VIC)

R5-5 Munhamek
R6-9 I Am War

Morphettville Parks (SA)

R2-4 Peacemaker
R5-1 Plus Fours

Rosehill (NSW)

R7-1 Anamoe
R9-13 Cannonball

WIN $20
Moonee Valley R5 H5 Munhamek
Gold Coast R1 H2 Early Thoughts
Darwin R4 H3 Fromthenevernever
Ascot R1 H1 Sir Mambo - preferably not
Pingrup R5 H3 Magic of Zeus

Kembla
1/2 Martial Music $10 ew

Rosehill
5/1 Economics $5 ew
5/15 Cinderella Days $5ew
8/8 King's Gambit $10 ew

Doomben
4/2 Amortal $10 ew

Moonee Valley
10/2 Suparazi $10 ew

Ascot
4/3 Tena Koutou $5 ew
5/3 Bopping Blue $5 ew


Thanks Sportz

good luck all

Rosehill
r.1 Arties Aura
r.2 Sir Lucan
r.3 Sanstoc
r.4 Elliptical
r.5 Dashing Legend
r.6 Dubai Honour
r.7 Cylinder
r.8 Anamoe $50
r.9Uncommon james
10 Written Beauty

All $10 win except r.8
Hope this is better than previous week, trying to use ChatGPT with my breeding knowledge probably balls it up worse:D

Early Thoughts scratched, so I'll replace that pick with:
Gold Coast R1 H1 Lucky Exchange

The "preferably not" comment shows how short my shortlist was (if the Pingrup selection didn't!). Missed deleting that bit of commentary...

This could be a feast or a famine. Going pretty wide...


ROSE 7-2 ARTORIUS $20win
ROSE 7-6 FANGIRL $10ew

ROSE 8-4 DON CORLEONE $10ew
ROSE 8-12 BLANC DE BLANC $5ew
ROSE 8-15 STEEL CITY $10ew

ROSE 9-6 ASFOORA $20win
ROSE 9-8 MARIAMIA $10ew

ROSE 10-14 HYPOTHETICAL $20win

MVAL 7-4 MR BRIGHTSIDE $20win
MVAL 7-6 LAWS OF INDICES $10ew

MVAL 9-10 CEERSEVEN $10ew

MVAL 10-1 KHOEKHOE $20win
MVAL 10-4 HEAVENLY EMPEROR $5ew
MVAL 10-12 FROST YOURSELF $5ew

So close to putting Shinzo in the Slipper tips. Oh well.

dam 3of my second selections won. Made a diff punting though!

Two weeks to go before finals...

LEADERBOARD:
21.5 . kiwi ( Out: $1,070.00 , In: $1,300.50 )
12.0 . reded ( Out: $730.00 , In: $817.60 )
2.8 . walkermac ( Out: $650.00 , In: $668.50 )
-16.9 . william ( Out: $1,420.00 , In: $1,179.35 )
-17.7 . Sportz ( Out: $1,400.00 , In: $1,152.55 )

As well as Saturday's racing, this Friday night's meeting at Moonee Valley is included in the competition if you want to tip there.

Saturday 25th March
 

Sportz..All 10 E/W Thanks

Rosehill (NSW)

R5-1. Weona Smartone
R7-1. Prowess

Flemington (VIC)

R1-4. Veranskova
R6-9. Rich Fortune
R9-3. My Yankee Girl

Eagle Farm (QLD)

R3-5. The Red Kite
R7-3. The Big Goodbye

Morphettville Parks (SA)

R1-2. Jewel Bay
R8-9. Alotafun

Ascot (WA)

R6-2. Em Tee Aye
R8-1. Admiration Express

Gold Coast (QLD)

R2-1. Starsonic
R7-2. Waylaid

Rosehill
5/3 Athelric
10/11 Substantial

Flemington
7/7 Numerian

Ascot
3/7 Western Knight
5/7 Kosta's Crown

All 10ew
Thanks Sportz

Flemington
r.3 Wetakemanhattan 5 win
r.7 Nonconformist 30 win
r.8 Milton Park 20 ew

Eagle Farm
R.1 Felix The Scat 50 win
R.3 The Red Kite $50 win
r.4 Compass Rose $20 win
r. 6 Zhuang Shi 20 win Hype $20 win
r. 9 Lord Markel 20 ew

Riccarton
r. i0 POVERTY BAY 20ew

Trying a new idea, couldback fire big time

WIN $20
FLEM R3 H5 Kettle Hill
FLEM R4 H1 Kallos
RHIL R8 H1 Gold Trip
ASCT R4 H2 Be Optimistic
E FM R7 H3 The Big Goodbye
E FM R9 H8 Briars Kingdom

Again, could be a feast or a famine as I go searching for value...

E FRM 6-5 BULLION BAY $10ew
E FRM 7-7 IRISH SONGS $10ew
E FRM 8-12 SNAZZ 'N' CHARM $5ew
E FRM 9-3 BAANONE $5ew
E FRM 9-5 MAGIC CHARLEE $5ew
ROSE 7-8 CALL DI $5ew
ROSE 8-2 KNIGHTS ORDER $10ew
ROSE 9-2 SKYMAN $10ew
FLEM 6-16 GREECE $5ew
FLEM 7-4 NONCONFORMIST $15ew
FLEM 7-16 VIRTUOUS CIRCLE $5ew
FLEM 7-18 CAMPIONESSA $10ew
FLEM 9-3 MY YANKEE GIRL $15ew
FLEM 9-4 BELLINGER $10ew
FLEM 9-6 TYPHOON HARMONY $5ew

Wow, looks like definitely the wrong day to go looking for value. all the favourites are winning.

