Nice Work again Sportz & Mav... Got the Tri again... Much appreciated....

next time your in Melb I owe you a couple of hours (or days) @ the bar...

Thanks Mr. ED. Info like shying from a bird while enroute to an easy victory is why I came on this board. However, as I've become accustomed to, I got talked out of going to the local (15 miles) Turf CLub that handles Aussies as it would be too late and they would close early on Weds. night. This after I read that fellow punter your info on the bird, the key race with multiple winners coming out, and his nomination for cups. Figured he might be good price as it was his first up. I've gotta get my phone-bet account up and running. The Turf Club does close at their own discretion when only Australian is running. Every time they announce they are closing, every one there starts yelling and freaking out (rightfully so). You can still bet the later races but you better have a bank roll. Great angle Mr. Ed and I suppose Sportz as well if Dolphins Tycoon got second.

On another note, did anyone hear about the snafu with the mix-up about Dubai Millenium's half brother (Dubai Exellence) and another horse (Samood)from Darley Stables? The wrong horse, Samood, was shipped to a Perth stud farm and was found not to be Dubai Excellence by the organization in OZ that monitors such matters. The article stated that the whereabouts of Dubai Excellence are unknown. What's up with that??? It's at DRF.COM under Mystery Horse heading.

Just checked the American mutuals for Bluecollar Jack and threw up. W$18 P$8.80 S$10.00 That's a return of $36.80 for a typical $2 across the board bet($6 total). No to mention the $80 exacta for $2 or the $300 Tri for $2! How can this possibly happen every time I miss a horse?!?!? I'm gonna rip my buddy's head off. I figured the bird shying fiasco would mask the good run in the 7th place race and scare everyone off but I never figured 8-1. Although I didn't look over the form. Thanks anyway guys.

Nothing happening today ,,,0 for 3 all hopes on Northam later on ..
Grand Merlot and Don't say a word..
hopefully one of them salutes ..fingers crossed ..
Good Luck All ,,

off to the pub

SS,

I almost always back more than one horse per race. The horses I post in CAPITALS are my top picks and the others are the ones I consider the dangers. In Ballarat R4, I had both horses equal top rated and backed them both equally.

Shocker today...0 for 4 invested,,but 0 for 7 selected,,Grand Merlot 4th and Dont Say a word to short..
Thought about having the day off tomorrow and finishing the week (Sun to Frid) ahead ...but as soon as i start doing that runners start winning without me..
So here goes ..i'v been alittle inconsistent of late so be careful...i'm actually confident about most of them though ..i'll try and get on early tomorrow to see if there is any late mail..spewing i missed Mr eds tip today ..at that price it would of set me up for the day..

Cessnock
*Wallarah boy....Gibbons knows the horse well,,its fitter after 3 runs back now ..lot to like about his last run where he made plenty of ground..thought Formula Ono would appreciate this class after tackling races to hard for him..
*Rostrum...huge run with the big weight last start..drops a stack for this ..Graham a plus ,,distance suits ..an open race this one so they might come for a few here..hoping for nice odds..
*Codie Cuddles...good stable..great last run over a unsuitable distance....performs well at the track,,alot to like here...alot of unkown runners ..the one i'd be watching is the Ryan mount Worondi who did ok last start and the extra distance suits...
Townsville
*Snick..gets all the ticks here...loves the track, loves the distance,good jockey , good weight, good barrier, good form..by my ratings will be about 1.20 ..but theres the toppy with the big weight that has proven that he can carry it..Vitegic who gets alot of ticks aswell,,and Don Sequalo who did the job for us before but needs to somehow cross from the bad barrier..and then you have RaidnRule whos mixed it with the best of them.. ???? not an easy race..
Snick gets the easy sit..so that should be enough.. good race ,,good value ?
Seymour
*Light of Day..will be prominent in a tough race..Gauci rates them well in front..
*Derringer e/w..made a heap of ground last start..gets a weight pull of the toppy..hopefully wont be to far back from the good barrier..Dunn a real good young rider..Robos Pal the one to beat loves the track.,will keep safe..
*Polyester Boy ,,gets back up to the 1400m.,, last run should just be forgotton..ridden a mile back to short ..made good ground..flying..

possible 7 selections...another drought sees me with a loss this week ,,and thats after jagging some huge tris and divies...
feeling confident or that could be just the beer talking ...

Good Luck..

Here's some that I'm thinking about for tomorrow:

Geelong
Race 3 - 6 REEWAYA, 5 Moon Fever
Race 4 - 2 Polyester Boy, 1 Rinehart
Race 6 - 7 CHITABE, 3 Arunee (also looking at 4 Tom Coureuse & 8 Garbo's Storm. Open race. Have to study this some more)
Race 8 - 8 MATRAS*

Townsville
Race 8 - 9 TRIP TO MANILA*

Seymour
Race 4 - 5 Zendin' An Angel
Race 7 - 9 Bono
Race 9 - 2 Bold Deceiver, 3 Nothin' Leica Win

Lean couple of days....

had a big go on tic toc tac... should have won at 10's on wednesday, knocked down twice in straight ohh well *blackbooker* pity about the price though

Tommorrow - need value to get out of the out house!

Geelong:

Race 3: No 5 Moon Fever
Race 4: No 7 Drumbeater first up
Race 6: No 9 Governor Macquarie
Race 7: No 1 Kepero (hope it carries the weight otherwise Deeayabee or celtic bloom)
Race 8: Quinella 3/8 back them both, base multiples around them

Townsville:

Race 1: No 3 Your So Dane
Race 3: Two chances 4/8 - leaning towards Yumiko - maiden though so beware
Race 4: No 6 Red China Doll
Race 5: Two chances 9/11 box them in tri and quinella or back em
Race 6: E/W Star Revundo top rater
Race 7: Tri/Quinella no's 1/4/8/10 and 15 for value - Snick main hope
Race 8: Best Bet at townsville - No 9 Trip to manilla - fingers crossed! Dangers if any 10,12,13

Cessnock

Race 2: No 10 Husk win only(at your own peril!)
Race 9: No 1

QUEANBEYAN

Race 2: 6 Dancing Joe
Race 7: No 3 Steamy Beau
Race 8: 1/7 the winning chances - like the toppy Groover's Mate - second Sand Bay with A little Rusty and Abiligaboo


Hope this helps

Thanks for clearing that up. I figured the Bold letters were your best but didn't realize if you would back two horses to win. I did figure that you would have the exacta between the two no matter what. I still am new to the Aussie lingo and style of racing (much different than Europe and closer to American). Matter of fact, what did Mr. Ed mean when he said Bluecollar Jack "found sweet fa"? I took it as he was best of all and enroute to an easy victory. At least when my brother moves there next month he can start interpreting for me. LOL!

5th Geel 1)Satinspin- sure treated me nice last out at Flemington but looks to be short in a race void of much speed. Robbo's Pal might get an uncontested lead if the 8,9, or 11 don't press and carry his speed a little furher than usual. i still see him stopping as SATINSPIN goes by down the lane with #6 Shrogginet or #10 Derringer up for 2nd, followed by toss up forthird between 2, 3, 7, 14.