r1/7 Montoux *
r2/6 Patties Mate
r3/3 Dane Rhythm
r4/5 Rockdale
r5/12 Sir Xaar
r6/13 Tan Tat De Lago
r7/8 Fulmonti [sub. No 9]
r8/7 Simplex

1-4 hy dream
2-11 millimac
3-1 youthful jack
4-4 bhutane dane
5-11 fort'n'won
6-5 acey ducey*
7-1 scenic shot
8-12 catchit

R4 Briisy. I'm sure the jocks run these 5 horse races with an odds-on fav. to 'script', so I backed Rockdale for a nice win. Went straight to the lead and never looked challenged.

S**T! I didn't have a special, can I please have DOUG'S MATE? This message was sent at 3:15pm!

Sure mate, you can have Doug's mate as a special [this message was sent 4.12pm] :-)

This week Mon. 9th.June:
Mr Quaddie 24.1
Crackone 22.2
Crash 21.5
Maverick 20.1
Red 20
Chuck 14.9
Makybe Diva 13.2
Buckrod 11
Raw Instinct 6.8
Goldcoaster 5.1
Horse Whisperer 2.9
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Leader board:
Red 151.2
Maverick 117.6
Mr Quaddie 105
Crackone 104.8
Raw Instinct 97.3
Buckrod 103.4
Crash 93.8
Goldcoaster 83
Chuck 81.9
Horse Whisperer 68.6
Makybe Diva 64.7
Joef 47.7
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How to stop Red?

I have removed players that have not bet for 2 or more weeks.

R1 no 9 PRIMA DONNA
R2 no 2 JUSSEMI
R3 no 1 ***ARJUNA***
R4 no 4 FROSTY
R5 no 5 BAREENA
R6 no 1 DAUNTING LAD
R7 no 3 RAMPANT LION
R8 no 4 SIR MONASHEE

[Stradbroke photo]

So what's the track rating this Sat.? Any ideas from the Brissy locals?

"The sole criteria that all industry participants, be they owners, trainers, jockeys and punters ask for, is simply to have a level playing field - such that each participant shall have an equal opportunity at victory when the judge calls a halt. To that end, why is it then that there appears to have been a monumental stuff up in the track rating that was delivered when stewards took control of the Eagle Farm meeting in the early hours of last Saturday morning? Stewards handed out a track rating of “slow”, which is one of five ratings options they have to inform the public – the others being fast, good, dead and heavy.

Why is it that numerous jockeys, many with worldwide riding experience can be interviewed by Sky Channel some eight hours later, following the running of the Stradbroke at 3.55pm, and yet those jockeys, to a man, had no hesitation in calling the track “heavy”, albeit no rain had fallen on Eagle Farm since 7am or 8am on race morning?

Subsequent to the Stradbroke meeting, when interviewed Monday morning on Radio TAB, Track Manager, Bill Shuck has agreed that he was of the opinion that the track was “slow” Saturday morning, but conceded that is raced like a “heavy” track on Saturday afternoon." Purser.

...there was no rain Sat. but it was slow in the morning and heavy in the afternoon? I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting a bit sick and tired of Brissy 'official'' track ratings !

I'll pot for a dead track at Ipswich:

1/2 Very Canny
2/6 Teletor
3/9 Bingil Bay
4/3 Magic Promenade *
5/5 Seconde
6/6 Easy Rocker
7/8 Synonym
8/4 Sir Monashee

B1 9 PRIMA NOVA
B2 4 YIELD CURVE
B3 1 ARJUNA
B4 5 BLUE JUPITER
B5 4 xxxx BAREENA xxxx
B6 8 MASAI PRIDE
B7 4 EL PEREZ
B8 7 MOMENTOUSLY