Yes Pete poor old CM will be eating his words soon...raced very fair today..and great to have a decent track and not only bogs to race on at this time of year.

I used to love betting at the old Ellerslie , just can't get a read on this one , I hate the home turn , the making of a horse or the death .

I'm not sure Pure mate. Akuta won seven races at 3yo, $454,500 in stakes. Marketplace to date has won four races, stakes $339,000. He should win more G1 races this season. So the horses will have a similar 3yo record. Akuta raced in better crop against the likes of Republican Party, Franco Indie, Beachball, Franco Mac. Marketplace really doesn't have much competition. Marketplace, like Akuta, is a Bettor's Delight so will improve with age and good staying horse. Akuta is on the comeback, due to trial soon. so the pair might clash one day, then we will have our answer old mate. Until then, I'll sit on the fence. 🤣

Week 2 - Flemington R6 (6 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 10 Title Fighter Tom Prebble A0 65.80 12.80 12 Deekay Linda Meech   5.30 1 Lim's Kosciuszko Ben Melham   3.90 Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 10,12 498.80 Carnage there.  Previous leader Richie eliminated while Houlahan on the roughie to take a big lead. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Houlahan (1) 786.00 1044.00 1/12   Peter RS (1) 39.00 627.20 3/18   Sayer (0) 39.00 367.00 6/9   Blaird (0) 1.00 328.00 1/4   Chestnut (0) 1.00 241.00 1/18   Lucasduke (2) 0.00 231.00 3/9   Kloppite (0) 39.00 229.00 1/6   Scooby (0) 39.00 229.00 7/10   Arjay (1) 53.00 223.00 3/15   Basil brush (1) 40.00 215.00 6/10   Von Cettes (1) 39.00 215.00 10/11   Mr Gee (1) 40.00 207.00 1/11   Kiwignome (1) 53.00 199.00 7/15   Al Feidling (0) 1.00 189.00 11/17   Pure Steel (1) 53.00 171.00 3/7   Joan (1) 0.00 165.00 1/6   Say No More (1) 1.00 160.00 6/11   Gubellini (1) 39.00 149.00 7/10   Montydrum (1) 0.00 141.00 6/11   Kilcoyne (0) 1.00 140.00 1/3 BB Reacher (1) 39.00 139.00 1/11   Ponderosa (2) 0.00 137.00 5/14   Koriokaramea (2) 0.00 102.00 7/10   Pegasus (1) 0.00 73.00 6/15   Seddon (1) 2.00 72.00 6/10   Catalano (1) 39.00 71.00 4/11   Aaron (1) 2.00 70.00 6/18   Foxmerts (2) 0.00 69.00 3/15   Jayar (2) 1.00 32.00 1/4   Seakem (2) 0.00 18.00 6/24 BB Richie (3) 0.00 717.00 1/10   Pak Star (3) 0.00 223.00 3/6   Ohokaman (3) 0.00 140.00 6/11   Mikenz (3) 0.00 136.00 3/7   Black Kirrama (3) 0.00 78.00 1/7   Sunlineboy (3) 0.00 61.00 7/10   Manfield (3) 0.00 42.00 3/6   Dogzstar (4) 0.00 49.00 7/10   Insider (5) 78.00 78.00 1/2   Winner (5) 0.00 29.00 7/10  

Tell me about it, huge result for my opponent

Gee things can change so quickly in this game🙄

Leggy, two requests. 1] You edit the above post to bold type 😂 2] Give me your views on how the track played.

A couple of divvies understated by $1 in those last race scores.  Will be corrected in total safter next race.

Iv'e just come inside after being in the garden all day and just caught the finish of the last race. [The only one that I have seen] Turning for home they were spread right across the track. To me it looked to be playing very fair for the middle of May, especially as it's been raced on twice a month on average, since the beginning of December - Five and a half months, twelve meetings. I say hats off the Jamie and Mark the track curators, as they have done an incredible job given the pressure placed on them with Hawkes Bay, Awapuni and Otaki out of action or partly out of action [Otaki] during that period. [Hat's off to Waverley too] To anyone who saw all the races today, how do you think the track performed especially Leggy who was on course.  

