Warracknabeal 5-1 Joke Brother
Non-POOMA selections (and ruffies in red below):
Bathurst 7-3
Warracknabeal 1-8, 8-2
Lay of the Day: Warracknabeal 8-1 Prince Rappa $2.80; has a wide gate, big weight and hasn't won past 1100m so that'll do me - [LOTD 7 from 9]
Today: Racing today at Bathurst, Warracknabeal and one of the fastest sprint courses in the country, Nowra. Given the class of horse that races there people might be surprised at the course records. Bay Watch Babe holds the 1000m record in 55.97, Fearless Jonny scorched around the 1100m in 61.2 and Bolong Road ran 67.46 for the 1200m, which is close to the Australian record. Not that we'll get those times today on the slow track but it's worth bearing in mind when you see Maidens winning in fast times at Nowra that there's a reason for it - mainly because it's got a long downhill stretch into the straight. In race 6 there, 1-Master Mood resumes for new trainer, Toby Edmonds, and looks a good chance at a track where he won his last start before a spell. Our POOMA, 5-1 Joke Brother, looks a good each way chance in an open race at Warracknabeal. He steps up to the mile and a quarter trip for the first time, which should suit, as he's lacked the dash to win at shorter trips but has been working home OK. John Hawkes has a couple of runners at Bathurst, both to be ridden by Mitchell Beadman. 1-2 Beehives comes off a Hawkesbury placing and has been placed in town so that's stronger form than any of these. Don't expect to get anywhere near the $2.80 prepost on that one. 6-1 Charangas has also been placed in town and comes off a last start, first up 4th at Gosford. My database back to 1/1/2000 only has John Hawkes with one start at Bathurst for one win and he might be 3 from 3 after today.
Yesterday: Not much to report from yesterday, really. Eckland won her first race nicely at Seymour and might be quite smart. Go Leica won her Maiden at her 26th start for trainer Martin Condon. He broke in a horse for me going back in time when he was based at Kembla Grange. A good fella with a strong Irish accent. Unfortunately, whereas he has a great reputation for breaking horses in, as a trainer he hasn't had much success. Lunacampo won his 2nd start from 27 goes at the juicy price of $56 at the Sunshine Coast. He hasn't been far away recently so the price was a surprise.
POOMAs: Zephyr Speed continued the good recent run of POOMA selections by winning strongly paying $3.20.
LOTD: Eddie Rapido had a good run in the race but couldn't finish off and ran 3rd.
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