Bets = 34 Outlay = $34 Return = $12 (Crystal Honour $12.0)
Progressive
Bets = 605
Outlay = $605
Return = $730.9 ($125.9+)
Comment: Frustrating day but a few horses ran above themselves. Ready to Please was this week's Fuhrmatic, being nutted at $52 NSW Tote and 100/1 early on Sportsbet.

These could defy logic today:
SYDNEY
R2 no 6 Tonk no9 Prost
R3 no10 Feorlan
R5 no7 Dane Fontaine
R6 no1 Mossumi no2 Molambo
R7 no12 Fair Choice
R8 no7 Mary's Grace no14 Centover
MELBOURNE
R1 no2 Lady Da Vinci
R3 no6 Princess Diablo
R4 no2 Ballack
R5 no10 De Mars
R6 no3 Kerdem no8 Keep The Dream Alive no9 Noble Samurai
R7 no8 Kudeta
EAGLE FARM
R2 no3 Tabulate
R5 no2 Lucky Luna no12 Dalzar
R6 no9 Deception Bay
R8 no15 Emma's Hope
ADELAIDE
R1 no4 Hellacious
R2 no4 Rocky Camp
R3 no 5 Rogue Scholar no7 Artuzov
R5 no8 Aegyptus no 9 Chanceux
R7 no13 Two Sons no17 Sir Sienna
R8 no2 Lucid Reflection no11 Tassie Gold
ASCOT PARK (NZ)
R7 no11 Georgie's Way no14 Winawinachikndina
AWAPUNI
R3 no5 Mr Grey no9 Noah's Delight no15 Zane Bay
TE RAPA
R9 no13 She Rules no16 Amirar (39 bets)

Will have a go at these today.
Shatin
R4 no6 Jaguar Mail
R5 no6 Bordlescott
R7 no2 Egyptian Ra no 5 Gris De Gris
R8 no7 Mr Medici
R9 no11 King's Falcon no13 Fleet Commander no14 White Jade (8 bets)

OK, time to get out from under this rock after 47 straight losers. On the bright side, still showing better than 10% profit on turnover although it doesn't feel like it.
PROGRESSIVE RESULTS
Bets: 652
Outlay = $652
Return = $730.9 (+ $78.9)

Skepticism is all the rage these days. Be a now person! Rubbish these tips!
TE RAPA
R5 no11 Damuse no14 Translated
R6 no11 Allende
R7 no9 Barchetta
R8 no11 Jena The Guru
R9 no6 Catalina
AWAPUNI
R3 no10 Sir Dexaler
R5 no9 Coastal Mist
R6 no16 Sahara
R7 no17 Referred no20 Gotta Govern
R10 no1 Never Plead Guilty no4 Conquistador no6 Ferreira
SYDNEY
R6 no13 Adnocon
R7 no6 Gergis
R8 no2 Legendary Man
MELBOURNE
R6 no5 Awimoweh
DOOMBEN
R3 no3 Craiglea Rapper no15 Paris Blue
R4 no7 Raincoat
R5 no17 Pacific Express
R7 no16 Steel Lips no18 Soulima
ADELAIDE
R6 no14 Speculate
R7 no10 Mytika no12 Sacre Nazaire (27 bets)

Back under the rock until Áutumn I think. Best I could do today was a late scratching.
BETS = 679
Outlay $679
Return $731.9
I think the curse of the forum was beginning to weave its evil magic. My observation, though not backed by hard evidence, is that horses in the longer price ranges show up early in their preparations. The horses resuming in the Autumn and Spring are often very talented gallopers and so, capable of beating city class when not fully wound up. The sort of horse resuming at this time of year is more often than not struggling to win in Saturday class when fully fit. Hope everyone has a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

Going to give this a try again now that I have a bit more time. Bets are win only unless stated otherwise.

SYDNEY
R1 no4 Hussousa, no2 Chez Harmony
R2 no3 Gottagun, no6 Lord Duveen, no 9 Red Excitement
R4 no4 Neeson, no 6 Hurtle Myrtle, no 7 Lucha Libre
R5 no 7 Gazza Guru
R6 no 8 Godspeed, no 9 Black Jag (EW)
R7 no 10 Pinnacles (EW) and no 15 Willy Jimmy (EW)
R8 no 7 Roma Giaconda, no 11 Choice Words (EW)
R9 no 12 The Verminator, no 17 Red Eye Special

EAGLE FARM
R1 no3 Dazzling Kind
R3 no 6 Uncle Jan (EW) , no 9 River Perfume
R4 no 5 Count Your Fingers (EW)
R5 no 9 The Cranberries, no 11 Looped, no 13 Irritant
R6 no 3 Primary Colour, no 13 Carry Me Baby, no 17 Mafioso, no 19 Strange Cove (EW)
R7 no 11 Angel From Above (EW)
R8 no 10 Teary Eyed (EW), no 12 Silver Scholar (EW), no 13 Celtic Dancer, no 15 Symposium (EW)


BETS = 43 (EW = 2 units, 1 win and 1 place).

I'll start my book keeping at today and stay satisfied that the earlier series finished with a tidy profit.

Outlay = $43
Return = $66.30
(Sydney R1 Hussousa $10.4, R4 Neeson $8.0, R9 The Verminator$22.90;
Brisbane R4 Count Your Fingers $2.6 (place), R5 Looped $22.4)

Note that divs shown are on NSW TAB. Shopping around could have got you 31/1 The Verminator and 15/1 Neeson.

Some nicely priced horses with ability running at Flemington today. These are win only unless stated EW (each way)
FLEMINGTON
R1 no 6 Holy Right, no 10 Strength (EW)
R2 no 7 Xavi, no 4 First Course
R3 no 8 Show Cause (EW)
R4 no 11 Smoulder, no 18 So Pristine, no 16 Heidelicious
R5 no 7 And Rock (EW)
R6 no 15 Sistine Angel (EW), no 9 Orbit Express (EW)
R7 no 3 Playing God, no 6 Shamrocker
R8 no 11 Power Broker, no 7 The Deep South

OUTLAY = 20 units (15 win and 5 place)

RESULTS Sunday 2 October, 2011

BETS = 20
OUTLAY = $20
RETURN = $20 (R3 Show Cause $9.5 place, R4 Heidelicious Late scratching $1.0, R6 Sistine Angel $9.5 place)

PROGRESSIVE

Bets (2011 series) = 63
OUTLAY = $63
RETURN = $86.3