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Nah there is no way they would have pulled AB.
The big issue was that the owners wife is terminally ill with cancer and this was supposed to be a big thing for him and her. Sounds like they are in a private room not on track but overlooking the track.
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Regal Power and Superstorm look tantalyzing at 13-1. They gotta come down, shurely. I rate both good chances to win, probably take them Melody + Aligator + Kolding in my Pick 4. Deeper than I want, but it’s an excellent field. Probably throw in Fierce Impact as well, and really shorten it in the other three legs. I’ll have to if I want a wallet left, and there I went starting the weekend telling myself to hold off the wagering.
And geeze, can Streets of Avalon get an extra furlong? Looked mighty taking out the G1 Futurity wire-to-wire last start, 7 furlongs on the same course, lots of fight in that horse, and opening 51-1. I’ll pass but could look like a fool here.
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@Smudge said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Oneloveonelife debuting on Saturday for the other syndicate I'm involved with.
Tough ask for him as he's straight into a Group 3 race at Wyndham (R7) and up against some tidy Canterbury types (he's trained in Southland). Best case scenario would be for him to sneak into a placing after being saved for one run. He's at 21s and 3.30 which is entirely fair.
Saved for one run, but they walked up front so he struggled to make any ground in the straight. Wasn't disgraced on debut though, so that's fine.
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I've only got roughies all day, most in the 20-30 range.
I'll either clean up or go broke.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Regal Power and Superstorm look tantalyzing at 13-1.
I played the exacta. Just waiting to see what it pays. ($143 for a dollar. I’ll take it.) I should have played the tri. Melody Belle, I think, grabbed 3rd... (Did. 0.60 cent tri paid $361.40. Ouch.)
Did Aligator Blood even make the top ten? Had the lead briefly at top of the straight, took over from Flit who tried to steal the race, but Aligator was passed quickly by the winner and just faded.
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@Salacious-Crumb Nice.
I followed JK's thought on Streets of Avalon, but just for a place.
The TAB still got richer.
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The $2 exacta for the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill paid $1594.10. My goodness.
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@Chris-B said in Rough tips and other bets...:
The TAB still got richer.
they gots to be making the money while they can, with sporting events on the horizon getting smaller, those poor bettign agencies likely to have a big downturn in income.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in Rough tips and other bets...:
The $2 exacta for the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill paid $1594.10. My goodness.
You've had a huge day!!
I got fucking nothing
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@mariner4life said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@Salacious-Crumb said in Rough tips and other bets...:
The $2 exacta for the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill paid $1594.10. My goodness.
You've had a huge day!!
I got fucking nothing
I didn’t hit that one, trust me.
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@taniwharugby said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@Chris-B said in Rough tips and other bets...:
The TAB still got richer.
they gots to be making the money while they can, with sporting events on the horizon getting smaller, those poor bettign agencies likely to have a big downturn in income.
I do some occasional contract work for the TAB and I've already had that cut back a bit due to the impending downturn.
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Pretty mixed day for me, had thermosphere at $31 to win with 30 on the nose but not a lot else other than master of wine (wow what a horse) and a couple of shorties at Gold Coast and ascot . Oh and positive peace to finish. Jmac had a few good wins today and followed his rides on the tab promo which worked out well. Plenty of misses tho. I think only marginally up!
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How bizarre was that All Star mile. How has Alligator Blood pulled up? Melody Belle couldn’t get out early enough. Winner was worth it though.
Polly was brilliant on top of the ground. Jasmine cuddled her up in behind and didn’t pull the whip. So happy for her to do that.
May back her up into Japan Trophy if we get some rain.
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@Hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
How bizarre was that All Star mile. How has Alligator Blood pulled up? Melody Belle couldn’t get out early enough. Winner was worth it though.
It was bizarre mate! First now crowd so atmosphere so strange. Had a few mates that went over and I amost went over too and well I'm glad I didnt as just would have been in the pub!
They saw AB's vet check all came back fine. I suspect just had been pushed a run too far. Melody Belle was a in a great spot to track AB in to the race however it didnt go which meant MB had to find another way out and ran on pretty well considering
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@Hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:
How bizarre was that All Star mile. How has Alligator Blood pulled up? Melody Belle couldn’t get out early enough. Winner was worth it though.
I’m curious what Maloney’s riding instructions were. I don’t know that anybody expected Lane to hustle Flit from the outside gate and hit the front by the first turn and try to pull a Sunline; for a minute there I was worried he had such a lead he might actually do it.
Seemed apparent Willie Pike’s instruction on Regal Power was to sit right on top of Aligator Blood; then the latter seemed the only one to have a go and try to gobble up Flit’s big lead. Might have taken them out of their race plan, and Pike was sitting pretty. As soon as Flit was swamped, AB hit a wall and Regal Power was all power. I think Maloney eased up on AB knew the race was gone didn’t want to push and overpursue a lost cause.
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Kentucky Derby is always scheduled for first Saturday every May, usually draws 160K spectators. Bob Baffert won two huge prep & qualifying races today but was subdued, saying he’s hearing Churchill Downs does not want to run the race without a crowd, so is looking to postpone to either June or September.
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@mariner4life said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@JK jmac won 5 fucking races!
Yeah mate. NZ tab has a promo on his races all month and if he doesn’t win but 2nd 3rd or 4th it’s bonus bets back. Pretty dam tempting!
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Winning strategy.