Week 2 - Doomben R6 (5 of 12) NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Richie (2) 28.00 716.00 3/8   Peter RS (1) 29.00 587.20 1/11   Sayer (0) 29.00 327.00 1/11   Blaird (0) 29.00 326.00 2/11   Houlahan (1) 118.00 254.00 10/11   Chestnut (0) 62.00 238.00 2/3   Lucasduke (1) 28.00 230.00 3/11   Pak Star (2) 29.00 222.00 11/13   Kloppite (0) 28.00 189.00 1/11   Scooby (0) 28.00 189.00 1/11   Al Feidling (0) 28.00 187.00 2/11   Von Cettes (1) 29.00 175.00 1/11   Basil brush (1) 56.00 173.00 1/2   Arjay (1) 92.00 168.00 6/12   Mr Gee (1) 31.00 166.00 1/2   Joan (0) 56.00 163.00 3/11   Say No More (1) 56.00 157.00 2/11   Kiwignome (1) 28.00 145.00 11/12   Montydrum (0) 28.00 140.00 3/11 BB Ohokaman (2) 0.00 140.00 11/16   Kilcoyne (0) 31.00 138.00 2/11   Ponderosa (1) 30.00 137.00 7/11   Mikenz (2) 0.00 136.00 7/9   Pure Steel (1) 28.00 117.00 11/12   Gubellini (1) 28.00 109.00 1/11   Koriokaramea (1) 56.00 100.00 3/11   Reacher (1) 56.00 98.00 1/11   Black Kirrama (2) 0.00 78.00 3/11   Pegasus (0) 15.00 73.00 11/13 BB Seddon (1) 28.00 69.00 2/11 BB Foxmerts (1) 28.00 68.00 3/11   Aaron (1) 28.00 67.00 2/11 BB Sunlineboy (2) 28.00 60.00 4/11   Manfield (2) 0.00 42.00 11/13   Catalano (1) 28.00 31.00 1/11   Jayar (2) 28.00 30.00 2/11   Seakem (1) 15.00 18.00 11/24   Dogzstar (3) 28.00 48.00 3/4   Winner (4) 28.00 28.00 11/13   Insider (5) 0.00 0.00 1/11 BB

Yes. totally wrong. Apologies!

Was a great ride to take the Cup. I think he may get a stern talking to for his ride on Wal though.  Looked to be still whipping when way out of contention.  

Week 2 - Scone R6 (4 of 12) Big collect for Richie but on his last life. NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Richie (2) 687.00 688.00 1/9   Peter RS (1) 0.00 558.20 1/10   Sayer (0) 19.00 298.00 1/10   Blaird (0) 19.00 297.00 1/10   Lucasduke (1) 0.00 202.00 1/9   Pak Star (2) 0.00 193.00 1/10   Chestnut (0) 19.00 176.00 6/11 BB Kloppite (0) 80.00 161.00 1/9   Scooby (0) 21.00 161.00 1/9   Al Feidling (0) 19.00 159.00 1/3   Von Cettes (1) 21.00 146.00 1/10   Ohokaman (1) 0.00 140.00 8/9   Houlahan (1) 0.00 136.00 1/11 BB Mikenz (1) 0.00 136.00 7/9   Mr Gee (1) 0.00 135.00 9/11   Basil brush (1) 0.00 117.00 1/3 BB Kiwignome (1) 0.00 117.00 1/9   Montydrum (0) 21.00 112.00 1/9   Joan (0) 19.00 107.00 1/3 BB Kilcoyne (0) 19.00 107.00 9/11   Ponderosa (1) 21.00 107.00 5/9 BB Say No More (1) 19.00 101.00 1/9 BB Pure Steel (1) 0.00 89.00 1/9   Gubellini (1) 0.00 81.00 1/3   Black Kirrama (1) 0.00 78.00 2/6   Arjay (1) 0.00 76.00 5/11 BB Pegasus (0) 19.00 58.00 5/9   Koriokaramea (1) 21.00 44.00 1/7 BB Manfield (1) 0.00 42.00 9/12   Reacher (1) 40.00 42.00 1/9 BB Seddon (1) 19.00 41.00 1/9   Foxmerts (1) 38.00 40.00 1/9   Aaron (1) 0.00 39.00 1/9   Sunlineboy (2) 0.00 32.00 1/3   Catalano (1) 0.00 3.00 1/3   Seakem (1) 0.00 3.00 5/9   Jayar (2) 0.00 2.00 1/3   Dogzstar (3) 0.00 20.00 1/9   Insider (4) 0.00 0.00 3/6   Winner (4) 0.00 0.00 1/3    

I thought it was now a front runners course? 🤣 Raced beautifully today even with the rail out 6 metres. They were winning from all over the place.

Absolute wrong Curious, as you will have found out by now! I hope that your horse won and you also got a bottle of wine.  

The new jockey Queiroz is a very classy rider...will do well here a horseman.

Agreed, the handling of the race conditions was a total shambles, but like you say, the enquiry will reveal all, and the "select few' conspiracy theory gets put to bed. It's just to be hoped the enquiry happens quickly before the rampant guessing games do any more damage than they already have.

