A Day at the Races

[Macca 16,972]

And now for the Oaks!

I see Jye McNeil is off 'Willowy' ($4.80) and is now on 'Elusive Express' ($4.20)

Damien Oliver to ride Willowy whilst J-Mac is riding 'Daisies' ($5.50) All others double-figures apart from Biscayne Bay ($8) with Hugh Bowman on board

[Macca 16,972]

Best Bet Saturday (Flemington)

R1 No.7 Silent Sovereign 8.50/2.25

For the 'Place' in a multi best, but can win!

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

Race 10 Rosehill

no1 Zoushack $3.90 win

[Dee Zephyr 19,267]

Best Bet Flemington 

Race 8 No.9 Colette Win 4.80

[Macca 16,972]

16 hours ago, Macca said:

Best Bet Saturday (Flemington)

R1 No.7 Silent Sovereign 8.50/2.25

For the 'Place' in a multi best, but can win!

 

5 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Race 10 Rosehill

no1 Zoushack $3.90 win

 

1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Best Bet Flemington 

Race 8 No.9 Colette Win 4.80

All 3 winning will return a healthy dividend of $150 (without a boost)

But I'll be playing around with a couple/few at the place (in multi's)

Good luck punters!

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

Silent pipped by a half head at the post. Our playboy came from nowhere.

[Macca 16,972]

53 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Silent pipped by a half head at the post. Our playboy came from nowhere.

Bumping with the 3rd placegetter didn't help

Just audio here but I thought it was home!

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

7 minutes ago, Macca said:

Bumping with the 3rd placegetter didn't help

Just audio here but I thought it was home!

Yeah def didn’t help either. And 20out I thought it would hold on too.

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

Well everything has gone to plop for me today, heaps of seconds and thirds but no winners coming onto the last. Hope you boys fared better.

[Macca 16,972]

27 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Well everything has gone to plop for me today, heaps of seconds and thirds but no winners coming onto the last. Hope you boys fared better.

I did ok ... got a 2/3 place parlay up at Rosehill

All got into the finish so 4 collects ... got an early winner at double winnings

Nature Strip & Zaaki won as expected

And Zoushack got up for you Gorg ... good pick!

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

Geee Blesk came hard at the end tho @Macca, I must admit the thought I had was bet I get bloody pipped at the post again 🤣

I got a trifecta early but wasn’t a huge collect, down on the day, still up from Derby day so still playing with their money so I won’t complain too much… not too much 😂

[Macca 16,972]

2 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Geee Blesk came hard at the end tho @Macca, I must admit the thought I had was bet I get bloody pipped at the post again 🤣

I got a trifecta early but wasn’t a huge collect, down on the day, still up from Derby day so still playing with their money so I won’t complain too much… not too much 😂

Traditionally we take a break from giving out best bets after Stakes day. 

I'll still be here from time to time having a few bets ... more so making the odd reference to the feature events that pop up

For instance the Ballarat Cup & Cranbourne Cup next weekend and the Ascot G1's from Perth etc over summer

As for the Spring, I started really well and finished really well ... inbetween not so good.  But I'm in front and that's what matters!

Gorg, DZ and others ... thanks for the contributions! 

[Macca 16,972]

Couple of high stakes good betting races coming up on Saturday ... ideal for the exotic punters

$500k Ballarat Cup 2000m (Racenet Form)

$1Million The Gong Kembla Grange (Racenet Form)

 

 

[Macca 16,972]

So a few days after Jamie Kah wins her day in the Supreme Court, Racing Victoria decides to make Jamie ineligible to win the Jockey Premiership

Never mind that Jamie has served a 3 month disqualification and never once complained  It's a poor move by RV in my opinion.  Petulent & spiteful with no need

Jamie would get much better treatment in NSW ... the champion jockey could take her talents to the Northern beaches and who could blame her? 

It's any wonder that NSW & Sydney racing is fast becoming the No.1 destination in Australia

 

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

On 11/25/2021 at 7:23 PM, Macca said:

So a few days after Jamie Kah wins her day in the Supreme Court, Racing Victoria decides to make Jamie ineligible to win the Jockey Premiership

Never mind that Jamie has served a 3 month disqualification and never once complained  It's a poor move by RV in my opinion.  Petulent & spiteful with no need

Jamie would get much better treatment in NSW ... the champion jockey could take her talents to the Northern beaches and who could blame her? 

It's any wonder that NSW & Sydney racing is fast becoming the No.1 destination in Australia

 

Yeah that was strange and tbh petty. It wasn’t like she cheated at the races or something similar. 

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33 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Yeah that was strange and tbh petty. It wasn’t like she cheated at the races or something similar. 

3 months off which included a huge loss of earnings amounting to hundreds of 1000's was punishment enough

And I can't back a winner today Gorg ... no good!

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14 hours ago, Macca said:

3 months off which included a huge loss of earnings amounting to hundreds of 1000's was punishment enough

And I can't back a winner today Gorg ... no good!

Same, couldn’t pick any winners, [censored] day.

[Macca 16,972]

Jamie Kah is back in style!

Wins the Pakenham Cup on Smokin' Romans A superb ride.  All class

I was on Mimi's Award however I picked up a nice 2/3 win parlay earlier in the day

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

15 hours ago, Macca said:

Jamie Kah is back in style!

Wins the Pakenham Cup on Smokin' Romans A superb ride.  All class

I was on Mimi's Award however I picked up a nice 2/3 win parlay earlier in the day

I had Canasta, Smokin Romans and Under my Spell in my black book, took a punt on all and that’s all I was going to do, of course under my spell salutes and away I went 😃

 

Werribee cup today and Kah should be in the mix with Starcaster.

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

How bloody close was the finish in the Werribee cup!

I thought that Starcaster got pipped at the line watching live.

[Macca 16,972]

Yes,  just a bob of the head in it

Dark Dream was a good thing beaten as it was held up for a run twice ... might be worth following up on in the open handicaps (as well as the winner)

 

[Macca 16,972]

Dakar rally is often worth a look at ... in Saudi Arabia this year.

1 hour highlights program on every day on SBS at 5pm.  They are just on half way through the rally and there has been the usual high drama on a daily basis

Sand dune after sand dune for hundreds of kilometres, I don't know how they can endure it all!

Edited January 8, 2022 by Macca

[Macca 16,972]

The Autumn carnival is almost upon us ... at Caulfield this Wednesday we get to see the 2 Blue Diamond Preview's as well as a couple of listed races.  All the races carry Saturday-like prizemoney

Also on Wednesday the Australia Day Cup will be held at Warwick Farm

[Macca 16,972]

First Group 1 of the Autumn Carnival coming up on Saturday.  Looks a good race too

WFA over the 1400m so the barriers could be all-important for the fancied runners

[Gorgoroth 12,958]

I’m usually big on Behemoth, but laststart it didn’t look great.