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

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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Lloyd Vivian in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from globederby12 in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from talk in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from I Have Left in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from jack in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Catalano in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from The Crucible in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Casper in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from pete in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    I hope no one replies to this message. There has been too many postings lately that would have been best not sent.
    I made a huge mistake in attacking the garden 3 weeks ago and those pesky privet trees were maybe too big to have been pulled out by hand. The result has been a disc moving to where it shouldn't be and pressing on a nerve that runs down a leg. This necessitates potent pain killers every few hours and not a lot of sleep. I can't drive and do all the things that makes life fun. I wish I could go back 3 weeks and do one thing differently!
    When I pulled out of PJ's next comp it was because as the last 3 saturdays have shown, you have to be able to think straight or you let your team mates down. Even on Saturday I was telling Howie how I thought at least Bonniegirl would get me started. He looks at me puzzled and says  "you haven't taken Bonniegirl?" Yip I had written the wrong number on my sheet.
    What I have read on this thread has left me just plain sad. No other word like angry, confused or disappointed conveys my thoughts as much as sad.
    It was like watching the USA presidential debates, both sides thinking they were right but in most of the rest of the country stood by and just shook their heads.
    PJ's comps are legendary. Enjoyed by all and even between the combatants there has always been wit and banter. But there is always that line in the sand between humour and well... hurting of feelings. Without the banter then it is just another comp. I often put an entry in the Stabletalk comp. But as good as the scoring is, the last post is just a list of totals and placings. PJ's comps are / were special. I admit to being sceptical of the draft system last year but it turned out one of the best comps. I admit I was wrong. There...said it!
    PJ stopping the next comp, given the circumstances, is what I would have done too.
    The precedent of one person spoiling a comp happened a couple of years ago. Person disappeared and things returned to normal.
    I am not yet classified as old but I remember when you could get on a plane without the checks, metal detectors and list a mile long of things you can't have with you. Then some loonies hijacked or blew up planes. Now the rest of us suffer. When all 5 yo kids walked to school until one nutter kidnaps a child, now everyone drives the children to school and the rest of us queue in traffic.
    My hope would be that in a few weeks, apart from getting some "nerve shunt" I am waiting for, PJ announces a winter draft comp reboot. All previous posts are ignored and everyone plays nicely. The silent majority (I don't make that category) gets their 4..6 hours of fun on a saturday. Life is meant to have some fun, even if that means watching your horse get beaten on the final step.. again!
    To all you others, who I see only on the comp threads for all these years as a pseudonym and avatar, but feel I know you, thanks for being there and making my weekends just that little bit better.
    sincerely
    Geoff
    LastOf40
  10. Like
    LastOf40 got a reaction from pete in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    Well done to the Canes today. I tip my hat to John, Tc and Hesi in bringing in the winter specialists for a summer comp. Inspired long view weather forecasting!
    But I don't think I have the necessary strength just now to toss the darts the couple of meters needed for success on another wet Sydney raceday or Riverton for that matter  And heaven knows what these tracks will do when winter arrives??
    So I will sit this one out until the sun and form horses start to appear again next spring. 
    Thanks for the comp PJ, always well run.
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from N1MUE in Winter Super Comp starting soon   
    Well done to the Canes today. I tip my hat to John, Tc and Hesi in bringing in the winter specialists for a summer comp. Inspired long view weather forecasting!
    But I don't think I have the necessary strength just now to toss the darts the couple of meters needed for success on another wet Sydney raceday or Riverton for that matter  And heaven knows what these tracks will do when winter arrives??
    So I will sit this one out until the sun and form horses start to appear again next spring. 
    Thanks for the comp PJ, always well run.
  12. Like
    LastOf40 got a reaction from Right first time in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Grand Finals Day Sat Apr 15 entries here   
    R1: 6, 11
    R2: 4, 8
    R3: 2, 15
    R4: 2, 3 BB
    R5: 1, 9
    R6: 4, 5
    R7: 1, 7 BB
    R8: 1, 4
    R9: 3, 7
    R10: 1, 4

    Good luck John
    Thanks PJ
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Right first time in Summer/Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Finals Round 2 Sat Apr 8   
    R1: 4, 6
    R2: 2, 5
    R3: 2, 8
    R4: 3, 4 BB
    R5: 6, 11
    R6: 1, 4
    R7: 1, 9
    R8: 1, 10
    R9: 2, 17
    R10: 1, 2 BB
    Good luck Steve
    Thanks PJ
     
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Peter Jenkins in Summer/Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Finals Round 2 Sat Apr 8   
    I have always thought a players last score would be helpful in analysing an opponents form.
     
