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

mckenzie

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  1. While Legarto in my opinion put in the best performance by a NZ 3YO this season in the Australian Guineas I'm guessing Sharp N Smart will win champion 3YO because of his overall record for the season. Legarto has already secured NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year. Maybe Prowess gets the middle distance award and Pennyweka the champion stayer award?
  2. Horror watch for Levante fans. I wonder if the new owners will race on with her. The jockey last start said it was a career best effort. She seems to be going as well as ever.
  3. Interesting in hindsight that the 2022 G1 Levin Classic was given a warning by the New Zealand Pattern Committee because the top 4 didn't rate highly enough. The race was won by Imperatriz and I Wish I Win was third.
  4. Getting held up around the turn really killed his momentum and chance of catching the leader. If they had their time over I think they would go forward with the lack of pace in the race and try to tough it out.
  5. Yes I was curious about the future of Trackside too. How will it operate going forward? Will there be improved coverage under this deal for local racing?
  6. Just a shame the spring racing here isn't worth more. Think how good for local racing it would be to have Prowess, Legarto, Sharp N Smart and others at the Hawkes Bay carnival like our top horses used to do when the Livamol/Kelt was worth $1-2 million.
  7. Mo'unga scratched, Campionessa now gets a start!
  8. Seems the problem is not her overall prizemoney, which she is ahead of the others on, but this other rule: Horses in Victorian weight-for-age races, excluding the Cox Plate, are balloted by whether they have received more than $30,000, $60,000 or $90,000 for being placed first to fifth inclusive in any flat race over the previous 24 months. Campionessa's biggest pay day of $77,507 from the Herbie Dyke placed her underneath Yaphet (who collected $90,225 when second in 2022 South Australian Derby) and Virtuous Circle (who collected $90,000 when second in 2022 Moonee Valley Vase). https://www.racing.com/news/2023-03-22/news-preview-campionessa-may-miss-australian-cup
  9. Exactly. Where can we see these "forecasts" in more detail? "It is believed the proposals all guarantee there will be no forced job losses from the TAB’s 450 fulltime employees in the first 12 months" "The minister has said factors he will consider are whether any partnership will allow the TAB to fulfil its statutory obligations, while he will seek information on what effects a partnership would have on New Zealand jobs." Well what happens after 12 months? What will be the effect on NZ jobs after that period? The journalist doesn't seem to have asked many questions about this whole proposal.
  10. Trackside programming is a total joke. Cutting away one minute after the Golden Slipper to go to some nothing race in Western Australia. And following that still no Slipper aftermath because they're off to Doomben. They can't move these races on Trackside 2 because they've decided to programme the Sapphire Coast, Singapore snd Pingrup in the ten minutes after the Slipper. Now it's onto the All Star Mile. Surely we'll get some post-race coverage of this race we've been building up to for months? Nope, almost no post-race coverage because Trackside have decided Kembla Grange is more important. It really is an insult to racing fans, but Trackside don't seem to care. it's all about cramming in as many races as possible.
  11. Yep hats off to them, the coverage is top notch. It's great to get the full pre and post race coverage and be able to take in the atmosphere of the day.
  12. The fact Prowess denied two well fancied runners La Crique and Defibrillate a chance of winning or getting a better placing in a Group 1 must have left a sour taste in the mouth of those horses connections as they watched the winners celebrate. Look at how La Crique kept fighting back at Levante last start, she's a tough mare who may have had more to give and as the commentator said she was just starting to warm up. Carrying 4.5kg more than the winner makes a difference when your momentum gets stopped and you have to pick yourself up multiple times. Not to mention poor old Defibrillate who nearly fell and would have finished much closer.
  13. How long can the Auckland Cup justify a $500,000 stake when it's a Group 2 and the Group 1's on the day are worth quite a bit less?
  14. Great performance today, very rare for our fillies to go over and beat their boys. Look forward to seeing what she can do in the spring, especially once she gets to 2000m. Well done to Ken & Bev on their first Australian Group 1.
  15. Based on her trackwork connections are not confident that she's a 2400m horse so she's now being aimed at the Bonecrusher.
  16. The Bonecrusher Stakes is also a possible target for La Crique, they are not keen on going to Sydney https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/horse-racing-aussie-plans-shelved-as-la-crique-looks-to-home/ESWVJZCTMZB4XL4PWHKVKZEV74/
  17. Yeah it seemed crazy to stick with the R88 race in Australia that was running quite late and miss any build up to the highly anticipated Group 1. No interviews or shots of them parading. Surely they could adopt a policy that local Group Ones get 5 minutes minimum of lead in coverage to show some respect for the local industry. Don't we have two channels so we can do just that?
  18. Hopefully a few of the less favoured ones go forward and we get a properly run race... you wouldn't think they have much chance at all if they go back and try to outsprint the two mares. I think they'll try and position Levante as forward as possible. As you say she can't afford to give La Crique a big head start. Will be game on from the 600m.
  19. Levante was beaten less than a length in the Champions Sprint at Flemington though
  20. I have La Crique just ahead of Levante. To be fair I think this is a better field than we've seen for this race for a while. True there's not a lot of depth but at least we have a few that would be competitive at Group One level in Australia.
  21. They need a Ron Dufficy type who isn't afraid to say "that was a poor ride" and be straight up about things. Luke Radich was a bit like it back in the day, calling a spade a spade. It's not going to make you friends but ultimately Trackside is about providing entertainment and they need to offer more than just reading out the odds and saying how well presented every horse is.
  22. Saturday's card at Ascot was postponed to Sunday due to a forecast top of 39 degrees in Perth. Initially, the forecast was for a top of 38 degrees, but the slight change led authorities to err on the side of caution and push back the nine-race card highlighted by the $100,000 Ascot Mile. A statement from RWWA on Friday read: "Due to an increase to the forecast temperature for tomorrow, the meeting at Ascot has been postponed until Sunday. "The meeting originally scheduled for Belmont will now be run on Monday. Lark Hill trials will now be run on Tuesday." https://www.racenet.com.au/news/ascot-races-postponed-due-to-forecast-heat-20230203
  23. Off topic but Jessie seems to be a highly capable interviewer and presenter, a shame she's not on Trackside.