Stix,

No more giving tips just for the sake of giving tips. I've decided to concentrate more on my ratings and importantly, look only for value. I only found 2 races suitable today, races 6 & 8 at Ballarat. I tried to pick out the best of those races, but the ratings went well in both.

FLEM R2: Promising Pompeii Ruler is the top pick here. Was a brilliant run last time and the 1800 looks ideal. I've actually been waiting for Pride Of Westbury since it's last start, but I was expecting it to run in a provincial maiden, not a city race. Even so, I think he could be a good each way chance. If you concentrate around numbers 3, 1, 9 & 4, then perhaps you'll be somewhere around the mark.

Tips:
3 POMPEII RULER ($2.00), 1 Irish Happiness ($5.00), 9 Pride Of Westbury ($5.00)

Ratings:
50.5 - 3 POMPEII RULER
45.0 - 1 IRISH HAPPINESS
44.5 - 9 PRIDE OF WESTBURY
43.0 - 4 Singsdubbs
43.0 - 6 Road To Athens
43.0 - 2 Veedub
42.5 - 5 Barig

FLEM R7: Quite a strong mares race, but I think that there are two obvious chances. Soul Diva's last two wins have been so commanding, that she goes on top. But Belzain is the class mare of the field and is the obvious danger. I think you could concentrate on these two and look mainly at 4, 2 & 9 for the placings.

Tips:
7 SOUL DIVA ($2.80) & 1 BELZAIN ($4.00)

Ratings:
56.5 - 7 SOUL DIVA
52.5 - 1 BELZAIN
48.0 - 4 Iris In The Glen
48.0 - 2 Amaroof
47.5 - 8 Skaters Waltz
47.0 - 9 Xaarbarella
45.0 - 10 Scone

GUNN R7: I have Top Beat, Campeche and Cool As You Can rated very close together. I feel that if you can find some value amongst these 3 horses it could be the way to go. If you work mainly around these 3 and numbers 9 & 7 for the placings, you should go pretty close.

Tips:
3 TOP BEAT ($3.50), 1 Campeche ($4.00), 5 Cool As You Can ($4.50)

Ratings:
41.0 - 3 TOP BEAT
40.5 - 1 CAMPECHE
39.5 - 5 COOL AS YOU CAN
37.0 - 9 Suntegic
36.0 - 7 Ochichi
35.5 - 8 Flash Pride
33.5 - 4 Chickawar

WOW! I've just backed Swinging Bachelor at Flemington paying $34.50!!!

I'm sorry I didn't let you guys in on the tip, but it was a 2 year old race with a lot of first starters and at the odds it was showing, I thought I must have been on the wrong track!!!

Think we are damned if we do and damned if we don't.....

Anyway good luck today.

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Stix
.......Giddy Up..... !!

Yeah, I may have missed the boat today. Me old mate Greg Ryan has already won 2 races today, but I tipped him in R7.

Meanwhile, a storm hits Flemington. Don't know what to think about Race 7 now. The weather is a real problem lately!!! Apparently, tomorrow's Morphettville meeting has been called off due to the heat!!!

Sorry.

Morphettville is off.

Eagle Farm & Gold Coast heavy with stewards to inspect in the morning...... talk about extreme.....

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Stix
.......Giddy Up..... !!

Disappointed with my tips today.

Yeah yesterday and today have been nothing to write home about. You must be still infront for January though? I'm enjoying both Stix and your tips, keep em coming