Dee Zephyr

Monday Pick German Bundesliga Monday at 04:00 Mochengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt Gladbach Win & Over 2.5 Match Goals $2.60

I’ll admit I was very surprised Nolen got taken off Macca. Also thought he didn’t do much wrong in the Caulfield Cup run. Interesting to see how this plays out now.

Closest to pin for our Round 1 match? My guess is Dogs at Marvel Sunday 13:10 slot.

A bit of a twist on which jockey will ride Melb Cup favourite Constantinople. Luke Nolen lost the ride after the Caulfield Cup when connections decided to engage Glen Boss as a replacement. Nolen expressed his disappointment on social media earlier in the week albeit in a classy manner. Boss has now been suspended for careless riding from the Randwick meeting yesterday and is set to miss the big race. Boss will roll the dice and appeal but news reports state it will be highly unlikely the appeal succeeds. Is Nolen’s phone about to get a call from Lindsay Park again? If I believed in MFCSS, I’d say this is unsettling for my top pick in the Cup.

Simply an outstanding win by Lys Gracieux. Big fan of Craig Williams, loved the early move on Castelvecchio and it took a champ to run the 3yr old down. Lucky enough to grab a percentage of the F4.

Not to worry Wadda, the run was good considering. Slow tempo, crikey we could have walked and beat them to the 1200m mark. The jock wanted to be closer to speed I felt but was sitting a little wide early and rather than staying trapped decided to take it back which I thought was a good move at the time.

I think we should send our stayers to Europe during the spring. While the good overseas horses are here we can try and pick off a few staying races over there. Good win by Hunting Horn, is it in calculations for the Melb Cup? You wouldn’t think a stop start tempo would suit in a small field at the Valley but there you go.

Eagles, Buccaneers, Panthers.

Been a while since we played the Eagles at the G. May be time they come to us.

Saturday Best Randwick Race 6 No.7 Master Of Wine $2.40 Well, I’ve narrowed the Cox Plate down to about 10 runners, as open as it’s ever been. I think it might be heading overseas. Castelvecchio might be worth a little something each way at the weight.

Nice work Macca and good call on Haky. Used a bonus bet on Supernova so no real damage there, was lucky enough to get on Long Jack in the Classic. Apparently this colt was too ‘fired’ up in the mounting yard its last two starts hence the not so flash showings, must have behaved today, thought it won well. Interested to read the crew’s thoughts on the Cox. Shaping up as a ripper.

I’m on Supernova, have to stick with it after backing it last start.

Remember reading on the MFC website the other day Luci we recruited Libby Birch at the expense of Pick 8. Trade perhaps? Not sure about our second round pick though.

Monday Best Italian Serie A - Monday at 00:00 Sampdoria v AS Roma AS Roma Win $2.10

Was mentioned half way through the season Weid might require hip surgery. Has he overcome the hip complaint or is this something the club will have to manage?

Brilliant staying performance by Mer. Well done to the ‘landers that were on it. Was on Constantinople and it put in a real eye catcher for the Melbourne Cup. Watched the replay and read the stewards report so no bias kicks in before judgement. It was unlucky but you make your own luck in this game. Should be a quality two weeks coming up.

Melbourne Cup Demonland Marquee here we come!

Constantinople and Arcadia Queen are my picks.

Chiefs , 49ers, Patriots

Saturday Best Caulfield Race 7 No. 9 God Of Thunder $4.60 Thinking they will go like the clappers in front which will enable GOT to get a cosy run behind them and swoop home.

All so confusing yet exciting. Hoping there’s a forward landing at our doorstep later out of this.

Not sure about harder last year I-D. I think we were smarter and more controlled when showing aggression. The ‘Unsociable Dees’ of 2017 cost us the 4 points a few times, Lewis, Jesse, Salem and Bernie all copping weeks which didn’t help our cause at all.

We were ‘Bad Arzzez’ in 2017 remember. Humble is the word that springs to mind now.

Mahoney enters the building. Intriguing to see if this power play is used for a player trade. Maybe Yokozuna’s Mail?

Finally, I can contribute something a little useful on this topic by selecting undecided.