Well, I sure got race 5 wrong. Meanwhile, in the two earlier races, I had 2nd and 3rd! So close!

Well, after the Oaks, the two results are now known.

Unfortunately, Dillwar couldn't get one of his picks home in the Oaks, so that leaves me as the winner of that matchup.

And poor old Try Try Again DID get the winner of the Oaks (well done) and also had another 2 winners as well, but incredibly, that still wasn't enough to beat Percentum who got a big winner home in the first. Bad luck, TTA.

So on Saturday, the final will be...

Percentum v Sportz

Today's results

Percentum 276.4 v Try Try Again 184.4
Sportz 88.95 v Dillwar 0

Well done to Try Try Again and Dillwar for your efforts during the comp. Bad luck, TTA. Great effort for no result, but well done to Percentum on that big score. Too good.

Meanwhile, I had a shocker today with real money!

Congratulations Percentum, I came home hard but you had already bolted and then kicked back with a couple of placings!!! Just too good!

Thanks Sportz for another great competition!

It's always great fun and should I say - a test of skill.

Wow! Big finish Try Try Again. It was a tricky sort of day. Looking forward to the next round. Another tough meeting on Saturday with more big fields. Big fields usually mean genuine pace. I wish racing was always like this.

Well done Sportz and thanks for running the comp.

Good luck to you and Percentum on Saturday.

SATURDAY'S FINAL: Percentum v Sportz

5-10 tips
Same bet sizes as with earlier rounds
Both tipsters get $100 to bet with

Good luck, Percentum

Good luck to you as well, Sportz and thanks for all your work.
I've decided to go wide and keep my fingers crossed today. All my bets are $5 each way.

MELBOURNE
R2 no14 Cadillac Mountain
R3 no12 Chile Express
R4 no 19 Durendal
R6 no 11 Cluster
R7 no4 Smokin Joey
no 16 Escado
R8 no5 My Amira
no19 Terai
R9 no1 Henwood

SYDNEY
R8 no9 Enormous Honour

FLEM 3-1 EXCESS KNOWLEDGE $10/$5
FLEM 3-6 OUR HAND OF FAITH $5win
FLEM 5-8 NOBLE PROTECTOR $10/$5
FLEM 5-3 LE ROI $5win
DOOM 7-7 BEAU JET $10/$5
DOOM 7-8 FREEZETHEMILLIONS $5win
RAND 6-1 BROOK ROAD $10/$5
RAND 6-10 SHIGERU SENDAN $5win
RAND 7-7 SO NOSTALGIC $10/$5
RAND 7-2 VITELLO $5win

I've gone conservative and just following my system.

Good luck, Percentum. If one of yours get up, it'll probably be enough.

Either way, you'll end up with a nice profit overall, so if anything, you deserve to win on that alone.

You wouldn't want to know it, Sportz, but Henwood is scratched in the last at Melbourne. I'll replace it with Perth Race 8
number8 , Grimsley Rocks, if that's ok ($5 each way).
Having an ok day so far but my better chances are upcoming.