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And Blazing Miss loomed large and then dropped away - couldn't get through the heavy ground (and it was a very heavy track at Randwick in the end) You're in the lap of the gods once the conditions deteriorate like they did. The ADATR place multi didn't quite work out but I got a few winners and the trifecta in the Cox Plate so a decent day

Nice work Gorg Had it for the win and got it in a few multi's as well. Gets our treble off to a good start!

All 3 in a Place Multi shows a dividend of $14 ... that's good value considering our best place hope is probably JV's tip - at the best odds (Blazing Miss) All 3 in a Win Multi is paying $418 - and all 3 can win! Let's hope so anyway ? #GambleResponsibly

Best Bet Saturday Moonee Valley Race 7 No.6 Age of Chivalry 6.50/1.90

@layzie @Gorgoroth @DemonDave @Dr. Gonzo @JV7 @Dappa Dan @titan_uranus @DeeSpencer @Clintosaurus @Dee Zephyr @Go the Biff Leaderboard - Tipping Comp 4 - Gorgoroth, Clintosaurus, Go the Biff, titan_uranus, DeeSpencer 2 - Dee Zephyr, DemonDave, Macca 1 - Layzie, JV7, Dr. Gonzo 2 points up for grabs this week Good luck all!

Geelong Cup tomorrow (Wednesday) & The Manikato Stakes on Friday evening Field, Form & Odds Geelong Cup Field, Form & Odds Manikato Stakes

And the Group racing replays from the weekend

Jones, Gawn & Jetta turned out alright. T-Mac might get back as well. Not many others made it through although the same sort of thing happened during the 70's & a lot of the 80's. Good players find a way Too much is made of development & coaching in my view. Of course that side of it is very important but it's not the be all and end all There's not enough on the players themselves. The good players often coach themselves or don't need to be coached per se (or over-coached)

Neale being a pick in the 50's was going to be a story one way or the other And recruiters don't go out to pick poor players ... that's just the way things turn out Prendergast picked Gawn at pick 36 and we've done well more recently with trading or swapping top end picks or reshuffling picks or in fact the use of them ... May, Oliver, Petracca, Brayshaw, Viney etc etc Melksham, Hibberd, Fritsch etc have been good pick ups for 2nd rounders as well Drafting - you win some, you lose some The reality of drafting is that it's an inexact science and probably always will be. As previously stated, no big deal

Well it's not a complete lottery as you've got a much better chance of unearthing a star with a top 10 pick as opposed to a pick in the 50's but nonetheless, drafting is flawed.

The same people who moan relentlessly about skewiff results re drating also often freely admit that drafting is an inexact science. Go figure. Trying to place high school age footballers into some sort of numbered order is an exercise in futility. Lachie Neale joins an extensive list of late draft picks who turned out to be guns. The reverse applies of course ... top order picks are often complete busts I don't see what the big deal is. It is what it is

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@Dr. Gonzo @DeeSpencer @Dappa Dan Tipping Comp 4 - Gorgoroth, Clintosaurus, Go the Biff, titan_uranus, DeeSpencer 2 - Dee Zephyr, DemonDave, Macca 1 - Layzie, JV7, Dr. Gonzo

I got a number of collects but all the dividends were small. For instance got both exactas in the 2 feature races but was hoping for some value runners getting into the finish. I still haven't seen any of the races yet but the class prevailed in the Everest & Caulfield Cup. I'll post up the replays with some comments soon enough Might fare better at Ascot (UK) tonight. 4 Group 1's & a Group 2 beginning just after 11.00pm tonight. And Sha Tin tomorrow!

I'm all in with the Team ADATR pick You don't like Behemoth? haha

And now the give in the ground is in Verry Elleegant's favour ... and she was the nominal favourite beforehand. The one to beat I'm including a couple of the lightweight chances though. The Everest is arguably a harder race to evaluate as nearly all 12 runners can win. But if the big boy gets the right run from barrier 2 (as he often does from the inside barriers) he'll at least get into the top 3 Could be a blanket finish though with so many classy sprinters assembled. 2 really good betting races and probably the best Caulfield Cup line up for a time too

Going to have a couple of box trifectas in the Everest & Caulfield Cup I really like Gorg's tip in the Everest (Behemoth) and there are a few other swoopers like Classique Legend & Libertini who could future. And Gytrash has done nothing wrong. Bivouac and Nature Strip are 2 others that can get into the finish. But which Nature Strip will turn up? It's a high class field and we might see another track record on a fast track As for the Caulfield Cup, there are any number of good chances. I've got Verry Elleegant on top but Anthony Van Dyke looks the real danger. Master of Wine? Maybe. Lightweight chances Dalasan & Toffee Tongue could swoop home whilst Finche & Buckhurst can't be ruled out. There are a host of chances though. Tough betting race but the exotic dividends should be very good

3 best bets in (so far) with all 3 choices capable of getting into the money. Big big chances, all of the choices All 3 at the place paying 15-1 in a 3 leg multi whilst if all 3 salute you can get 400-1 That's got to be worth the price of a coffee for a wager

As it turned out the Bills game was the trap game and caught a lot of us out. So no one picked up any points in a week where only 5 road teams won (but who was ever going to pick the Raiders or the Dolphins!) Only the 1 point on offer for week 6 but any points are valuable of course. And with regards to any future postponed games, it might be best to wait & see or just wait things out Leaderboard Tipping Comp 4 - Gorgoroth, Clintosaurus, Go the Biff, titan_uranus, DeeSpencer 2 - Dee Zephyr, DemonDave, Macca 1 - Layzie, JV7, Dr. Gonzo

Best Bet Saturday Caulfield Race 5 No.3 Starelle 4.40/1.65 Damien Oliver should be able to find a nice run for the horse in the straight. Especially with the gaps appearing over the mile and a quarter. The place dividend adds nicely to a multi but it can definitely win if at its best

Group 1 replays from the weekend

Bills Cards Rams

I made the mistake of including the Russian as the banker. You live & learn. I reckon Red Chase & Dirty Work both for the place were better bankers. They looked morals to get into the finish and both were paying $2 the place early doors Add in Ole Kirk, Montefilia, Swats That, Windstorm or Criaderas and it's collect City! A lot of shorties saluted today. What do they say ... "Find the winner and then back it for the place" (or multi them up for the place)

er ... no JV Russian Camelot put me out of my multi's (there's always one) Small outlays though so no biggie. 3 from 4 or 2 from 3. If the Russian salutes I would have cleaned right up That's racing Wasn't down by much though and the weekend's racing isn't done with yet No Moreira at Sha Tin tomorrow so Zac can get amongst it. He's on a number of favourites that can win

Got a few collects and I usually do well late in the day but not today. Got a late winner at Doomben but down a little overall. Still, there's a few I like at Newmarket tonight ? Well done on Odeum ... a much improved performer. It was a day where the forgive-file horses prevailed ... Mr Quickie, Chapada, Arcadia Queen & Fiesta. And I wasn't on any of them! haha Ole Kirk is a good horse ... very impressive. And Pikey rode 4 winners and a couple of placings.