Prices at: 12:49:24, 10 Apr 2003 NSWTAB
No. Selection Win Place
001 Northerly $1.80 $0.00
005 Republic Lass $5.00 $0.00
007 Helenus $5.00 $0.00
004 Carnegie Express $7.50 $0.00
006 National Treasure $21.00 $0.00
008 St Reims $41.00 $0.00
002 Freemason $67.00 $0.00
003 Henderson Bay $101.00 $0.00


Northerly $1.70 to $1.80
Republic Lass & Helenus still $5.00
Carnegie Express $6.50 to $7.50
National Treasure $17.00 to $21.00
St Reims, Freemason & Henderson Bay remain unchanged.

Still no place betting
Market move – nothing has come in & 3 have drifted :???:

I realise last week he was just given a conditioning run, but has Northerly lost a lenght or 2 the Sydney way of travelling?

It does affect some horses and this is the first time he's been asked to go this direction. I remember Vo Rogue was only half the horse the Sydney way, and ditto in Melbourne for Emancipation.

Prices at: 10:05:22, 12 Apr 2003 NSWTAB

No. Selection Win Place
001 Northerly $1.70 $0.00
005 Republic Lass $3.85 $0.00
007 Helenus $4.25 $0.00
006 National Treasure $21.00 $0.00
008 St Reims $26.00 $0.00
002 Freemason $34.00 $0.00
003 Henderson Bay $51.00 $0.00
004 Carnegie Express Scratched Scratched


(1) Northerly, (7) Helenus, (5) Republic Lass, (2) Freemason

Well! Northerly narrowly went under in the big race to an honest trier in Freemason.
While Northerly is an out and out excellent horse, was it a case of "tricky Fred" getting his just desserts. The look on his face after the race was adequate recompense for me following last week's debacle.
"Stone-face" Patty Payne employed tactics which to many of us were a bit unusual, but Fred wasn't going to criticise his rider in front of the assembled media( I'd like to be a fly on the wall in after race discussions between this pair, who many have said have brought the image of racing into disrepute . However, the camera caught Fred in moments of reflection when he was unaware he was being monitored. The look on his face was enough for me-perhaps a case of a man being too smart for his own good? Maybe there is justice after all, although none of this reflects on the great horse which tried all the way in his typical "bulldog" style. It's just a shame that the stigma of his connections' actions have detracted from this great competitor, which must rate highly in the equine hall of fame.

Thank you.......again.

:grin:

Rogan Josh,

Congrats on the box trifecta which paid quite well.

05 BMW WFA
2400 Metres
2:15pm
1ST LEG EXTRA DOUBLE

WIN/PLACE
2 15.70 1.90
1...............1.10
5...............1.50

QUINELLA (1-2) 13.30
EXACTA (2-1) 56.30
TRIFECTA
(2-1-5) 99.10
SPINNER (Mixed) 2.60
FIRST 4
(2-1-5-6) 663.30

(2) FREEMASON (D.BEADMAN)
(1) NORTHERLY (PATRICK PAYNE)
(5) REPUBLIC LASS (G.BOSS)

SCR - 4(L)


Thanks xanadu, was a nice tri result.

Let's hope BettyBoop & ra sun took some of that 66/1 originally on offer :wink:

Yes RJ, did take the 66/1 on offer early :grin: although they only paid 60/1 in the end - some kind of late deduction :sad:

Still have some live doubles going :smile:

BettyBoop & ra sun, congrats all round.

Cheers.

Thanks xanadu, hope some other forumites also had a little on Freemason.

What a race!!! I wasn’t sure who to cheer for, pocket said Freemason, heart said Northerly.

Expected Payne to take a sit behind Freemason and then make his run over the last few hundred

See Northerly is now heading home for a well deserved spell.