Horse Racing in OZ

[Charles49]

No I'm afraid the new system got me last week. The post was posted but not as part of the normal sequence. There were 12 winners there too!! Hopefully this weeks will come out in the "normal" way.

[filthy_muck]

Hope all is well Charles. Pretty rare for you to miss a week of tips without notice.

Always enjoy the narrative on the state of the world from Qld too.

Filthy.

[Charles49]

Has been an interesting week so far. Spent three days and nights on the 12th floor of a Gold Coast Unit in Queensland looking out over the Pacific Ocean and watching large numbers of humpbacks playing games by propelling them selves out of the water only to crash back upon the water with a loud thud. They are amazing animals as they spend time feeding themselves on krill that's found in Antarctica and then when they have had their fill they swim thousands of klms to the north of Australia to have their young. Then the cycle repeats again as the seasons return. Also managed to get in a visit to the Gold Coast Turf Club stables so that the wife could meet her latest purchase, which is an unnamed filly by Wandjina out of Meringue. If you read this and think you have a suitable name for the filly, I'm all ears.
We are fortunate here in Queensland at the moment that we can move about anywhere throughout the State, which is not the case in other States and Territories. Only requirement is that you wear a mask.
As a result of my trip I have had fewer bets this week which is probably a good thing as the results haven't yet reached an acceptable level, so a short break is not a bad thing. To date I have had 31 bets so far this week with 10 winners, 1 second, and 3 thirds. Good result so more than happy with that.
Racing for the venues below commences at Randwick at 11.20am on Saturday AEST, which should be 2.20am London time, and the lucky last will be at Belmont at 7.00pm AEST, which should be 10.00am London time.
Best wishes for a profitable day.! Results will be updated am Sunday as I'm off shortly to the Gabba for a footy (AFL) match!!


EAGLE FARM:
R1 no 5 Champagne Aunty Won
R4 no 2 Rock Amore 2nd
R6 no 1 Release The Beans Won $2.50
R7 no 9 Adelase 2nd
R8 no 11 So Clever 3rd


MOONEE VALLEY:
R1 no 4 Decent Raine...Late mail suggests no 3 Star Spirit has a good chance here
R3 no 4 Front Page
R6 no 1 Jigsaw.. 2nd..no 4 Hilal is the late mail
R8 no 9 Miss Albania 3rd

RANDWICK:
R1 no 17 Battleground
R2 no 7 Red Santa
R3 no 4 Arctic Thunder....Rough chance to Enduring Night at $15
R4 no 11 Love Planet 2nd
R6 no 1 Four Moves Ahead 3rd


BELMONT:
R1 no 2 The Front Bar 3rd
R2 no 1 Wilchino Won
R4 no 10 Sugar Cain e/w Won $8
R6 no 4 True Attraction Won $10
R7 no 6 Miss Vasari
R9 no 3 Notorious One Won $2.20


LAY BETS:
MR1 no 9 Zouzarella Won. Lay Bet Lost
MR5 no 1 Smokin Romans Won. Lay Bet Lost
SR8 no 12 Verry Elleegant Ran 2nd. Lay Bet Won

LATE LATE MAIL:
SR3 no 3 Foxborough e/w @ $9 2nd @ $13
SR7 no 3 Icebath e/w @ $14 3rd @ $16
SR10 no 12 Atishu Won $6.50
MR4 no 9 Petruchio

Cheers 'n' Beers

[Charles49]

This Queensland winter has been one of the coldest that I can ever recall. And its had an adverse affect on horse racing along Australia's eastern seaboard with a host of rough results, ensuring that favourites have failed to salute anywhere close to time honoured percentages. Of course wet, cold and windy tracks are part of our winter scene here, however the issues that Covid-19 present with lockdowns, travel restrictions, mask wearing and maintaining safe distances have all contributed in a way to ensuring that this winter will be remembered for all of the wrong reasons. Hopefully the arrival of summer will ensure that our winter memories fade away and we can once again enjoy the lifestyle that Australia had prior to Covid.
We are not alone in the disturbances to normality that Covid has foisted upon us and our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the worlds population that is adversely affected with the hope that this plaque will swiftly vanish and we can back to normality, which means a beer in the pub with mates, and bets on anything that takes our fancy. I hope things are rapidly improving for everyone in the UK and you are getting back to some form of normality.
Enough of the rant so back to business. Last week's post was not profitable and neither was my personal equine expenditure. From the 55 bets this week, only 11 have won, 3 ran second, 10 finished third and God only knows where the rest ran!!. Best winner paid just $7.50,next best, $5.50 for the win, so its been slim pickings.
I'm pleased to report that some quality racing will return to Caulfield this Saturday and I'm keen to get stuck into a few. I'll post the early selections on Friday and these will be followed by updates as the tips and scratchings arrive. The last update will be the Late Late Mail which will be done about 2 hours prior to the first event.
Racing for the venues below will commence with Kembla Grange (yes we heading to the sticks this time around in order to give the Randwick track a rest!) which commences at 11.15am AEST, which translated is 2.15am London Time, and the lucky last will be run at Belmont at 18.55pm AEST which should be around 9.55am London Time. Belmont and Ascot results over the years have been above average, so if you fancy a bet on any of these selections then you could do a lot worse then following just these selections. And of course being the last to go they do fit nicely into your awake time slot.
Good luck with your investments!

