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Definitely clipped a heel….

Cheers SNM. It looks like a day when sadly some of us might lose both runners in a race somewhere. Let's hope late scratchings don't influence the final result in either Grand Final today. But as the old saying goes.....it is what it is.

Yes, and if you had a single selection late scratched you have a single selection on the fave/sub

Possibly right, seemed to be in a spot... An 8 start jockey perhaps lacking raceday experience.. just a very coincidental spot to have in incident

Late scratchings; So if we lose one selection it goes onto the fave? If we already have the fave we go onto the second fave? And if we lose both selections we go onto the fave and the second fave?

I think it might have clipped heels , was in a tight situation . Hoping I'm right .

Oh dear. Right in the hot spot that always seems to have issues

Team Imperitiz did well with the last scratching in the first leg

#2 Miraval Rose a late scratching in the next at Randwick

All still pretty close so far Randwick is a mess

Grand Final - Randwick R2 (1 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 3 Belvedere Boys Nash Rawiller 2.30 1.20 5 Dirty Merchant Chad Schofield 8.10 6 Wal's Angels Tommy Berry 3.00 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 3,5 48.30 Shame about the track at Randwick for grand final day. Our first late scratching in that one. #9 replaced by #3 (the winner) or #4 the second favourite. Even start in both matches.

and Plate picks

It's been a long haul but grand final day has arrived. Below are the picks for the Championship final

Chris,just in case you forgot..... It was never a wet issue it was the track without rain was too hard and horses have been injured and many jarred up on previous days. This is exactly what it was meant to do but they need to fix the hardness on non wet days as the water was going through way to fast from what I was told. Good to see it doing what its meant to in the wet...50% of the job done, now lets hope the hardness issue is fixed too.We need it to be the best, not a white elephant and I really hope they can sort it out to be good on all occasions .

Silence is golden RDV……….. I love it…..

Ellerslie looks great , even winning on the rail , Take a look at Randwick Soft 6, looks like a mud bath

Its doing what its designed to do but it has been the hardness thats been the issue to date previously...not its ability to handle rain...it was running straight through it too quickly before...but hey its good its doing well today...horses dont normally pull up sore and jarred up on rain affected tracks.

Hey Rusty, Funny you mention that. I'm sure #48 would have taken inspiriation from the NZ Pardon My Dust. He is an ex-Kiwi, now Aussie resident, living a fair way north from you. Back in the day as young lads we would frequent most meetings at the Park and quite a few Cambridge meetings too. Even better that you mentioned Jenner, as that was his favourite trotter for sure! I hadn't noticed the pairing today until you posted. A Queensland v Queensland matchup , should be a great contest Good luck. Cheers, Phil

1. Ellerslie R6: 2/12 2. Ellerslie R7: 10/12 3. Randwick R2: 3/4 4. Randwick R3: 3/12 5. Randwick R4: 1 BB 6. Randwick R5: 2 7. Randwick R6: 6 BB 8. Randwick R7: 3/7 9. Randwick R8: 10 10. Mornington R6: 8 11. Mornington R8: 4/7 12. Mornington R9: 5/10 Good luck all

1. Ellerslie R6: 2 2. Ellerslie R7: 8/10 3. Randwick R2: 3/13 4. Randwick R3: 3/5 5. Randwick R4: 1/4 bb 6. Randwick R5: 6/7 7. Randwick R6: 6 bb 8. Randwick R7: 2/7 9. Randwick R8: 9 10. Mornington R6: 8 11. Mornington R8: 4/10 12. Mornington R9: 2/5 Thanks John & Scooby

Buenos Noches one for odds though someone has been backing it 31-18-21/1.

Not sure if this is still going - Trackside Radio AM 1476

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.