Okay, well, the less said about my tipping performance, the better. But unfortunately, kiwi also had a bad day, and dropped back into the red and 3rd place.

LEADERBOARD:
7.4 . reded ( Out: $830.00 , In: $891.60 )
6.8 . walkermac ( Out: $770.00 , In: $822.50 )
-6.4 . kiwi ( Out: $1,390.00 , In: $1,300.50 )
-13.4 . william ( Out: $1,680.00 , In: $1,454.15 )
-30.1 . Sportz ( Out: $1,650.00 , In: $1,152.55 )

There's one week to go before the top 3 make finals. Top placing after next week will go straight through to the grand final.

All Randwick, all $10 win. I give all of these horses a chance at odds. If I somehow nab 2 or 3 winners, I can make the finals. But I'm not optimistic.

1-11 PRINCESS DUHALLOW
3-4 ASTERIX
3-12 NORMANDY BRIDGE
4-5 MADALSA
4-11 MOUNTAIN GUEST
5-10 IMA TRUESTAR
6-3 EMPIRE OF JAPAN
6-11 BUTCH CASSIDY
8-6 GOING GLOBAL
8-8 DUKE DE SESSA
8-11 NUGGET
9-6 ANDALUS
9-7 FULL OF SINCERITY
9-15 STROKE OF LUCK
10-9 SUMATRA

Saturday 1st April
 

Sportz..All 10 E/W Thanks

Avondale (NZ)

R3-1. Cimarron
R6-4. Marchand

Awapuni (NZ)

R4-7. Astron
R8-11. Encierro

Bendigo (VIC)

R2-3. Field Of Roses
R9-5. Mynumerouno

Doomben (QLD)

R3-7. Dune Forty Five
R6-4. Da Party Gal

Ascot (WA)

R1-3. Pot Shot
R9-7. Mack Mack

Morphettville (SA)

R2-4. Tapinforpar
R4-1. Extra Mile

Randwick (NSW)

R8-13. Golden Mile
R10-11. Ojai

Morphetville

r.2 Tapinforpar $50 win
r.5 Plaisir $20 win
r.8 Eaglelou $30 win
r.9 As Time Goes By $30 win

Ascot
R.3 Forever Dreaming $20 win
r.4 Classic Rogue $20 win
r.9 Catch These Hands $50 win

Awapuni
r.5 Desert Lightning $50 win
r.7 Trobriand $50 win
r.8 Brando $50 win

Avondale
r.6 Just Dance $50 win
r.7 Dubai Diva $30 win

I think I'm heading for last place:(

WIN $20
BDGO R4 H5 Mr French
BDGO R8 H5 Munhamek
BDGO R9 H5 Mynumerouno
MORP R7 H4 Philonize

WIN $10
ROCK R4 H2 Age Of Innocence
GCST R2 H3 Nitroglycerine
GCST R4 H5 Facetious

I've picked some roughies, but so far they've been the wrong roughies!

The last 4 races all won by outsiders and I didn't pick any of them.

Okay, here's the final ladder. Reded didn't tip today, probably just hoping to hold on to the top spot, and that's what happened.

LEADERBOARD:
7.4 . reded ( Out: $830.00 , In: $891.60 ) *
0.9 . walkermac ( Out: $880.00 , In: $887.50 )
-2.4 . kiwi ( Out: $1,840.00 , In: $1,796.50 )
-21.0 . william ( Out: $1,960.00 , In: $1,547.65 )
-36.0 . Sportz ( Out: $1,800.00 , In: $1,152.55 )

Reded goes straight through to the grand final on April 15.

walkermac will take on kiwi next week for the right to get there.

That is better 4 winners, good days punting too. Commiserations to Sportz and william, good luck to walkermac next week!

Preliminary final: walkermac v kiwi


RULES:

You can post anywhere between 5 and 10 tips

The bet sizes are the same as we've been using all the way through.

walkermac finished higher on the ladder, so gets the "home ground advantage" and can bet between $120 and $360 while kiwi can bet between $100 and $300. I will convert your totals back to a score out of 120 & 100.

The tipster who posts second is only allowed to include one of the horses tipped by the person who posted first.

In the unlikely event of a tie, the match will be awarded to kiwi, as he had less money to spend.

Randwick

r.2 Rediener
R.3 Lazzago
r.4 Willinga Freefall 5 ew
r.5 Lady Laguna
r.6 Pavitra
r.7 Surefire
r.8 Anamoe $50 win
r.9 Hinged
r.10 Princess Grace

Ascot
R.7 GINGER GREEN

all rest $30 win

Confidence level low but here goes...

Where's walkermac? Don't miss out!

All good! Here I am :) Spent more time on this round than any other - so doubtless I will do the worst yet.


WIN $50
RAND R8 H1 Anamoe

WIN $20
SANL R8 H Right You Are
ASCT R2 H1 Mountain Ash
ASCT R7 H5 Magnificent Andy
ASCT R9 H4 My Fury
OAKB R5 H2 Clever Man
KERA R4 H7 Zooming Zebra
RIVE R8 H5 Lincoln Country

E/W $5
SANL R7 H11 Forbidden City
RAND R5 H12 Wee Nessy

Bit of gamesmanship on my part with Anamoe's staking ;)

I'm rubbish so far, changed one bet and that is the only horse that has won.:(

Okay, still a race to go, but I can announce that walkermac is today's winner and goes to the grand final next week. Well done.

And bad luck to kiwi. Thanks for playing.

Bad luck, kiwi. Hooray for me! ...and very kind of you, Sportz, for not going into detail with the scores; let reded think I'll present a challenge in the grand final next week :D