CAULFIELD:
R1 no 2 Barbie' Fox 3rd
R2 no 5 No Effort 3rd
R5 no 11 Elephant Won $4.40
R6 no 5 Generation 3rd
R7 no 7 Gimmie Par Won $3.75
R9 no 7 La Mexicana.. 4th.plenty of tips for this around. Expected to run well.

KEMBLA GRANGE:
R2 no 2 All Time Legend
R3 no 3 Ziegfeld
R6 no 11 Crystal Pegasus Won $8
R9 no 3 Hastobegood

EAGLE FARM:
R1 no 3 Secret Tales
R2 no 1 Legal Espirit Won $3
R4 no 3 Profit 3rd
R8 no 8 Weboughtazou
R9 no 2 Ulysses

BELMONT:
R2 no 5 Zaratite Won
R3 no 1 Speedy Miss 3rd
R4 no 3 Nobel Laurence
R5 no 2 Olga Luisa....no5 Strathmore Rose is the late mail Won $2.30
R6 no 5 Picture Perfect 2nd
R8 no 1 Indian Pacific 3rd
R9 no 1 Aberdeen Queen


LAY BETS:
MR1 no 5 So You Assume Won $3. Lay Bet Lost.
MR8 no 2 Streets of Avalon Started Fav. Ran unplaced. Lay Bet Won

LATE LATE MAIL:
Kembla Grange R1 no 7 Perfect Pitch eachway @ 33/1
Caulfield: Race 8 no 6 Red Can Man @ $5 3rd
Caulfield: Race 3 no 8 Diamonds In The Sky eachway @ $9 4th
Caulfield: Race 5 no 2 Midships eachway @33/1

Cheers 'n' Beers

[Charles49]

Getting in early this week, not because I'm keen and eager, more because Queensland is in a week long lockdown and I'm bloody bored sitting at home. Of course relief has been afforded via the Olympic Games from Tokyo in Japan, which just happens to be my favourite country. I just love the people and their honesty, and of course I really like those fast trains. I keep finding excuses whilst I'm there to hop on board the Shinkansen and experience what its like to reach speeds around 300klm per hour. I usually go to Kyoto simply because its easy to get around and a very easy city to like. Like the fast train, the food and beer are first class.
As I write this Australia has 14 Gold medals and Great Britain has 13. Traditionally Australia does poorly in the last part of the Olympics because our favorite events like swimming, swimming and swimming are all finished!! So come on guys, you need to find at least three medals to pass us as I know we will win another one today in the 470's sailing event. Bragging rights are at stake here!! Update: Medal tally for Gold is now all square at 15 Aust and 15 GB.!! Update
no 2: Just two days of comp to go and Gold Medal tally is Australia 17 and Great Britain 16. Its going down to the wire.!! Update no 3. Great work guys. The gee up must have worked because its now Great Britain 18 and Australia 17. Now if we had only won the women's beach volleyball....men's hockey...buggar!! Update no 4 Final score Great Britain 20 Gold Aust 17. Well done guys that puts you 4th in the world.!.
Has anyone noticed India's gold medal tally? In case you haven't its nil..zero..nought...zilch !!. I looked back for the past decade and they have only won one Gold Medal in the past decade. Why?
Its that time of the year here where our best horses are resting at home and simply relaxing knowing that ahead lies the major Cup events where many anxious owners, trainers and punters anticipate bulging wallets. Currently that leaves the second raters running around and that is why so many longshots are presently saluting. I don't mind that as long as I'm on a couple, but the last week has been pretty ordinary and my punting Bank has retreated. My punting endeavors to date this week from last Saturday has resulted in 53 bets for 6 winners, 10 seconds and 8 thirds and too many that just missed a place. I'll update these as Saturday descends but suffice to say with the best winner paying $15 and the next best just $5.50, my tin tank has a few dents in it!!
Saturdays racing for the venues below commence with Randwick at 11.15am AEST, which converts to 2.15am London time according to my converter, whilst the last race will be run at Belmont at 18.50pm AEST, which should be 9.50am London time.
The Olympic Games have provided us Queenslanders with some good healthy competitive viewing during this lockdown period, however the word is that our lockdown will be extended because this Delta variant that is out there is now infecting lower age groups than its predecessor. (Number of Queenslanders that have been fully vaccinated are just under 20%.) That's not good news for those who have mental health issues and Yes I don't exclude myself here because anyone that writes these weekly reports continuously since 2009 must be mental and a prime candidate for the loony bin.!!
Enough of the self flagellation lets get on with picking some winners for you for Saturday. Hopefully the Late Late Mail will spring back into the profitable sector this week as it failed last week.
I do hope that you are all coping okay with these unique conditions and staying both safe and well.
Here are the early fields and these will be updated with selections and amended where necessary as we approach the start time of the first race. The Late Late Mail will be the last update and that will take place on Saturday around 1.00am London time.

