Rough tips and other bets...
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I almost never follow the hype - but, today I'm going to. Because my TAB account is in a bad way. (I really should stick to sports betting and leave horses well alone).
I am assured by Jimmy Cassidy that Incentivise is going to shit in.
...and a little place bet on Tralee Rose just in case Jimmy is horribly wrong.
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Iâm getting a last minute feeling last yearsâ winner and topweight Irish import 1 TWILIGHT PAYMENT might repeat. Iâm adding to all my tickets as an insurance policy!!
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OMG!!! Amazing. J-Mac (NZ) Chris Waller (NZ) VERRY ELLEEGANT (NZ)
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She uckinâ killed âem. What a finish.
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@kid-chocolate Sentiment sometimes gets there!
My TAB account gets sicker!
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My fave jockey, fave trainer, fave horse. Just won the Melbourne Cup. I canât believe it. Pinch me. And I just hit the tri, the superfecta, and Iâm alive deep in the quaddie. Pinch me!
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Up until Friday nobody knew VE was even going to start in the Cup. McDonald has just lost his ride, and I donât recall Waller ever mentioning at any time this year that she was targeting the Melbourne Cup. Really seemed like an afterthought. Small horse, big weight, and she exploded on them. She could have gone another 400m and drawn more daylight.
Three days ago!!!
Iâm looking forward to comments, but if I had to guess, if JMac doesnât get scratched off that import Away He Goes early in the week, and J-Mac doesnât ride that morning workout, then Iâm guessing Waller doesnât even enter VE in the race. James mustâve sold him.
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@kid-chocolate nice work, Im looking at my cox plate bet and thinking damn right horse wrong day, double loss lol
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@kid-chocolate To be honest, I just looked at the weight she had to carry and discounted her.
When Incentivise hit the front, I was just congratulating myself on backing the sure thing, when she sprinted past and no-one even looked like catching her.
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
and incredibly, she is by Zed. Who was only about $1500 service fee.
Freak!
Loved it!
Cried!
Having gone and rooted some Clydesdale mares in the back blocks of the Canterbury High Country after being moved on from his first stud.
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
and incredibly, she is by Zed. Who was only about $1500 service fee.
Freak!
Loved it!
Cried!
I read somewhere today it was a $500 stud fee!!!!
I watched the race at midnight, stayed up until 4:30 a.m. wired and buzzing, had a real hard time getting up for work two hours later.
The trifecta payout was sadly kinda chalky, my 60-center (4-2-3) paid $198, but my 20-cent superfecta (first 4 finishers) paid me $588, and I hit the 20-cent quaddie for $768. (I also hit the early and late Randwick quaddies.) Wagered $250 total, so had a good night. But really, I didnât give a crap about the dividends, it was all about the champion.
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@kid-chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
and incredibly, she is by Zed. Who was only about $1500 service fee.
Freak!
Loved it!
Cried!
I read somewhere today it was a $500 stud fee!!!!
I watched the race at midnight, stayed up until 4:30 a.m. wired and buzzing, had a real hard time getting up for work two hours later.
The trifecta payout was sadly kinda chalky, my 60-center (4-2-3) paid $198, but my 20-cent superfecta (first 4 finishers) paid me $588, and I hit the 20-cent quaddie for $768. (I also hit the early and late Randwick quaddies.) Wagered $250 total, so had a good night. But really, I didnât give a crap about the dividends, it was all about the champion.
That was his original price.
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@smudge said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
and incredibly, she is by Zed. Who was only about $1500 service fee.
Freak!
Loved it!
Cried!
Having gone and rooted some Clydesdale mares in the back blocks of the Canterbury High Country after being moved on from his first stud.
I wonder if they changed those mares' names to Marsellus and Wallace.
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@hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Cried!
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There wasa funny scene on live tv after the Cup where McDonald and Waller are on split screen remotes, and the NZ connection is mentioned and JMac playfully accuses Waller of âprobably thinks heâs an Aussie,â and Waller refuted, mentioned he and his wife are proud Kiwis. Reminded me when I read Callanderâs weekly column:
THE RISE AND RISE OF CHRISTOPHER JOHN WALLER
What a success the humble horse trainer Chris Waller has become.
Chris Waller possessed just two things when he arrived in Australia 22 years ago: debt and a dream.
He now ranks alongside Bart Cummings and Don Bradman, Tommy Smith and Dawn Fraser as superstars of Aussie sport.
Phar Lap was born in New Zealand and we claimed him, surely we can now claim Chris Waller too.
I promise you he cheers for Australia in every sport, except when it comes to the All Blacks.
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https://www.racenet.com.au/news/waller-joins-the-greats-of-aussie-sport-with-melbourne-cup-triumph
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I did not know this about the silks.
âGoodwin and Bishara retained a percentage share in Verry Elleegant as a condition of sale. She continued to race in his red-and-blue colours, too, taken from his old rugby club Suburbs in Auckland.â
Melbourne Cup magic for Levin horseman
The 76-year-old could lay claim to being the oldest person to ride a Melbourne Cup winner
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@kid-chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:
I did not know this about the silks.
âGoodwin and Bishara retained a percentage share in Verry Elleegant as a condition of sale. She continued to race in his red-and-blue colours, too, taken from his old rugby club Suburbs in Auckland.â
Melbourne Cup magic for Levin horseman
The 76-year-old could lay claim to being the oldest person to ride a Melbourne Cup winner
and Goodwin gets all the trophies too. The Melbourne Cup itself is worth $250k I think
