RaceCafe..#1...Tipsters Thread.... Share Your Fancies For Fun...Lets See Who The Best Tipsters Here Are.

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  1. Good point. If I owned the horse and it couldn’t race for a month or two I would almost certainly consider suing the trainers for loss of income. That might make the trainers and vets sit up and take a bit of notice.
  2. Yes. Friends had a small share in him but it all went wrong.
  3. I see that the majority of races on Saturday [Easter Saturday] at Ellerslie are only $40,000. That seems a bit light to me. Liz
  4. A few of points Nomates that I think influenced the sale. 1] The horse was owned by a single guy who has been in racing a long time so certainly knows the risk verses reward. 2] To survive in racing you need a big return now and again, then you can go again, and $1 million is a decent amount to keep one going in the future. 3] If the horse was owned by a syndicate then my guess is that he would have stayed here. Therefore if you want the good ones to stay here, make sure that the there are a number of owners in the partnership. In fact the more the merrier, say 20 as 50K wont change a lot of lives if they can already afford a racehorse!
  5. I'll take that onboard for the competition. I will probably take Madam Zelda's pick and Traffic Warden, as I think that she uses a crystal ball that is could even be better than my form guide, Race Form.
  6. My horse to come out of the race for the Sires or Champagne Stakes is Traffic Warden, excluding of course Storm Boy. I doubt Lady Camelot will be there as she has nothing more to prove as a two year old, plus she ran in the Blue Diamond. I read this morning that Lady Camelot is the 3rd foal of the dam. The other two are also Sydney 2 year old Group/Stakes Winners. Three for three, amazing when you look at the list of original entries for The Golden Slipper.
  7. I haven’t read the full document as I am using my phone at the moment. However on the very last page there is a map of NZ with all racecourses past and present showing, including those already closed down or to use their words “No longer required” Woodville is marked is one of those tracks. How stupid can they get? Where would they be now without the use of Woodville? P.S. Thanks Peter R S for posting the link. Obviously it did work, even using my phone.
  8. And Joan backed him for our team in the Competition today, not because he ran 2nd in the Derby, but because he’s a full brother to her horse Barzetti
  9. Leggy can you confirm something for me? My trainer is saying that in BM 65 races, if you have a rating of say 67 you can’t actually run in those races if you have won more than one race. Maybe he is correct, because in the BM 65 race (R8) at Tauranga today the No 1 horse Ethereal Star had a rating of 73, but had won only one race! Looking at all BM Races in totality, it appears that BM 65 races have a special rule all to themselves! Can you confirm this? Hopefully with this long ramble I haven’t confused you but to me it doesn’t seem very clear reading what I can find amongst the BM rules and maybe that’s why you were surprised earlier today that in fact there were R65 BM races. Liz
  10. I think that in the not too distant future he will replace the great Tony Lee in the overall standings within this country and no one could do better than that. I am seeing something that none of the others have. Yes, it's just my opinion, and I am sticking to it.
  11. A very high scoring game today. Well done to the teams that broke the magical $2400. It’s damn hard to do. Thanks John for another great day of scoring and oh so quickly.
  12. He real quality in the little bit that I have heard.
  13. There is one showing on Sires Produce Day.
  14. 1. Tauranga R7 11, 14 2. Riccarton R8 1, 7 3. Rosehill R2 4 BB 4. Rosehill R3 5 5. Rosehill R4 6, 8 6. Rosehill R6 2, 4 7. Rosehill R7 1, 16 8. Rosehill R8 1, 13 BB 9. Rosehill R9 1, 10 10. The Valley R4 12, 13 11. The Valley R7 6, 12 12. The Valley R9 4, 13 Thank you John and Scooby Good luck partners, Scooby, Montydrum and Joan. Let's hope that new found form continues.
  15. Actually I agree with your summary. About 20+ years ago I had a good quality little mare who when carrying a low weights under the wide spread range of the time, won a Great Easter Hcp, carrying 50kg, ran 2nd beaten a head in the Stewards Hcp carrying 51kg and 4th in the Railway Hcp carrying 51kg I am certain that with today's compressed weights' she couldn't have done that..