This new format is causing some issues such as throwing up a 504 error when I tried to update. Anyone know why I received a 504 error message. Perhaps a server error??

RANDWICK:
R1 no 9 Lakespur Run
R2 no 1 Harpo Marx Won $2.65
R4 no 9 Love Planet 3rd
R7 no 7 Fasika 3rd
R8 no 3 Remarque 3rd

FLEMINGTON:
R1 no 3 Schabau Won $4.20
R2 no 3 Sunfall Won $5.50
R3 no 4 Lombardo
R4 no 7 Lindhout
R5 no 2 Oxley Road 2nd
R7 no 7 Hosier Won
R8 no 6 Great Again
R9 no 12 Coolth

DOOMBEN:
R1 no 3 Hamlet Von Snitzel
R3 no 1 Contemptuous 2nd
R4 no 6 Magic Conqueror
R5 no 2 Wham 2nd
R6 no 14 Mary Valley... 3rd.No 3 Dis Dah Wun 2nd has strong support
R7 no 11 So Clever 2nd
R8 no 5 Shooting For Gold ...Won $2 ....topical tip!!
R9 no 13 Really Discreet

BELMONT:
R1 no 9 Star Present
R3 no 4 Wilchino Won $2.60
R4 no 1 Aberdeen Queen 4th
R5 no 4 Dia De La Raza
R6 no 3 Notorious One Won $3.70
R7 no 2 Kaptain Kaos Won $6
R8 no 3 Too Close The Sun 3rd
R9 no 3 Aragain


LAY BETS:
MR1 no 4 South Pacific Started 2nd Fav. Ran unplaced. Lay Bet Won
MR3 no 1 Overkill Ran unplaced. Lay Bet Won


LATE LATE MAIL:
MR 2 no 8 Star Spirit 2nd
MR3 no 10 Ashford Street 4th
MR6 no 4 Mosh Music E/w @33/1 Have a saver on no 1 Red Can Man 3rd
SR 4 no 10 Enduring Night E/w @25/1
MR8 no 10 Secret Blaze E/w @33/1. ...4th Take a saver bet on No 15 Irish Songs @66/1


Cheers 'n' Beers

[Charles49]

This week a friend had a runner at Doomben Racecourse, which is a major racecourse in the heart of Brisbane and adjacent to our other major course at Eagle Farm, so I decided to pack the wife into the car and head there to see how his horse fared.. I rang the course number before I left to enquire about gate entry number and carparking arrangements and they told me to go Gate 2, entry was free, car parking in the infield was also free, and they were expecting a crowd of around 100 to 150 patrons so have a nice day. Sorry did you say 150 max? Oh yes she replied...its a work day so we don't get too many along. Now Doomben course occupies about 20 hectacres of land in the Brisbane near city area so its pretty valuable development land and to have only 125 (which was my head count!) along is a sad indictment of how racing has moved from people attending events to people staying at home and watching it on TV. The facilities there are dated, and I suspect its only a matter of time before the State Government decide that having two racecourses in prime positions is a waste of taxpayers monies and one will surely go, and on what I've seen Doomben is odds on. The only saving grace is that Eagle Farm continues to have a problem with the grass track and it looks like the turf will have to come up and be replaced for the third time. Costly exercise, however needs to be done as trainers are avoiding Eagle Farm as they don't want the track to injure their contenders. If you have an interest in grass( or should I say turf),to avoid confusion, then the type of turf at Eagle Farm is Grand Prix couch, which apparently hibernates when it doesn't get its required 6-7 hours of sunlight a day. At least one trainer has said "Its rubbish" and he wouldn't even put it in his backyard at home!!
FOOTNOTE:. I've since been told that one of our northern racing venues in Townsville has the same grass and they have reported that it takes some 5 years for the grass to bed down and grow into the consistency required for quality horse racing.
On a personal note I have had 53 bets to date this week resulting in 9 winners, 7 seconds, 10 thirds and the rest failed to salute. Best winner paid $9.50 and the best place divvy was $3.80. No harm done to the Bank so its onwards and upwards.
The Olympic Games are progressing well in Tokyo despite the absence of crowds, and the presence of Covid-19. Nice to see Australia has 6 Gold medals to date, one ahead of Great Britain, so guys you need to lift your efforts as you don't want us Aussies having bragging rights!!!
This Saturday racing begins for the venues below with Randwick at 11.20am AEST, which is 2.20am London time and the lucky last will be run and won at Belmont at 19.10, AEST which is I think 10.10am London time.
Hopefully this new format will allow me to add and delete as the scratchings and late mail are known so fingers crossed we will complete this exercise unscathed. Here are the venues for Saturday's racing, and as usual there will be updates as we go along and I'll be able to still post the Late Late Mail which is progressing well at this stage.
Hope your day is a good one.

