peakester, I would be very wary of following racing journalist's tips in any way shape or form. There are lots of unbiased and informed ratings services out there. For instance, have you ever looked at the propunter free ratings for Wednesday and Saturday.
Similarly, you could even look at techform or QTAB ratings.
I just don't like racing journo's as tipsters, because half the time they are facing a deadline and just throw in whatever looks obvious on face value!
I know this as one of my good friends is a racing journo and was astounded when he told me he never backs his own tips in the paper, but bets on others he has studied or got some inside info on!