I'm sorry davez. I would have if I had seen this then. I know it's after the fact now, but I'll list my Melbourne bets just to show you my thoughts.

R1: Didn't bet. If I had, I would have had 2 & 3, but there were so many other good races yesterday, this one just didn't grab my attention. Probably should have as it was a 2000m welter, normally a race I would have liked. So I missed out on a good winner there.

R2: No bet. I was EXTREMELY keen on Was That You and when it was scratched, I decided to give the race a miss.

R3: Keen on this one. 2 units each on 5 Lyrical Bid and 9 Uprize. I've been following Lyrical Bid in it's last few wins and Uprize was a very good run last start. Also took quinellas and any2 bets with 5, 6, 8 & 9.

R4: VERY keen on this one. 6 units on Raid The Royals and 2 units on Strikeline. Raid The Royals is a very promising horse and like Lyrical Bid, he's been good to me lately. He was my best bet of the day. Also took quinellas & any2s with 4, 6, 9 & 10 and a trifecta 3,4,6 - 3,4,6,9,10,11. Good result.

R5: No bet. Didn't even really look at this one. When it comes to 2yo races, this seems like a consolation prize for horses not good enough to be in Sydney for the big stuff.

R6: Really came undone here. I had 2 units on Our Smoking Joe and 1 unit each on Modem and Barely A Moment. Also quinellas and any2s with 1, 9, 12 & 15 and a trifecta with 1,9,15 - 1,2,9,11,12,15. So a big fat zero on this race. GREY SONG???

R7: No bet here. An average sort of 3200m race with no real interest for me.

R8: Keen on this one. 3 units on Ballet Society and 1 unit on Astrodame. Surprised and delighted with the price of Ballet Society as I had it rated around $2.00. Also took quinella and any2s with 1, 2 & 6 and a trifecta with 1,2,6 - 1,2,3,5,6. Good result here.

R9: No bet here. An open sort of 3yo race which didn't really grab my attention.

So all in all, a good day for me. I bet in R3, 4, 6 & 8. I had 3 winning races and one shocker.