Macca

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

Very true with regards to the strength of the field ... a throw-back to days gone-by before the flood of overseas entrants And with the (now) stringent testing for overseas horses, we could expect more of the same But I found the race to be a lot easier to decipher with regards to form. The top 4 in the weights stood out as the best runners whilst the rest (apart from Floating Artist) were making up the numbers (as it turned out) 5th place was 10 lengths off the winner! Not forgetting that Chris Waller & J-Mac have won their first Melbourne Cup

Doubt they'd run VE in the McKinnon Stakes DZ but if they did, it would probably win! The Kingston Town Classic at Ascot? haha She might end up with quite a CV though ... the 6yo Mare will have another 3 x Autumn's & 2 x Spring's before it becomes a 9 year old. Incentivise is only a 5yo so we'll see that horse for at least a few more years as well And Zaaki is a 7yo with a bit left in the tank. Both Incentivise & Zaaki are geldings so they'll be racing on you'd imagine Facing the breeze along the river side told in the end for Incentivise. Along with the 2 miles & 57kgs. In the Caulfield Cup it had cover. Brave effort nonetheless But Verry Elleegant is the Champion!

Huge acquisition Rams at Lambeau late November ... that'll be a game to look forward to!

Been a lean time of late Gorg but more than made up for it with that collect! Too good a horse to ignore especially when it drifted to 22-1 (and I very nearly ignored it) The classiest horse with by far the best previous form ended up winning the race ... won't be getting tired of watching that replay in a hurry! Red & Blue colours with a jockey named James McDonald on board. Who knew? Hopefully my little bit of luck rubs off here!!

Verry Elleegant went into a F4 last minute ... salutes and a reasonable percentage of a F4 as a result. Happy Days!! Couldn't believe how far it drifted in the betting, all things considered (especially with J-Mac on board) A great win by the mighty mare ... 10 x G1's now

9 road winners this week! And the way the Chiefs are going, the Giants might make it 10

Noticed that 'Water Bomber' has firmed into 5.50 from 8.50 (Maribyrnong Plate R1 No.10) On debut and trained by Mick Price ... might end up starting favourite Reckon 'Exelman' (R3) and 'Pandemic' (JMac R10) could both run well

Bengali, Rams, Bucs

Enjoy! Already picked out my bets for the day but the Cup seems more straightforward with a number of horses that could be ruled out from getting into the finish But who knows? A lightweight bolter might get up! I'll definitely be including Great House & Floating Artist in my exotic bets

On to the Cup we go! Wide exotic for me in the race but 'Incentivise' is going to be hard to beat Melbourne Cup Field, Form, Odds & Appraisal (Just Horse Racing)

Same sort of thing with me ... had 'I'm Thunderstruck' & 'Hitotsu' in a number of doubles and a couple of trebles but none saluted ... got the 2 winners straight out but could have been a bumper day. As you said, that's racing!

Only did audio but that must have been a good game to watch Packers got a bit lucky in the end but you make your own lucky And is Rodgers morphing into Favre? ... he'll be hunting wild boar soon enough with that dishevelled look!!

Best Bet (Saturday) Flemington R4 No.4 Brooklyn Hustle (J-Mac) $6.00 (Win)

Big day Saturday - Derby Day! Good fields and good value all over. Back on the exotics for me! Up in Sydney we've got 4 big stakes races as well (including the $7.5Million Golden Eagle) Flemington Saturday - All Races - Fields, Form & Odds(Racenet) Rosehill Saturday - All Races - Fields, Form & Odds(Racenet) Victoria Derby - Field, Odds, Individual Horse Preview(JustHorseRacing) Golden Eagle - Fields, Odds, Individual Horse Preview(JustHorseRacing)

Gorgoroth @Dappa Dan @DeeSpencer @JV7 @Dee Zephyr @Go the Biff @titan_uranus @Clintosaurus @DemonDave @layzie 1 point only on offer this week Leaderboard - Tipping Comp 6 - Go the Biff, Clintosaurus, JV7 5 - Dee Zephyr 4 - Gorgoroth 3 - DemonDave, titan_uranus, DeeSpencer, layzie, Macca

Chiefs, Saints, Falcons

Had a dirty day myself ... I reckon it's a track for the exotics. There are too many variables to find winners consistently. On-pacers often get into the finish Anamoe wins and I break even for the day so I was barracking for the protest to be upheld even though I thought it should have been dismissed!! haha Anyway, we move onto Derby Day ... Forgot You & Gunstock equal favourites at 5-2 and then it's 10-1 (or better) the field

Re the protest in the Cox Plate Protest being dismissed was the right decision but the interference did stop Anamoe's run to a degree. I just don't believe the interference was all that severe We see a lot of brushing and slight bumps and to me that's just part of racing Upholding the protest would have suited me as I had Anamoe going in a few bets (including a decent win bet)

Busy day myself but managed to listen in on all the drama surrounding the protest in the Cox Plate

10's of $Millions lost on Zaaki in the all-ins (doubles on the big races as well) I find it a little questionable for it to happen on the day (and I'm not talking through my hip pocket)

Zaaki out of the Cox Plate ... elevated temperature

In those sprints at the Valley if a horse can win the start, hold it's ground and then kick, it often wins (gotta be a good horse to start with though) Jonker has now won $2.1Million and it's run some very quick times over the journey. I had it included in a trifecta but didn't have Bella That's racing (at the Valley!)

Jonker was $10 yesterday ... looked the winner a long way from home but Bella nearly pinched the win Savatoxl & Lombardo just couldn't keep up ... old boy Streets ran on well

Gator, Mick Sharkie & Gareth Hall on RSN Spring Carnival radio tonight from 5pm (Valley races) This meeting last year they were on and got on the plonk! A little unhinged as a consequence!!