chiknsmack

Is that the Kamara/St Leonards cross? If it's truly and properly unique, it's very interesting. (It's still interesting even if not unique.)

I emailed the RIB midweek about this. Haven't heard anything yet.

1. Te Rapa R7 1 2. Te Rapa R8 5 3. Trentham R8 8 4. Caulfield R2 2 5. Caulfield R3 1 6. Caulfield R5 8 7. Caulfield R6 4 8. Caulfield R7 7 9. Caulfield R8 3 10. Caulfield R9 6 11. Randwick R8 5 12. Ascot (Perth) R8 4 Thanks.

1. Te Rapa R8 3,5 2. Caulfield R3 1,10 3. Caulfield R5 7,8 4. Caulfield R6 4 BB 5. Caulfield R7 5,7 6. Caulfield R8 3,11 BB 7. Caulfield R9 2,6 8. Randwick R6 1,9 9. Randwick R7 9 10. Randwick R8 5,14 11. Randwick R9 4,16 12. Randwick R10 2,13 Thanks.

It was one of the banner ads that they scroll through at the top of the page. I think it was mentioned in one of the Everest TV ads, and it was mentioned a couple of times on Trackside on the day. A touch over 479m possible combos, so it's a huge effort (or a whole lot of luck) to nail it in one. Finding the first four or five seems relatively easy in hindsight (it was market order or close to it, excluding Overpass) and so does penning Mazu (50/1 and threw a plate in the week leading up to the race) and Alcohol Free (also 50/1 and not really a sprinter). "A New Zealand punter has won $10 million by accurately predicting the finishing order of 12 horses in The Everest through a TAB promotion. The punter, from Auckland, discovered the competition while betting on the Rugby World Cup and decided to give it a shot. Their selections, made without much thought, turned out to be spot on, with the New Zealand horse “I Wish I Win” finishing second. “I’m absolutely blown away,” said the winner. “I saw the promotion on the TAB site and thought I’d give it a crack. I didn’t put too much thought into my picks and just dropped the runners where I thought it could go. “I honestly could not believe I’d won it. I actually thought it was a hoax when they first rang me – I called the TAB back, and it took quite a lot of convincing before it sank in. “To have pulled it off, winning $10 million in a free-to-play competition, is truly incredible for my family and I.” The Everest had over 479 million possible finish results, making this one truly remarkable feat." (https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/news/australian-racing/nz-punter-wins-10000000-on-the-everest/790623)

1. Hastings R6 7,10 2. Hastings R8 4,11 3. Caulfield R3 4 BB 4. Caulfield R4 2,6 5. Caulfield R8 10 6. Caulfield R9 1,5 7. Randwick R4 3 8. Randwick R5 1,7 9. Randwick R6 2,15 10. Randwick R7 2,6 11. Randwick R8 1 BB 12. Randwick R9 2,3 Thanks.

The first five dams of Poetic Champion are all chestnut, as are the second, third, and fourth damsires. The first damsire is out of a chestnut mare. On the sires side the colour is from Super Seth's second dam Toast of the Coast (chestnut), whose parents are Rory's Jester (chestnut) and Solo Show (bay, but half of her great grandparents were chestnut). From his yearling photo he looks to me like Rory's Jester more than anything, but at that age it's hard to tell.

Tripling down might be the omen.

Six of the past seven local MC winners have run on Turnbull day (five in the Turnbull, one in the Bart Cummings). ------------------ Taupo 3. Cinnamon Girl 4. Fonsi 5. Academy Award 7. Suzuka 9. Massive Prince I also agree with Pete on Mahoe and Ballyane (though I also like Westwood vs the latter). Fields for Saturday come out later today. Hezashocka was 4-wide the trip and well beaten first up, and is going to the Might and Power; he's $26 but won't be starting that price on the day.

1. Flemington R2 2,8 2. Flemington R3 5,10 3. Flemington R4 2,4 4. Flemington R5 4,5 5. Flemington R6 3,6 6. Flemington R7 18 7. Flemington R8 1,3 8. Flemington R9 1,2 9. Rosehill R6 5,13 10. Rosehill R7 6 BB 11. Rosehill R8 1,13 12. Rosehill R9 3,5 BB Thanks.

