Disillusioned

V nice divvy indeed! The scractching was Ruakaka Race5 No 6. Now to be No. 2. I feel for your typing fingers!

Greetings, longshot-lovers! Saynomore, I see one of my nags has been scratched. Sniff, eh? Can you please switch as follows: Ruakaka R 5 - Now 2 Regards - and, as always, thanks to you as the scorer, Scoobs as our host and Kingsbeer as the money-putter-upper!

Will stick to the New Zealand tracks! Ruakaka R 1 - 5 R 2 - 3 R 5 - 6 R 6 - 3 R 7 - 13 R 8 - 3 R 9 = 7 Riccarton R 5 - 6 R 6 - 8 R 7 - 5 R 8 - 10 R 9 - 1

Scoobs, please don't think that the seeming dearth of 'interested' folk is in any way disrespectful to your v. noble subsidising of the various prize pool in Race Cafe comps. I'm a very part-time punter and simply found that the effort, each Saturday, of coming up with (usually non) winners a bit onerous on my time. Now that Spring is about to get Spring I will endeavour to be more keen, ha. And, yes, I'd be a starter for the comp that Black Kirrama suggests ... and especially so if you (Scooby) can find a way to 'nobble' the selections Ted and BK before they start, heh...

Drat! Out-pedanted! Bring your head down a bit closer to my foot for your reward!

'Amatuer Hour At Riccarton' 25% of those words are spelt wrong, Scoobs! I reckon the site proprietor should be docked his Tim Tams for today's Morning Tea! And, speaking as someone who made it all the way to an airport one day without noticing my polo top was on inside out, I try not to be too harsh on dopey errors!

Impossible, Berri... TAB Trackside Presenter: What a race, eh? But now its Race 27 from the Gundagai Dogs...

. Yo all... Race 1 - 8 Race 2 - 10 Race 3 - 4 BB Race 4 - 3 Race 5 - 2 BB Race 6 - 1 BB Race 7 - 5 Race 8 - 8 Race 9 - 1 Race 10 - 2

Indeed, mike. Each to their own, I say, but I find that folk like David Attenborough and his this-might-be-my-last-ever-breath style of pontificating irritates my nipples to such an extent I don't bother tuning in to his lectures, heh. (And what really worries me is that he is already on screen seemingly at least once a day on one of the channels I subscribe to. If and when he kicks the bucket you just know that TV will do its usual let's-play-7623465263426-of-his-shows back-to-back in tribute...).

You surprise me, Berri. You are clearly very well-informed on matters equine and yet you watch, what, 7 or so hours of TV coverage (double that, maybe, if you have two channels on) hoping, presumably, for some glint of wisdom from a TAB staffer to help you with your selections. Me, I turn on the TV as a race is about to run - having already chosen my nag - and couldn't care less what the presenter(s) are on about. Remember, they're there just to encourage a bet out of folk in pubs, TABs, at home. And the fact that they allow themselves FOUR selections in any one race means that

Pukekohe R1 8 Pukekohe R3 2 Trentham R3 1 BB Trentham R7 5 Flemington R1 8 Flemington R4 13 BB Flemington R5 3 Flemington R6 3 Flemington R7 3 Flemington R8 3 Rosehill R2 10 Rosehill R3 2 Rosehill R5 5 Rosehill R6 11 Rosehill R8 15 Let's see if I can stop Espiona as well as CT can! Thanks, as always, to Scooby and to SAynomore...

Ellerslie - Race 4 1 . 4 . 9 Ellerslie - Race 6 1 . 3 . 7 Ellerslie - Race 8 1. 6 . 7 BB Ellerslie - Race 9 6 . 7 . 13 Randwick - Race 2 1 . 2 . 7 BB Randwick - Race 3 1 . 2 . 4 Randwick - Race 5 1 . 2 . 4 Randwick - Race 7 3 . 9 . 10 Randwick - Race 8 1 . 2 . 10 Flemington - Race 4 3 . 5 . 8 Flemington - Race 6 1 . 5 . 6 Flemington - Race 7 2 . 3 . 4

Do clubs not ring - or group email - such trainers and say 'Listen, chap, $60,000 on offer and there are 4 spots available'?

It's 315.7894% more, TM, if I may be pedantic...

I was hoping, saynomore, that you might have made a Captain's Call decision to scrub the balances of those folk who 'won' more than, oh, $1000 last week. There's still time!