SELECTIONS - 22 August 2006

POOMA selections:

Sale 6-1 Street Classic

Non-POOMA selections (and ruffies in red below):

Canterbury 2-1, 4-14, 5-6
Rockhampton 6-3, 7-2
Sale 2-4, 5-3, 7-8

Lay of the Day: Canterbury 4-2 Decides $2.70; back from Class 3 to Maiden and started 7/4 in that stronger race. Gets a dry track here, which might help but wide gate and weight rise is against - [LOTD 14 from 17]

Today: As usual up at Rocky it's worth looking at southern horses having their first starts there. 7-3 Bliss Miss and 7-9 Wicca Wedding are both in that category and look to have a real chance in this race. I reckon that 8-9 Kai Cibo might show a return to form, as well. She came back from nearly a year off and was only beaten 3.4L behind Craiglea Emma, which was not a bad effort under the circumstances. Our POOMA selection at Sale, Street Classic, steps up from a couple of 1400m wins to the 1715m today. He has been finishing his races very strongly so that should suit. The danger might be 10-Amber Folly who has been running on in her two starts since a spell including behind Street Classic last start. A couple of others I'll watch the prices of at Sale are 1-16 Our Eva, 3-Wumara and 5-1 Bialystock. The best jockey since George Moore, Darren Beadman, has a good book of rides and it wouldn't surprise to see him ride 3 or 4 winners. I'll have a bit of an e/w all up on the selections above.

Yesterday: Gawd. I got all confident and played the Wangaratta quaddie yesterday on the basis that I thought it was gettable and the dividend would be big. Started off nicely with a $44 shot, got the $6 next leg and then missed the 3rd leg. It paid $44K. That's the third time I've done that in the last week and a bit. In the first race there a Matthew Ellerton first starter, Sunburnt Land, was backed confidently and got the chokkies easily. He's by Scenic, who was a really good sire, and I'm sure he'll go on to win in town. Apart from that there was nothing I saw that was worth following. BTW - my antipathy towards Muswellbrook is so profound that I spelled it incorrectly, giving it an extra 's', as in 'boo hiss'.

POOMAs: There were no POOMA selections yesterday.

LOTD: Good Red was $2 on the morning line (after scratchings), started $4.40 and didn't run a place, being beaten by the one I fancied, Nearctic Crossing.