MOONEE VALLEY:
R1 no 1 Jigsaw 3rd
R3 no 3 No Effort 2nd
R5 no 1 I'm Thunderstruck Won $2.30
R6 no 10 White Hibuscus
R7 no 5 Smokin Romans Won $2.70
R8 no 4 Red Santa 2nd


RANDWICK:
R1 no 9 Skedaddle is fancied
R2 no 2 Mr Hussill 3rd
R3 no 4 Bring The Ransom
R10 no 1 Kordia

EAGLE FARM:
R1 no 4 Baanone 4th
R4 no 1 Alpine Edge Won $3
R7 no 8 Vinco e/w.
R8 no 6 Matowi
R9 no 1 Eloquently Won $2.80

BELMONT:
R1 no 3 Zaratite 2nd
R2 no 2 Bedouin Belle 3rd
R4 no 3 The Spruiker Won $3.80
R6 no 6 Strathmore Rose 2nd
R8 no 6 Sketta 4th
R9 no 1 Ginger Baker 2nd

LAY BETS:
MR2 no 2 Frost Flowers Ran unplaced. Lay Bet Won

LATE LATE MAIL: (see below)

MORPHETVILLE: R9 no 8 Halcyon Dame
BR 8 no 5 Dissolution e/w @ $22
BR3 no 11 Lashoni ...each way at $4
MR 6 no 13 Silver Lake e/w @ 20/1

Cheers 'n Beers

[Charles49]

This new format is frustrating. Finding it hard to navigate to last post when I log in. Must be an easier route then what I'm experiencing. Appreciate any suggestions.

[Charles49]

Not sure how we'll go with this new format but here goes this weeks report and fingers crossed it will succeed.

[Charles49]

Firstly thanks to the regulars in Bog and Filthy Muck who leave their "Thanks" under these posts. Its very much appreciated.
Well this weekend brings us the running of the time honoured Bletchingly Stakes, which is a Group 3 race run over 1200m at Caulfield. Last years winner Viridine is in the final field and must be a chance, although not too many have accomplished winning this race twice since its inception in 1994.
An old mate of mine won it the year before with Scales of Justice, which was trained by Lindsey Smith, and unfortunately died suddenly of a heart attack after a workout on a Victorian beach.
This weeks personal punting has been a rollercoaster with a couple of good profitable days offset by almost equally poor results. Frustratingly there were 9 that ran a close fourth and that took the gloss off what could have been a reasonable week. Results to date are 50 bets for 10 winners, 8 seconds, just 4 thirds and 28 failed to finish in the top three. Best winner paid $14.
Nice to see the Late Late Mail produce some more positive results. Dr Drill looked the winner at $17 but it failed to find the line first, and was beaten into second place. However Kalkarni Royale, which was backed into shorter odds, duly saluted, and that was the shining light for what was otherwise an ordinary day, where a number of short priced elects failed to salute. Lets continue on with this segment as it looks promising having found 4 winners from the 9 selections to date, and two of those were at double figure odds.
Racing for the fields below commences at Rosehill this Saturday at Rosehill at 11.15am AEST, which converts to 2.15am London tine. The final race will be run and won at Belmont at 7.00pm AEST, which should be 10.00am London time.
Hope you all enjoyed the "Freedom Day" and are staying safe and well. Lockdowns continue in Oz for half of the country except for Queensland. And talking of Queensland the 2032 Olympics will now be held in Brisbane, and that will produce a flurry of activity here with upgraded stadiums, road and rail improvements and an army of visitors.
Here are the early fields, and the selections will commence to be infilled early tomorrow, and then on Saturday morning the scratchings will be deleted, whilst the late mail will go up, followed a couple of hours later by the Late Late Mail. Hope that makes sense.!
Trust your day is a good one.

