Rough tips and other bets...
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@Kid-Chocolate said in Rough tips and other bets...:
There is plenty of value in this race, but I’m not going to wager, I just wanna see a dogfight between the two shorties and hope Nature Strip nails him.
I hope so too
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James has picked up a few extra rides at Ascot, now seven in total. Some are rough shots. I’ll take a swing and a have a small play on most of them, cross my fingers and see if he can do his horse-whisperer voodoo sorcery and get them over the line.
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/james-mcdonald-with-seven-chances-for-royal-ascot-glory-20220614
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Was that not fuckin’ beee-youuuu-teeee-fulll?
Congratulations Nature Strip.
Congratulations Chris Waller.
Congratulations James McDonald.
You have all done the Australian and New Zealand racing industry proud.
Annhilated them.
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@Kid-Chocolate absolutely!
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I am happy to say I played a few small exactas and tris with Nature Strip singled on top and won a couple hundred dollars on the exacta. Would have liked to get the 3rd place horse in the tri, it was over 100-1. $1 trifecta paid over $2.5k return, which goes to show you can still single a hot fave on top and get big value plays underneath.
Lots of craziness in the above clip.Racecaller gets his name wrong, calls him Nature “Stripe”. Broadcaster posts wrong winner, displays Twilight Calls as 1st. And that loose horse had me super concerned when he laid in on Nature Strip near the finish, but the old boy and J-Mac never panicked.
And really, does anybody think he’ll take his qualified spot in the Breeders Cup when there’s a $15 million Everest back home?
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What a year for Waller and J-Mac. An Everest, a Cup, and Royal Ascot. They have to be pinching themselves. Propelling themselves to the top ranks of all-time greats.
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[…]
Watching in disbelief was Hansen, who along with his wife Lady Tash watched the race with fellow Kiwi owners and lifelong mates Peter Kean and Paddy Harrison.
"I have been lucky enough to have been involved in some pretty special sporting moments obviously but this is a different feeling than, say, winning a World Cup because you have no control over the result," said Hansen.
"You hope for the best but I have owned horses since I was in my 20s and you know so much can go wrong.
"So I was nervous. But for him to win like that, that easily, was pretty incredible. You get the same rush as winning a big rugby game, the same adrenalin but you also get to do it with lifelong mates.
"That is the great thing about racing, it can give you moments like this."
Sir Steve Hansen's horse destroys opposition in front of royals
James McDonald and Chris Waller were on top of the racing world overnight.
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Always tickles me that Hansen’s dream as a kid was to be a jockey.
“Part-owner Steve Hansen, who enjoyed a glittering coaching career for the New Zealand All-Blacks, was equally caught up in the excitement of a moment he ranked amongst the greatest of his life.
“I didn’t think I would get this emotional, but I’m actually quite choked up,” he said.
“It’s difficult to compare it to my rugby career, but this is certainly right up there with the most enjoyable experiences I’ve ever had.
“To do it with such a great group of owners makes it even more special, we’ve had the best time since we got here and even if Nature Strip hadn’t won today, I would still have taken some great memories away. But for him to put on a performance like that, it’s just a dream come true really.
“And for the horse to be trained and ridden by fellow Kiwis, and two champion guys, it just tops everything off.”
http://www.tbv.com.au/nature-strip-enters-the-pantheon-of-australian-greats/
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Steve Hansen, top hat & tails. The Tao of Steve. It must be fun to live like Steve. Three Kiwi sporting legends.
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Waller and JMac will try to close out Royal Ascot in about 12 hours with Home Affairs in the Platinum Jubilee. They are 1/1 at the meet so far. If they double-up that would be some feat. I rate him a good chance. Aus sprinters are a cut above, so I’ll box quinella him with Artorius and maybe Wesley Ward’s Campanelle who still has Irad Ortiz listed as rider but he just copped a 5-day suspension in a horror week for him, so not sure if that’s under appeal, if he rides he stands a good chance for a place, but I’m going for the Aussies/Kiwis.
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@voodoo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Well it's not quite J-Mac at Royal Ascot, but for anyone interested, Change is Coming makes its debut at the races today. Gosford R3, drawn the carpark at #11 but maybe has the gate speed to overcome it.
No responsibility taken for lost $
Good luck me
Change is coming to my TAB account one way or the other. Good luck, voodoo.
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Played a late 20-cent quaddie at Canberra, by golly, my final leg 15-1 shot just hit. This could be nice. … $3.8k. i needed that one. boy, did i need that one.
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Prayers up for apprentice jockey Leah Kilner, she’s in a coma. She went down hard in the home straight during an early/midcard race at Grafton about 9 hours ago. I was watching the race live, her horse was back at rear and not affected by any other horse, but tripped itself and went down, throwing her hard face-first into the turf. It looked rough enough, not unusual, but this was worse than it looks. She went straight into a coma, the rest of the racecard was cancelled, she was airlifted to emergency and is right now on life support. Stomach-churning.
🙏
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Another shocking fall into unconsciousness for a NSW apprentice jockey within 24 hours of Leah Kilner being induced into a coma, Elissa Meredith was airlifted to emergency and the Gunnedah race meet cancelled. Two days in a row I’ve watched this. Racing is a dangerous sport. Pray for these young ladies.
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Three in three days. These poor young women. Praying for all of them.
“A third jockey has been taken to hospital in the space of three days, with Juana Andreou suffering a serious head injury in an accident at Flemington on Monday.
Andreou, who last rode at Kyneton on May 9, was clipping a horse when it lashed out and kicked her in the head.
Late on Tuesday Racing Victoria issued a statement on twitter reporting the young jockey remained in an induced coma with support being afforded to her husband, family and stable staff.
Victorian Jockeys Association CEO Matt Hyland said Andreou is in a critical condition.”
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What are we all on today?
I've got a bit of a slap at Montefilia on futures at $13.
Then looking to box up Kinghts Order, Montefilia, Stockman and Smokin' Romans into a box trifecta.
Shit weather will have a big impact and the fav hasn't run on those tracks a lot in race conditions.
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Also on Montefilia EW
EW Knights Order cos a friend is a part-owner and it's wet
Plus Flexi tri:
3, 4, 8, 12
1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12
1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12
