gday Sportz

there musta been about 10 bucks in the pool at that stage

Primus is an O'Shea trained horse that paid about 6 bucks down here as well

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No, there was a couple of thousand in the pool. The same yesterday with Primus. I always make sure that there's at least that sort of amount in there. I know that's not a lot compared to the eventual pool size, but these early favourites do often end up winning at nice odds.

Oops posted in Brians thread instead of here...hope u got some slab $$$ back with Grand Merlot Mav...good EW tri and exacta...great stuff!!

My workmate owns rainbow fortune who won at murray bridge today. I wasnt going to back it until the trainer (who trains a horse Im in on) said get on. Wasnt near a computer at the time so sorry for that, I had a fair crack on it and my mate will probably still be smiling in 2 years. 50-1 is always nice.
Our horse is only 4-5 weeks away from its first run, and now with some early confidence for the trainer, this being his first win, things are looking good.
Ill keep yous all posted.
Hope there were some winners about today.

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What a rollercoaster ride todays was.....unbelievable ..
*Meanma ..nearly got there ...2nd (counting the 3 in row late yesterday now 4 in a row)
*Mikdar ....same story ,,,, 2nd again (number 5 in a row ?? not funny anymore)
*Boy's talk ...yep you guessed it 2nd again ??? what the ??
*Fine Dane .... altogether now !! 2ND !!! ..( 7 in a row ) ...atleast a e/w here so a good result ..
*Planet Lover ...UNPLACED ..atleast it wasnt 2nd ...sigh of relief ..
*Meteorite ...UNPLACED and had a triple stake go at him..not sure what happened my guess is he layed in and got bashed around ..listened to the call and when i heard where he was in running i was never confident..

Gave Concitare a good wining chance in my earlier summary..had him on top in tris ect but no Extra dollars ..dam horse cost me the 1st4 aswell,,
good race this in hindsight to target bet ...with the odds like they were ..should of had a go on my 4 selections for the win ..Famous dane, Rodeo , Concitare and Meteorite ..to win $2000 or so ..just got greedy i think and went all out on Meteorite for the win ..
but 5/1 was better than i thought i'd get ..

*Win For Us ... 3rd ..just to change it up a bit..e/w here so no damage ..

just when i thought it was all over bar the shouting
*Grand Merlot gets up ..Thank you Lord ...
huge result ...huge tri a couple of times even a nice exacta a few times ..
finally a decent result ... woohooo

8 races 1 win, 4 2nds, 1 3rd, 2unp,

and after all that i'm up alittle bit..enough to pay for yesterday ..still behind for the week though..not by much ..
Have to answer the challenge and get a profit tomorrow ,,
exciting stuff ...will Mav win the battle ?? or will he have his first losing week for ages.. ?
any tips guys ?? and no 2nds please

Well done Mav, i was really feeling for ya after Meteorite never got near them, thought you must have been having a shocker.

For what it's worth i had 1 bet today a ********y $100 on Gothic Lord, and it ran 2nd. Thankfully i only backed it to place, very rare for me, the only reason i put it on was because it's an absolute nob in the wet and it was ********ing down all last night and this morning. Up $60 for the day and happy as a pig in the proverbial.

Unitab 100 rater. Should have had him.

I can't talk though. I backed both Concitaire and Extra Dollars each way, but didn't bother taking any multiples at all with them. Could have cleaned up. 3rd and 4th were easy to pick.

Hi Mr Ed ..yep was heading for my biggest loss in ages before Grand Merlot got up ,,cant tell you how frustrating it got ,,4 2nds but the thing is they were all close 2nds aswell... doing my head in ..
wonder what they'll do with Meteorite ..they might send him to town ...

Sportz...yep missed the boat with Concitare ..i liked his previous runs and i knew he'd be overlooked because of his last start failure,,but the tempo was way against him there...was against him today aswell but Whitely wasnt going to let it happen again..great ride....

when concitare got up and i knew i didnt have extra dollars anywhere and after the day i was having .. i was tempted to take my bat and go home ..
.real test of character is this punting .. and i'm only a part timer ..

Geez Mav, you seemed to have been backing that Grand Merlot for ages with no success. I think I would have given up before you did. He owed you a win with the faith you showed in him.

probably only the one tomorrow
Mornington R3 .. Admiral Jack..this fellow will like the longer distance ..hard to rate these types of races but he stands out on my figures ..battles along at the one pace but i can see him grinding them all into the ground tomorrow..

dont really like anything tomorrow...like to be at the track at mornington to see what Spartiate looks like ,,,has some ability this horse ...
maybe the tote will give an indication..
Orrong in Mackay looks real good ..guessing he'l be way to short for me though..

Looks like i'm pushing it uphill to get ahead this week,,,but in a week where i've had almost three times as much selections as usual and a freakish run of placings ..i should be thank full for still keeping the shirt on my back.

who knows ..if Admiral Jack gets up ..i might be in the black yet

any tips guys ? ..looks like a tough day tomorrow .. already looking forward to Saturday