  15. Like
    LastOf40 got a reaction from pete in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 9 Sat Mar 25 entries here   
    Me !! I flipped to to the tipping page today full of the joys of life (and morphine) and what do I see.... Tauranga, Riccarton and Lake Rosehill!
    So only one race at Tauranga is a move in the right direction. 
    I am hoping for a winner tomorrow and any advance on that will be greatly received. I will be propped up in the lazyboy cheering on the team tomorrow which will be a hell ava lot more fun than last week. 
    Geoff
  16. Like
    LastOf40 got a reaction from Right first time in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 9 Sat Mar 25 entries here   
    Me !! I flipped to to the tipping page today full of the joys of life (and morphine) and what do I see.... Tauranga, Riccarton and Lake Rosehill!
    So only one race at Tauranga is a move in the right direction. 
    I am hoping for a winner tomorrow and any advance on that will be greatly received. I will be propped up in the lazyboy cheering on the team tomorrow which will be a hell ava lot more fun than last week. 
    Geoff
  17. Like
    LastOf40 got a reaction from Gordy55 in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 9 Sat Mar 25 entries here   
    Me !! I flipped to to the tipping page today full of the joys of life (and morphine) and what do I see.... Tauranga, Riccarton and Lake Rosehill!
    So only one race at Tauranga is a move in the right direction. 
    I am hoping for a winner tomorrow and any advance on that will be greatly received. I will be propped up in the lazyboy cheering on the team tomorrow which will be a hell ava lot more fun than last week. 
    Geoff
  18. Like
    LastOf40 got a reaction from Peter Jenkins in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 9 Sat Mar 25 entries here   
    Me !! I flipped to to the tipping page today full of the joys of life (and morphine) and what do I see.... Tauranga, Riccarton and Lake Rosehill!
    So only one race at Tauranga is a move in the right direction. 
    I am hoping for a winner tomorrow and any advance on that will be greatly received. I will be propped up in the lazyboy cheering on the team tomorrow which will be a hell ava lot more fun than last week. 
    Geoff
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Kundalini in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 9 Sat Mar 25 entries here   
    Me !! I flipped to to the tipping page today full of the joys of life (and morphine) and what do I see.... Tauranga, Riccarton and Lake Rosehill!
    So only one race at Tauranga is a move in the right direction. 
    I am hoping for a winner tomorrow and any advance on that will be greatly received. I will be propped up in the lazyboy cheering on the team tomorrow which will be a hell ava lot more fun than last week. 
    Geoff
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    LastOf40 reacted to Right first time in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Results Thread   
    Looks like the team has put the Mighty back into the Blues, pulling back a 1-4 deficit to oh so narrowly edge a defiant Ferdies.
    Inspired in the last, Brian ! Top stuff my friend. Was glad to have helped you with a successful scratching sub earlier in the day which ultimately I guess proved significant.
    Top wins also for Geoff, & Pete with his late flurry !
    Great to be a Blue.
    Commiserations Ferdies, you had it won everywhere bar the line.
    Now out to Eden Park to watch the other Blues Boys. Bring on those Highlanders for their munching !
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from pete in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 7 Sat Mar 11 entries here   
    I am hoping that was not an implied slight
    R2: 2, 3 BB
    R3: 1, 2
    R8: 2, 7
    R9: 3, 6
    R10: 2, 8
    Yeah! we are are Sydney in the wet... what could possibly go wrong?
    Good luck PJ
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Peter Jenkins in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 7 Sat Mar 11 entries here   
    I am hoping that was not an implied slight
    R2: 2, 3 BB
    R3: 1, 2
    R8: 2, 7
    R9: 3, 6
    R10: 2, 8
    Yeah! we are are Sydney in the wet... what could possibly go wrong?
    Good luck PJ
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    LastOf40 reacted to Right first time in Summer-Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Round 7 Sat Mar 11 entries here   
    Spot on, Hesi.
    PJ doesn't need to explain himself - ever !
    10 or so years running this comp as an amazing success  - is the reason he doesn't ever need to explain himself. In my opinion, which I appreciate won't be everybody's opinion. 
    Abandonments, postponements, cancellations always cause disappointment. That's just life. We pick ourselves up, and just get on with it.
    Good luck today, everyone. 
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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Gordy55 in Summer/Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Rnd 6 Sat Mar 4 entries here   
    I am thinking of posting their email tips as a service to racecafers in the future.
    As I pointed out above for "experts" their tips are as good as scratchings
    This from his friday email... (now 0-13) :
    FEATURE RACE PREVIEW

    Race 9 - Vodafone New Zealand Derby

    In a competitive Vodafone New Zealand Derby, I have selected Savile Row to break through for a well-deserved Group 1 win. He was excellent against the order horses in the Herbie Dyke. He has the class and we know he will stay. If he can sort out his racing manners, the race is his to lose. 

    The dangers include, Charles Road (12) and Sacred Elixir (1)
    - Craig Baker, Executive General Manager Racing at Auckland Racing Club
     
    Although to be fair much of Sacred Elixir's problem seem to come from analyzing Leith Innes's comments from two of his failed rides yesterday :
    1. We just rode him cold, they didn't go quick and it was a sprint home and he hit the line well.
    2. We just got stuck back on a slow speed and it cost us.
    It seems Opie Bosson has no problem reading the pace of race. He never gets "caught at the back on a slow pace". So guess which jockey will be on my some of my selections at Ellerslie next week? And which jockey won't.


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    LastOf40 got a reaction from Peter Jenkins in Summer/Autumn Trans-Tasman Super Comp Rnd 6 Sat Mar 4 entries here   
    I am thinking of posting their email tips as a service to racecafers in the future.
    As I pointed out above for "experts" their tips are as good as scratchings
    This from his friday email... (now 0-13) :
    FEATURE RACE PREVIEW

    Race 9 - Vodafone New Zealand Derby

    In a competitive Vodafone New Zealand Derby, I have selected Savile Row to break through for a well-deserved Group 1 win. He was excellent against the order horses in the Herbie Dyke. He has the class and we know he will stay. If he can sort out his racing manners, the race is his to lose. 

    The dangers include, Charles Road (12) and Sacred Elixir (1)
    - Craig Baker, Executive General Manager Racing at Auckland Racing Club
     
    Although to be fair much of Sacred Elixir's problem seem to come from analyzing Leith Innes's comments from two of his failed rides yesterday :
    1. We just rode him cold, they didn't go quick and it was a sprint home and he hit the line well.
    2. We just got stuck back on a slow speed and it cost us.
    It seems Opie Bosson has no problem reading the pace of race. He never gets "caught at the back on a slow pace". So guess which jockey will be on my some of my selections at Ellerslie next week? And which jockey won't.