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I'm very keen on New Energy in R6 at Randwick today.  I reckon $4.20 is good money. Import who ran on very well for second in first Sydney start, then ran only 14th in the George Ryder (1500m) but was very strong at and through the line - looking for more distance.  Steps up to 2000m today and had a very quiet trial a week or so ago to top it off for this. Couldn't wish for a better jockey.

1.  Ellerslie R6                            2 2. Ellerslie R7                             2-5 3. Randwick R2                         3 4. Randwick R3                         12           Best Bet 5. Randwick R4                         1-5 6.  Randwick R5                        7             Best Bet 7.  Randwick R6                        6 8. Randwick R7                         2-3 9.  Randwick R8                        9              10. Mornington R6                   4-8 11.  Mornington R8                  2-13 12. Mornington R9                   3-11 Wishing the best of luck today to my highly-accomplished Veandercross stable-mates John, Pondy and Kloppite. Let's hope we can finish this comp off in style, with a  win ! 😊 Good luck to you too today, our very worthy opponents in team Bonecrusher. I hope you find a winner or two somewhere in the 12-race card. 🙂 Many thanks again John and Scooby for this highly entertaining comp these past 14 weeks. It's been brilliant, in particular because it's been so well-run and played in such good spirit.

As can be seen from the latest figures, all regions have now gone negative, particularly the North Island where the Betting Revenue is only 63% of the Stakes paid out. These figures are made worse by the increase in Stakes, curtesy of the increase in funding by Entain, and with no increase in betting resulting from this.  

I thought the track was fantastic considering the rain that they have had , ran 1.09.68 , that is  a great time . Hopefully it holds up for the whole day .

1.  Ellerslie R6:   1,  9 2. Ellerslie R7:   5,  7 3. Randwick R2:   3,  11 4. Randwick R3:   1,  5  BB 5. Randwick R4:   7,  11 6.  Randwick R5:   3,  4 7.  Randwick R6:   6,  13  BB 8. Randwick R7:   3,  7 9.  Randwick R8:   9,  12 10. Mornington R6:   8,  10 11.  Mornington R8:   2,  10 12. Mornington R9:  8,  15 Another tough day.. but here's hoping.  Thanks John and Good Luck to everyone still in the running..

Track looked really good - hopefully it stays consisitent throughout the day.

It seemed ok in the first. 

Hi there 1.  Ellerslie R6:  2,12 2. Ellerslie R7:  5,11 3. Randwick R2:  3,6 4. Randwick R3:  1,3 5. Randwick R4:  1,4 6.  Randwick R5:  7  ..  BB 7.  Randwick R6:  4,12 8. Randwick R7:  2,7 9.  Randwick R8:  9,10 10. Mornington R6:  2,3 11.  Mornington R8:  6  ..  BB 12. Mornington R9:  7,9 Thanks John and Scoobs   and All the best to you Jackaroo!   Cheers to a fun day all!  and Let's go Habits of the Rough! and bring it home!  

It does seem to be a consequence of their desire to move punters online, that it disadvantages older people, who are in fact the mainstay of the industry.

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Cambridge could be more proactive regards on course betting.  The Sports Bar, where there is a large assortment of clientele, have removed the 2 betting nooks at the back of the room and now rely solely on a lovely lady doing her best in the corner of the bar.  I know there is a machine in the room, but its reliability is suspect.  Are the TAB hoping that everyone is going to do online betting on their phone?  We have been a few times recently, I have watched the long line of hopeful punters between races, considered having a bet myself, but decided standing in a line for 10 minutes isn't worth the effort, and yes we do have a tab account, but being on course is a different kettle of fish?   I think they have lost a few dollars?  Our group like everyone to throw a few dollars on the table, there is a VERY complicated picking system of who spends the money, and we just wait and see, this happens all through the night.  Now?  Forget it....

With you on Imprevu.   Also Aftermath and Devastate later on programme. 

1.  Ellerslie R6:  11/12 2. Ellerslie R7:  3/8 3. Randwick R2:  3/4 4. Randwick R3:  3/5 5. Randwick R4:  1/4 (BB) 6.  Randwick R5:  2/7 7.  Randwick R6:  4/12 8. Randwick R7:  3/7 (BB) 9.  Randwick R8:  9/10 10. Mornington R6:  5/8 11.  Mornington R8:  4/7 12. Mornington R9:  3/5 Not confident today as found most races a bit tricky,  Thanks John and Scooby for the competition which may be the best yet. Good luck everyone but especially my Bonecrusher mates

If they are what freequencies around NZ?  

R1.  Ellerslie R6               2, 7 R2. Ellerslie R7                2, 5 R3. Randwick R2             3, 7 R4. Randwick R3             2, 3 R5. Randwick R4             1, 4 R6.  Randwick R5            1, 3 R7.  Randwick R6            12, 13 R8. Randwick R7              7         BEST BET  R9.  Randwick R8             8         BEST BET R10. Mornington R6         8, 9 R11.  Mornington R8        7, 10  R12. Mornington R9         2, 5 Well who knows how today will go. Did my selections 2 days ago but decided this morning I didn't like some of them so much anymore.Only one forced change through a scratching, but changed both of my Best Bets to other races, and put a second runner in with my original solo bets. I don't normally do things like that, prefer to go with my first thought, so hope it doesn't come back to bite me on the butt on the biggest day of all 🤣 The best of luck to my team mates, Foxmerts, Pete and Stoyd in their individual H2H's today, and may TEAM BONECRUSHER DO THE BUSINESS ONE MORE TIME.  Huge thanks to Scooby for the platform to run these comps and the prize funds he outs up, and to SNM for all of his work on scoring. It makes Saturday afternoons compulsory viewing on the small screen more than the big screen actually showing the racing. And most of all everybody; HAVE FUN!!!

I was lucky enough to see him win the St George Stakes at Caulfield back in 2004. Magnificent looking horse, very compact. Being black possibly helped. Did he stamp his progeny with that compact look?

Scratching Replacement : Ohokaman  ( Scratched #3) Randwick R4:   1,12 ..

R8 Blue Sky At Night was one I have been following since the spring.  Was $18 on Wednesday but someones slammed it all the way down to $8.50 this morning. Also dont mind Imprevu in R1 although interesting to note after Wiremu jumped off her on KM night when running 4th, he said she would be better left-handed and up to 1400m.  But shes found herself back at Ellerslie in a 1200m.  Perhaps he didnt relay that feedback back to trainer 🙃

Puketiro looks like crazy overs if you consider the way she won last time.  The $3.30 fave may have been running 3rd to Hawaii Five Oh last year but its coming off a 10 month spell and looks short of its best distance so may be a hit out.    

Might end up being a positive that the rain has been consistently coming down for the last 12 hours or so.   Eliminates the excuse of surface moisture from light drizzle.  Rail in true position so cant use the excuse of the running on a new part of the track either. Suspect there may be more eyeballs on Race 1 than the Easter Handicap.. For the sake of the industry I wish them well