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Interesting factoid, provided by NZTR CEO Bernard Saundry in his email newsletter this week:
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"The Melbourne Cup has become one of the world’s most successful sporting brands and this is illustrated by its impact in New Zealand, with the Flemington feature attracting almost ten times as much turnover as any single domestic race.
"The total turnover on Melbourne Cup day, including sports betting, is around $20 million, making it by far the biggest betting day of the year. This is a significant figure and gives the industry a wonderful chance to interact with new or mostly inactive punters.
"So it has been encouraging to see the innovative spring marketing campaign launched by the NZ Racing Board, which aims to persuade once a year Melbourne Cup punters to become more regular customers. It is also designed to make it easier for newcomers to understand racing jargon, which can be a barrier to attracting new punters.
"Domestic racing turnover has been static in recent years and it is vital that we get more New Zealanders betting on New Zealand racing." [...]
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@Hooroo I see Galaxy MIss running today...worth a punt?
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Vic derby day today at Flemington. Great day of racing and looks hard on the punt!
Best bets for me are
Race 2 Bring me roses
Race 4 Harlem
Race 6 Shoals
Race 9 Man from uncle (ew)In regards to the Derby itself, I’ve had a future on Weather With You for some time now. Drawn well and a good chance but a very tough race
The Kennedy Mile (hard to believe but no not named after me) is also pretty tough to pick. Probably have to side to Tosen Stardom. Live egg tart but she’s had a horrible prep. Most likely will just stay off and watch
Also tango rain race 3 at Rosehill
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@taniwharugby said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@Hooroo I see Galaxy MIss running today...worth a punt?
Good feild but I hope so mate
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Farken tough day. Placed 12 bets for only 3 winners but some ok odds (merchant navy @ $21, shoals @ $6 and zumbalina at $3.50) so still ended up well up
Ace high impressive alright!
Also Melbourne cup final 24 locked in and barrier drawn underway at the moment.
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@jk said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Farken tough day. Placed 12 bets for only 3 winners but some ok odds (merchant navy @ $21, shoals @ $6 and zumbalina at $3.50) so still ended up well up
Ace high impressive alright!
Also Melbourne cup final 24 locked in and barrier drawn done
I had one bet all day - $10 for 5% the Flemington Quaddie. Collected $142, thanks to Rich Charm's late dash in the last. And if you haven't seen it, check out Udyta Clarke's post-race interview after Rich Charm's win. This is the racing.com one, but the Channel 7 one was even better.
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@smudge said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@jk said in Rough tips and other bets...:
Farken tough day. Placed 12 bets for only 3 winners but some ok odds (merchant navy @ $21, shoals @ $6 and zumbalina at $3.50) so still ended up well up
Ace high impressive alright!
Also Melbourne cup final 24 locked in and barrier drawn done
I had one bet all day - $10 for 5% the Flemington Quaddie. Collected $142, thanks to Rich Charm's late dash in the last. And if you haven't seen it, check out Udyta Clarke's post-race interview after Rich Charm's win. This is the racing.com one, but the Channel 7 one was even better.
I recoreded that for True-Love to watch. That is the heart of racing right there.
I loved the NZ Trackside comment after where he said if that doesn't warm the cockles of your heart, you must have had anti freeze
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so where is the smart money or the lucky money going tomorrow?
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@taniwharugby Smart money is on Almandin and Humidor. Wouldn't surprise me to see Almandin win it again.
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Going with these in first 4
1st
Tiberian
Red Cardinal2nd
Marmelo
Johannes Vermeer
Wall of Fire
Rekindling
Thomas Hobson
Tiberian
Red Cardinal3rd
Max Dyanmite
Alamandin
Big Duke
Amelie's Star
Marmelo
Johannes Vermeer
Wall of Fire
Rekindling
Thomas Hobson
Tiberian
Red Cardinal4th
Humidor
Boom Time
Nakeeta
Tiberian
Red Cardinal
Marmelo
Max Dynamite
Wall of Fire
Rekindling
Thomas Hobson
Johannes Vermeer
Alamandin
Big Duke
Amelie's Star
Ventura Storm
LibranWill try and weed a couple of these out before tomorrow to get the % up.
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Can’t back humidor at this distance personally. Think has peaked and been backed in to under the odds
Marmelo, Tiberian, red cardinal (even from the Car park). Rekindling worth considering too
Will have a shot at tri to
Marmelo 1st
Then box up tiberian, red cardinal, rekindling, big duke, almandin
A bit of Money coming in overnight for max dynamite
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@sneakdefreak said in Rough tips and other bets...:
@taniwharugby Smart money is on Almandin and Humidor. Wouldn't surprise me to see Almandin win it again.
I will be a little surprised if Humidor goes the trip. I know he was awesome in Cox Plate but I don't know of 2 mile
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The Melbourne Cup is such a horrible punting race. I only have one rule, which has served me well over the years: never back a horse that has never run in Australia before.
Which rules out the likes of Red Cardinal and Rekindling, though I will be including them in multiples.
I like Marmelo. Good European form, definitely gets the distance, and a nice lead-up run in the Caulfield Cup. Drawn well with a good jockey aboard. Reckon it wins from Johannes Vermeer and Wall of Fire.
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@barbarian said in Rough tips and other bets...:
The Melbourne Cup is such a horrible punting race. I only have one rule, which has served me well over the years: never back a horse that has never run in Australia before.
Which rules out the likes of Red Cardinal and Rekindling, though I will be including them in multiples.
I like Marmelo. Good European form, definitely gets the distance, and a nice lead-up run in the Caulfield Cup. Drawn well with a good jockey aboard. Reckon it wins from Johannes Vermeer and Wall of Fire.
Red Cardinbal has run in Australia hasn't it? Wasn't he in last years cup?
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