ROSEHILL:
R1 no 6 Military Expert 4th
R10 no 13 Irish Songs is a rough hope @ $26

CAULFIELD:
R2 no 1 Great Again 3rd
R3 no 1 Sunfall 3rd
R4 no 1 La Mexicana..2nd..no 6 Miss Albania 3rd is the late mail.
R6 no 3 Murrumbidgee River
R7 no 2 The Big Easy
R8 no 5 Red Can Man
R9 no 6 Zesty Belle

DOOMBEN:
R1 no 1 Hinged Won $2
R2 no 1 He Runs Away
R3 no 3 Tamilaide 2nd
R4 no 1 Mishani Miss
R5 no 13 The Catch
R6 no 5 Snow Valley....good each way tip around for this @$26
R7 no 4 Indispensible 2nd
R8 no 4 Hard Labour


BELMONT:
R2 no 1 Ohbeeh 2nd
R3 no 4 Special View
R4 no 2 Zaratite 2nd
R5 no 6 Dunbar 3rd
R6 no 1 Sentimental Queen 3rd
R7 no 1 Notorious One 3rd
R8 no 3 Neroido


LAY BETS:
BR6 no 17 So Clever Ran 2nd. Lay Bet Won
SR10 no 14 Chat Scr

Cheers 'n' Beers.

LATE LATE MAIL:
MORPH R8 no 7 Halcyon Dame @ $9 Scr. (meeting abandoned)
BR8 no 5 Really Discreet @ $5 Won $3
MR8 no 7 Isuarian @ $7.50 DH 3rd

[Charles49]

Well its been a good week for us Queenslanders. Firstly we are not in lockdowns or border shutdowns at the moment unlike other parts of Australia. I suspect though that as NSW gets worse numbers then our border with NSW will be closed. Secondly our little tigress from Ipswich in Ash Barty won the ladies Wimbledon title, which is the first in 41 years that an Aussie has prevailed here. Then to add to the good news our Queenslanders beat the NSW Blues in yet another epic rugby league match that went down to the wire.
And on the racing side the results from the Late Late Mail were exceptional with 3 winners at $9, $12 and $5 plus the early late mail in Red Santa which won at $2.30. Lets hope this week repeats, although it has been raining in most parts of the eastern seaboard, so that wont make the task of finding winners any easier.
Of course Covid continues to dominate the news here with part of New South Wales and all of Victoria now in lockdown. That brings out the now commonplace restrictions on moving between States and Territories so travel within Australia is truly hit and miss with the reward if you miss, a 2 week stay in isolation in a hotel at a cost of around five grand..
Saw a funny notice yesterday.....it read...."So...you've been eating hotdogs and McChickens all your life, but don't want the vaccine, because, "you don't know what's in it.??? " And there was another one that said...."For those weddings cancelled due to Covid-19. God is giving you a second chance to think about it.!!"... I did like one that was unrelated to covid that read......Exercise makes you look better naked. So does wine. Your choice!!
On a personal note I have had 49 bets this week to date with 11 winners, 9 seconds and 4 thirds with the remaining unplaced. Best winner was Red Can Man which paid $12.
Racing on Saturday for the fields below will commence with the first race at Rosehill at 11.05am AEST which converts to 2.05 am London time. The last race will be held at Belmont at 19.00 AEST, which converts to 10.00am London time.
Here are the venues and these will have the early selections added to them shortly along with the lay bets and then follows scratchings and the late mail followed by the Late Late Mail which will be posted some 2 hours prior to the first race.
Hope you are all coping as best you can, given the circumstances, and you are finding sufficient winners to keep your Bank Manager happy.
Best wishes for a successful day on the punt.

FLEMINGTON:
R1 no 4 Mamool is the late mail
R2 no 9 Tuvalu 2nd
R3 no 7 Lindhout 3rd
R4 no 11 Vegas Knight
R5 no 10 Zorro's Dream 3rd
R8 no 3 South Pacific
R9 no 1 Foxy Frida

RANDWICK:
R1 no 6 Honey Creeper
R2 no 1 Safe Landing is considered an each way chance at 33/1
R9 no 13 Eight Diamonds....no 1 Expat is the late mail.

