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Originally Posted by Percentum
Hi there Imagele
I used to follow first uppers religiously at one stage and did quite well because of the overs. I think 2nd up and even 3rd up is ok as well as long as the previous preparation's form was ok and especially if they hadn't figured much in there runs back in the new preparation (a recent one that I'm still cranky about is Doonan Dancer who won 3rd up after 2 nothing runs 1 and 2 up). I remember a thing called How Fast ploughing through the mud down the straight six at over $100/1. That was in 1992 which makes me realise I am in the middle of a long drought as far as memorable winners are concerned (unlike hard luck stories). Unfortunately I don't seem to have the time to study these so closely nowadays. I'm putting some fairly weak-kneed predictions up on here again. I'm confident they will make a long term profit using my ratings method but I know that this method has some bad runs of outs and isn't for everybody. Incidentally, I remember Imagele as well. He was a Sostenuto I think. I remember that breed well - very temperamental.
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G'day percentum
Thanks for your post.
Yes, Imagele was one of my favorite horses from times gone by. I think his mum was Cele's Image.
Another horse I was fond of from that era was Zambari.
Some 40yrs. back, I was in a pub (Wynyard tas.) one day when a well dressed gentleman asked me if I liked to have a bet.
He showed me a piece of paper with Zambari printed on it.
He told me in a matter of fact sort of way he had two around the world trips on the proceeds from his betting exploits.
Zambari duly won that day at odds of around 5/2. His 1st race start I think.
I never saw the said gentleman again.
I have been toying with the idea of starting a thread for those horses resuming, particularly those that have performed well when resuming before.
Being creatures of habit, they tend to repeat and that is where the value often lies.
I concentrate all my efforts on Victorian racing however and my selections would be from that area only.
One of my most recent collects was Lord Luson at around $21-00.
I think that where you support horses resuming from a spell, they can also be followed up for their next couple if they do not win 1st up, particularly, as you say, if they have not attracted attention by their 1st up runs.
Back in August I supported Sharipova when it resumed and followed up next start when it won at $24-00.
A few days back I highlighted Red Sphere resuming at Ballarat with prepost odds of around $15-00. It ran 2nd. and another 1st upper in the same race won at around $10-00.