Eleven races. Two of them one short of max capacity, but four others with six emergencies. A great effort by all concerned to accommodate the obvious demand by owners and trainers to race at Phar Lap.

It's a shame there's already another SI meeting on Sunday; you could take all the horses balloted out from Timaru on Friday and run a whole 'nother meeting. Tuesday's free if the powers that be move quickly enough. There's some extra money in the kitty from the Rotorua abandonment too so it's not a funding issue, and the Friday meeting is mostly low-grade races so you wouldn't be cannibalising Ashburton on the 14th too much.

1. Hastings R5 1,8 2. Hastings R7 2,8 3. Randwick R1 5,9 4. Randwick R2 1,6 5. Randwick R3 5,8 6. Randwick R4 8,13 BB 7. Randwick R5 7 8. Randwick R6 1,3 BB 9. Randwick R7 1,6 10. Randwick R8 6,13 11. Randwick R9 12,13 12. Mornington R6 7,9

Saturdays go up 4pm Wednesday. All the rest go up 4pm the day before. Though maybe it would've been nice if they'd gone up early for a Saturday-quality Friday meeting at Te Rapa.

How's the weather in Cambridge today?

1. Rosehill R2 2,11 2. Rosehill R5 2,8 3. Rosehill R6 3,8 4. Rosehill R7 3,7 5. Rosehill R8 3,13 BB 6. Rosehill R9 5,12 7. Caulfield R2 2 8. Caulfield R5 4,15 9. Caulfield R7 2,3 10. Caulfield R8 5,12 11. Caulfield R9 2,5 12. Caulfield R10 4,16 BB Thanks.

Maps to get back on the inside, though the speed looks good. Fleming should land handier, the query there is it's 10+ weeks since his last run. Seven scratchings, the obvious leader drawn immediately inside to give her a drag across, nearly 400m to the kink in the dogleg from the 1600m chute then similar again to the start of the turn. The draw's no concern for mine and if it was we have the right jockey to figure it out. Best bet of the day. Hopefully you got some of the $10; it's $5.50 now.

Scratching replacements. Randwick R7: was 8, now 1,2 Randwick R9: was 7,8, now 8,14 Thanks.

1. Flemington R1 10,13 2. Flemington R4 3,12 3. Flemington R5 15 4. Flemington R6 3,16 5. Flemington R8 3,7 6. Flemington R9 5,8 BB 7. Randwick R4 8,15 8. Randwick R5 2,16 9. Randwick R6 3,8 10. Randwick R7 8 11. Randwick R8 4,7 BB 12. Randwick R9 7,8 Thanks.

There wouldn't be many two-turn miles in NZ (barring Hokitika and other similarly dinky tracks; Hastings has a one-and-a-half-turn mile), but the idea makes sense. Smaller, turning tracks tend to favour smaller, more nimble horses who generate their speed more from stride frequency than stride length. Conversely, bigger tracks with longer straights favour horses who generate their speed more from stride length. Closers tend to be bigger horses who take longer to get through the gears (both at the start - hence they end up at the back early - and after straightening) so the idea makes sense.

1. Hastings R5 3,4 2. Hastings R7 4 BB 3. Hastings R9 7,9 4. Rosehill R2 10,18 5. Rosehill R5 2,6 6. Rosehill R7 3,5 7. Rosehill R8 2 8. Rosehill R9 4,5 9. The Valley R3 4,8 10. The Valley R6 1,10 11. The Valley R7 7,8 BB 12. The Valley R9 1,11

1. Randwick R4 6,8 2. Randwick R5 4,5 3. Randwick R6 2,5 4. Randwick R7 1,3 5. Randwick R8 1 6. Randwick R9 4,6 7. Caulfield R4 2,11 8. Caulfield R5 3,12 9. Caulfield R6 5,11 10. Caulfield R7 2 BB 11. Caulfield R8 6,7 BB 12. Caulfield R9 3,14

Rosehill R2 closed right on time for me. I'll check on Te Rapa in six minutes but I'm not seeing anything funky.

Working fine for me. "Not changing odds on live sport" sounded like an opportunity to make some easy money, so I'm disappointed.