EAGLE FARM:
R2 no 2 Shooting For Gold Won
R4 no 6 EF Troop 3rd
R5 no 3 Titled Tycoon 3rd
R6 no 6 So Dapper
R8 no 7 Shanjomi....no 1 Triple Ace 2nd is the late mail


BELMONT:
R1 no 1 Storm Commander
R3 no 6 Material Witness
R5 no 2 Tena Koutou
R9 no 2 The Spruiker Won $3.20

LAY BETS:
MR5 no 13 Lowanna Magic Ran Unplaced. Lay Bet Won
MR7 no 10 Dirty Thoughts Ran 3rd. Lay Bet Won


LATE LATE MAIL:
MR4 no 1 Dr Drill e/w. @ 14/1 2nd@ 17/1
MR 7 no 9 Kalkarni Royale @ 12/1 Won $10
SR9 no 6 Helga e/w @ 33/1


Cheers 'n' Beers

[Charles49]

Well congratulations to the long suffering English soccer fans for your teams inclusion in the World Cup final. Mind you I have a few Italian mates around here who also feel elated that their disappointment in previous Euro games has now been wiped from the slate and they are quietly confident of a win. Of course Italians here are never quietly anything when it comes to soccer as its a form of religion to them and on the surface seems more important then pizza and the Vatican. Hopefully it will be a great final and your team will prevail.
And congratulations also to Australian Ash Barty who won her game against Angelique Kerber to get a slot in the Wimbledon Ladies Grand Final. That's the first time for 41 years that we have had an aussie female in the final at Wimbledon.
I know we had a finalist in the Mens at Wimbledon in 2001 because the wife and I were there to watch Pat Rafter get beaten by Goran Ivanisevic. So was half the Australian Test cricket team and Jack Nicolson. It was played on a Monday so that's why the 10,000 seats at the time weren't all occupied by members. Best wishes to Ash in her final and I hope she goes one better than Rafter did.
On a personal note this week I have had 53 bets to date and the results have not been favourable due to a distinct lack of winners. From the 53 bets just 8 winners emerged and none of them reached double figure odds. Three were beaten in photo's that were a bees dick short, however that doesn't count for anything as far as the Bank is concerned. For the record the 53 bets resulted in 8 wins, 11 seconds and 7 thirds and the rest failed to bother the judge.
Racing in Oz this Saturday returns to the normal city venues which hopefully will make the task easier. Rain is forecast for Doomben so I will be hunting for mudlarks!
I will keep up with the Very Late Mail segment in order to give it a fair go as this source has produced some good long shot results in the past.
On Saturday the first race for the fields below will be at Randwick at 11.00am AEST, which converts to 2.00am London Time, and the last race as usual will be at Belmont in Perth Western Australia at 18.55pm AEST which I think is around 9.55am London time. Belmont has an eleven race program so it will be a busy day for the Club.
Glad to hear that England is opening up after lockdown restrictions which were a real pain in the rectum. Australia by comparison, has only a couple of handfuls of Covid cases, however our trigger happy State Premiers have hit the panic button repeatedly and this time New South Wales metro area is in an extended lockdown, which is expected to be extended today by a further week.
And Yes its was painful to have had to cancel the long awaited trip into Arnhem Land, particularly after having had to go thru so many hoops to get permits, but that's life, so whilst I will grin and bear it, I am sad that it didn't happen.
Lets hope we can find some nice winners on Saturday so we have something to cheer about.
Here are the early selections and race fields which will be updated when the early late mail arrives and the late late mail will also be included.
Good luck and may your day be a winning one.

RANDWICK:
R2 no 1 Kobe Rocks 2nd
R3 no 19 Cavalier Charles Scr
R5 no 3 Harpo Marx Won $2.50
R7 no 13 Bazooka 3rd
R8 no 6 Rubisaki


CAULFIELD:
R1 no 2 Zapateo 2nd
R3 no 10 La Vina
R4 no 10 Sugartown 3rd
R6 no 1 Namakwa. Scr...no 7 Red Santa Won $2.30 is the late mail
R7 no 9 Chief Altony
R8 no 10 Malkovich 2nd


DOOMBEN:
R1 no 1 Hinged Won $2.90
R3 no 6 Able Mabel
R5 no 5 Good Chat
R7 no 1 Axe 2nd
R9 no 7 Kingston's Here 3rd

BELMONT:
R4 no 3 Zaratite 2nd
R7 no 1 Vain Tempest
R8 no 7 Miss Contiki
R9 no 10 Mosseratti Scr
R10 no 11 Sentimental Hero Won $3
R11 no 8 Special Choice

LAY BETS:
MR2 no 4 Deep Speed Won $2.60. Lay Bet Lost
MR8 no 10 Malkovich Started $2.50 Fav. Ran 2nd. Lay Bet Won

LATE LATE MAIL:
SR6 no 3 Hulk
BR9 no 4 Starosa Won $9
MR8 no 6 Red Can Man Won $12
SR3 no 16 Furphy
SR9 no 11 Zakat Abnd.
BR2 no 1 Tavion Prince Won $5


Cheers ' n' Beers

[Charles49]

Thanks Bog. It will be interesting to see what the Judge's ruling is in this matter. Cant really see how PP can dodge this one particularly as they off set some of their potential losses so that indicates IMHO that they were fully aware of their liability. Appreciate your efforts and look forward to hearing final outcomes.

