Geez, no subs in exacta's so I even missed that. Wife scored on Try This, Pillars of Hercules and Testerbury Jack [our local horse], so good luck to her. I picked up on Vandelo in r3 only.

No favorites won which is mostly par for the course for Spring Carnivals [unless they are odds-on].

After watching that sad drama unfold yesterday, I think it's about time we re-designed our deadly barrier cages!

Yep. Not sure how they make those kiwi ones (nothing seems to be holding them up???), but they certainly seem to work.

21 October 2007 NZ Sport

"A clamp used to fasten television equipment to the barrier stalls is believed to be responsible for the injury that caused the late scratching of Caulfield Cup favourite Maldivian at Flemington yesterday. Chief steward Des Gleeson says he has taken possession of the clamp, found with traces of blood on it.

Maldivian suffered a gash on his neck when he reared up in the stalls. His antics caused the second favourite in the race, Eskimo Queen, to become distressed and collapse under the stalls.

Meanwhile jockey Glen Boss has been suspended for 13 meetings for causing interference soon after the start of the race. Stewards found that Boss, who rode third placegetter Princess Coup, had hampered Tawqeet and Black Tom, which almost fell soon after the start."

For anyone interested probably not many now Maybe Better has pulled up lame in both front legs and could be a doubtful participant in the Melbourne Cup he isnot out as of yet but things don't look great for him.

A shocker for me yesterday...had a quiet one with only 5 bets but couldnt get one across the line,,,lost a stack on Molotov..
only good thing that came out of yesterday for me was the 13's i have for Master Orielly in the MC..
thought On A jeunes run was good and now into 21's !! happy with my 61's :)
thought Villians run was ok,,better at flemo ..

Like a couple today
All Pressure in Horsham Cup
and a roughie in Toydarriate in the last at Seymour..

Hope you all faired better than me :)

Well well well, first time I have made it on the net since CC day. What a day it was for all the wrong reasons. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing when the 2 favourites were being led away and neither could any of the crowd that were on track. Finally after getting through the tough times of the EI crisis we have the potential superstar of the spring scratched from the barrier. Unbelievable. And what about those who had pre post on Maldivian at odds of $47 at the start of the preperation, thought they were laughing. The majority of people didn't have any thing to cheer for as so much money had been taken on Maldivian.

On the brighter side though, Master O'rielly is a favourite of mine and great to see him win a big race. You can only beat what you are racing against so take nothing away from the win, he won easily. The biggest positive I believe is the jockeys of the first two place getters. Vlad Duric really deserves his success. And the jock of the second place getter James Winks. Doesn't get all the good rides but maby this will be his stepping stone.

For the day I had an ugly one. Just the one winner in the 3rd. Would of been a different story had Maldivian run and won though. I knew CC day is always hard to pick, count myself lucky to get just the one winner.

Hope you did better then me.