Say No More $82.00   Ohokaman $140.00 Sunlineboy $32.00   Pegasus $39.00 Houlahan $136.00   Peter RS $558.20 Mikenz $136.00   Mr Gee $135.00 Black Kirrama $78.00   Pure Steel $89.00 Arjay $76.00   Sayer $279.00 Jayar $2.00   Foxmerts $2.00 Pak Star $193.00   Koriokaramea $23.00 Gubellini $81.00   Catalano $3.00 Kilcoyne $88.00   Basil brush $117.00 Richie $1.00   Dogzstar $20.00 Kloppite $81.00   Scooby $140.00 Seakem $3.00   Von Cettes $125.00 Al Feidling $140.00   Blaird $278.00 Reacher $2.00   Joan $88.00 Ponderosa $86.00   Chestnut $157.00  

Week 2 - Doomben R5 (3 of 12)   NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Peter RS (0) 23.00 558.20 10/15   Sayer (0) 240.00 279.00 6/12   Blaird (0) 119.00 278.00 6/12   Lucasduke (0) 86.00 202.00 2/6   Pak Star (1) 119.00 193.00 5/6   Chestnut (0) 119.00 157.00 11/12   Al Feidling (0) 24.00 140.00 6/12   Ohokaman (0) 24.00 140.00 6/10 BB Scooby (0) 24.00 140.00 6/8   Houlahan (0) 20.00 136.00 5/11   Mikenz (0) 21.00 136.00 4/10   Mr Gee (0) 1.00 135.00 5/10   Von Cettes (1) 46.00 125.00 6/8   Basil brush (0) 1.00 117.00 2/5   Kiwignome (0) 1.00 117.00 2/6   Montydrum (0) 24.00 91.00 6/8   Pure Steel (0) 21.00 89.00 4/10   Joan (0) 21.00 88.00 6/12   Kilcoyne (0) 21.00 88.00 12/18   Ponderosa (1) 1.00 86.00 5/8   Say No More (1) 20.00 82.00 6/12   Gubellini (0) 43.00 81.00 2/6   Kloppite (0) 43.00 81.00 8/12 BB Black Kirrama (0) 40.00 78.00 3/5   Arjay (0) 1.00 76.00 2/18   Manfield (0) 2.00 42.00 6/11   Aaron (0) 1.00 39.00 6/10   Pegasus (0) 1.00 39.00 5/12   Sunlineboy (1) 2.00 32.00 5/6   Koriokaramea (1) 21.00 23.00 6/8   Seddon (1) 21.00 22.00 6/12   Dogzstar (2) 20.00 20.00 4/6   Catalano (0) 1.00 3.00 2/6   Seakem (0) 1.00 3.00 6/24 BB Foxmerts (1) 1.00 2.00 6/12 BB Jayar (1) 1.00 2.00 6/10   Reacher (1) 1.00 2.00 8/12   Richie (2) 1.00 1.00 10/16   Insider (3) 0.00 0.00 5/6   Winner (3) 0.00 0.00 2/6 BB

Week 2 - Doomben R4 (2 of 12) # Name Jockey/Driver/Trainer Win Place 12 Brookhaven Tyler Schiller 5.40 3.10 4 Tenzing Regan Bayliss   3.70 6 Osmose Tim Clark   No Dividend Bet Type Runners Dividend Quinella 4,12 33.80 It takes some doing to pick two runners finishing outside of the first 4 in a 7 horse field, but 11 entrants managed it - including the scorer Figures in brackets next to your name represent lives lost.  Four entrants have gone two from two and are down to their last life.   NAME LATEST RACE TOTAL NEXT RACE   Peter RS (0) 379.20 535.20 1/11   Blaird (0) 1.00 159.00 3/4   Mr Gee (0) 74.00 134.00 6/7   Al Feidling (0) 37.00 116.00 1/8   Basil brush (0) 38.00 116.00 8/13   Houlahan (0) 85.00 116.00 2/7   Lucasduke (0) 37.00 116.00 1/2 BB Kiwignome (0) 37.00 116.00 7/8   Ohokaman (0) 38.00 116.00 1/8   Scooby (0) 38.00 116.00 1/8   Mikenz (0) 85.00 115.00 2/8   Ponderosa (1) 85.00 85.00 8/11   Von Cettes (1) 0.00 79.00 1/11 BB Arjay (0) 74.00 75.00 8/10   Pak Star (1) 74.00 74.00 3/17   Pure Steel (0) 38.00 68.00 2/8   Joan (0) 37.00 67.00 2/8   Kilcoyne (0) 37.00 67.00 6/8   Montydrum (0) 37.00 67.00 1/8   Say No More (1) 0.00 62.00 2/7   Manfield (0) 38.00 40.00 8/10 BB Sayer (0) 37.00 39.00 3/8 BB Black Kirrama (0) 37.00 38.00 2/7 BB Chestnut (0) 37.00 38.00 3/13   Gubellini (0) 37.00 38.00 1/2   Aaron (0) 37.00 38.00 4/8   Kloppite (0) 37.00 38.00 1/2   Pegasus (0) 37.00 38.00 7/8   Sunlineboy (1) 0.00 30.00 7/8 BB Catalano (0) 1.00 2.00 7/8   Koriokaramea (1) 0.00 2.00 2/8   Seakem (0) 1.00 2.00 8/24   Foxmerts (1) 1.00 1.00 4/8   Jayar (1) 0.00 1.00 7/8   Reacher (1) 0.00 1.00 7/8   Seddon (1) 0.00 1.00 2/8   Dogzstar (2) 0.00 0.00 2/13   Insider (2) 0.00 0.00 7/13   Winner (2) 0.00 0.00 7/13   Richie (2) 0.00 0.00 6/7