[Bog]

Hi Charles. I'm sorry to hear that your trip was postponed. Congrats on your results from last week. Very good odds

This is the story about the £26,000 bet?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gambler-who-won-286k-betting-24441782

https://www.racingpost.com/news/high-court-urged-to-award-286000-to-punter-in-paddy-power-disputed-wager-case/498324

If the bet hadn't been a winner, they would still have said it was a mistake? We all know the answer to that....

[Charles49]

Well so much for the long awaited trip into the Never Never. Of course just hours before the wife and I were to board our Qantas flight to Darwin good old covid struck the State of Queensland and we are now in day two of a three day lockdown here in Brisbane. (Lockdown has now been extended for 24 hours so there goes my freedom for another day!!) But the story is worse for our friends from here whom we had arranged to meet up in Darwin. They went a few days earlier and headed off for a quick trip to Kakadu and of course Murphy's Law came into play and they are now squatting at a campsite at Katherine (three hour drive from Darwin)unable to move and twiddling their thumbs wondering what to do next. The problem is that if they try and return to Queensland from Darwin then they will be forced into quarantine for 14 days which will cost them AUD $5,000 and a fortnight doing nothing more than watching television.
To add salt to injury we have now learnt that only around 60% of hospital employees here have been fully or partially vaccinated after a hospital receptionist went down with Covid and of course everyone asked Why?
The whole shebang is utter nonsense and I say that because our national death toll from Covid here in the past six months has been just 1. Yep one solitary person. That compares with around 1000 plus who have died from car accidents, 11,000 from cancer, 3000 from dementia and yet here we are panicking with border lockdowns and quarantine because a handful of persons have Covid. Just doesn't make any sense to me and I think its high noon for our Prime Minister to step up to the plate and call a halt to this absolute charade.
So not a happy Vegimite and no prizes for guessing I personally hate lockdowns.
On a brighter note my punting has taken a welcome upside in the past week with 45 bets so far resulting in 11 winners, 5 seconds, 5 thirds and the rest unplaced. Best winner paid $37.40 (bless its little heart!), whilst one other paid $17.40, one paid $15, another $9 and one paid $8, and the rest were smaller numbers. At least that was a ray of sunshine that emerged from the covid mist that surrounds us here and of course its small compensation for the loss of my much loved travel plans to the wilds of the Northern Territory.
Tomorrow I will update with Saturdays racing and then shortly afterwards with the tips and selections where the city venues have been ignored in South Australia and Queensland and their meetings have been shunted off to Murray Bridge and the Sunshine Coast. This week I will introduce a Late Mail category which will be for late tips that I receive from a reasonably reliable source and these generally arrive about two hours prior to the first race. Hopefully it will provide some longshot results which is a variation to the generally short priced selections that I usually post.
First race for the Saturday fields below will be run and won at Rosehill where the races commence at 11.00am AEST, which I think converts to 2.00am London Time. The last will be run and won at Belmont at 18.40 AEST, which converts to 9.40am London time.
I trust your week has not been as frustrating as mine and you are enjoying some of the freedoms that our forefathers fought for. Good luck on the punt and stay safe.
There is an interesting article here about Irish Bookmakers Paddy Power accepting a bet for 13000 pounds each way on a horse called Redemptive which won at $16/1 and then claiming the punter only wanted 1300 pounds each way on it after it duly saluted. Interesting to see how that one plays out.!! Please post your thoughts on here if you want to expand on this story.

FLEMINGTON:
R1 no 1 Mennea
R2 no 1 Rathlin....no 2 Reliable Dude 3rd is the late fancy
R3 no 2 Grand Promenade Won $2
R4 no 1 Royalzel Won $4
R5 no 1 Aidensfield.. 3rd..no 2 Star of Uma is the late mail
R6 no 2 Dice Roll
R7 no 4 Unique Artist
R8 no 5 The Astrologist Won $4.60

ROSEHILL:
R4 no 4 Fastconi 2nd
R5 no 9 Our Bellagio Miss Won $4.50
R8 no 14 Mollycoddle
R9 no 13 Wicklow 3rd
R10 no 8 Expat Won $3.30

BELMONT:
R3 no 5 Dunbar
R4 no 3 Amasenus Won $5
R5 no 1 Timely Outburst 3rd
R7 no 1 Sheza Chalmer 2nd
R8 no 4 Tradem'In...late mail is no 3 Crescent City 2nd
R9 no 2 I'm Pretty

SUNSHINE COAST: Meeting Abandoned
R2 no 11 East Asia
R3 no 2 You'll be Mist
R6 no 9 Tamilade
R7 no 4 Stockman
R9 no 8 L'Cosmo

LAY BETS:
SC R8 no 8 King of Hastings ABND
SC R6 no 1 Tumbler Ridge ABND

LATE MAIL:
Rosehill. R3 no 13 Poulton Le Sands @ 15/1
Flemington R8 no 12 Irish Songs @33/1
Flemington: R9 no 10 Galgani @ 4/1 2nd @ 6/1

Cheers 'n' Beer

[Charles49]

Well the time has arrived for the wife and I to pack our bags and head off to the Northern Territory. First stop will be the city of Darwin where multiculturism is practiced at its finest. Darwin is a melting pot for many time travellers that have simply lobbed on its doorstep, liked the place and its slow and easy going casual lifestyle and then have contributed to its diversity of lifestyles by putting their roots down in what is a unique place to live. Unlike the bulk of Australia, Darwin has just two seasons, and they are called the Wet and the Dry. That's because the months of November through to April are the months when it rains and the remaining period is when it doesn't.
Having an unusual climate and being in a remote part of the Continent means that some of the populace go a bit nutty, or as the locals prefer they go troppo. That just adds to the fun and provides a reason for a get together to enjoy a beer, which Territorians do better than anywhere else in Australia.
Having lived in Darwin for a few years, and in Gove for some 5 years, I'm looking forward to renewing acquaintances and meeting new friends. The trip will be a long road drive from Darwin to Katherine and then across to Nhulunbuy (Gove) in Arnhem Land. Until recently one could only do the trip by flying from Darwin to Gove airport, however the NT Government have now (almost) completed a road from Katherine to Nhulunbuy to service the expanding townships, aboriginal communities and mining ventures. I say almost as part of the new road is sealed and the balance is good old red coloured bulldust. Word is that the road has just been graded so hopefully it will be in a good condition when we arrive. Distance from Darwin to Gove is 1055 klms so the round trip will be some 2100 klms. It has taken us a little time to get all of the permits required as we pass through and end up in areas that are under the stewardship of Aboringinal communities.
That means there will be no further newsletters until I return in around 3 weeks and if none appear for more than a month then it means that I have either perished or have had to go into quarantine because of this rotten covid business.
Its been a funny week on the punt. Of the 30 bets to date, I have managed just 5 winners, 2 seconds, 5 thirds and the rest unplaced. The good news is that one of the winners paid $13 and another $9 so that softened the blow and whilst I did manage to lose it certainly wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Hopefully the week will finish on a high note.!!
The fields for Saturday look good, particularly in Brisbane where there are some excellent Group races.
The first race for the selections below will kick off at Randwick at 11.35am AEST or 2.35 am London time, and the final race will be run and won at Belmont at 18.55pm. AEST which converts to 9.55 am Saturday, London time.
Good luck with your investments and may you stay safe and well during my sojourn.
Here are the venues and early selections which will be added to amended etc etc when the scratchings and late mail arrive.
The races at Randwick have now been transferred to Rosehill as a result of the lockdowns that are around the city of Sydney. This means that patrons will have access to the racecourse; something that wouldn't have occurred if they had remained at Randwick, due to the proximity of the racecourse to the covid lockdown areas.
Todays late mail has arrived in parts. The first has been included below, the balance will be added shortly.


EAGLE FARM:
R1 no 3 Tutukaka Won
R2 no 1 Redoute's Image Won $2.40
R3 no 1 Mass Destruction 3rd ....No 5 Kingston's Here 2nd is the late mail
R6 no 4 Incentivise Won
R8 no 7 Brooklyn Hustle (12/1) is the very late mail. Fav Tofane no 1 Won $4.00 given good chance.

CAULFIELD:
R1 no 2 Jigsaw Won
R2 no 3 Bubbly Lass.. 2nd..no 6 Veranskova is the late mail
R3 no 1 Malkovich Won $3.50
R5 no 6 I'm Thunderstruck 3rd
R9 no 14 The Gauch... specking for no 8 Irish Songs

ROSEHILL:
R5 no 3 Wairere Falls
R7 no 10 Great House 3rd


BELMONT:
R3 no 2 Aberdeen Queen 4th
R4 no 7 Secret Plan 3rd
R5 no 4 Miss Conteki 2nd
R7 no 10 Born to Try Won $5.50
R8 no 9 Leading Girl
R9 no 10 Bright Diamond. 2nd

LAY BETS:
BR8 no 4 Flit Ran unplaced. Lay Bet Won
MR4 no 11 Over The Sky Ran 3rd. Lay Bet Won


Cheers 'n' Beers