SELECTIONS - 12 September 2006

POOMA selections:

Casterton 1-1 It's A Dud
Casterton 6-1 Desert Demon
Casterton 7-8 Vereker Street

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

Casterton 2-4
Rockhampton 5-10, 7-1
Warwick Farm 1-5

Today: Casterton 1-1 It's A Dud won at his hurdle debut two starts back over this course and then ran a fair race on the flat last time. He looks like he'll get the prize here today. In race 6, another POOMA, 1-Desert Demon has run two very good races since returning from a spell. First up he sat three deep for the entire trip, took the lead in the shadows of the post and was run down in the last couple of bounds by Surewood. Last start he had a good run behind the leaders, was slightly held up into the straight, got clear, accelerated nicely to the lead but was overpowered by Fullta with Waltaprince also coming from the back to nab him for 2nd. He's a lightly raced 6YO and with the Darren Weir trained runner, Hasty Snip, in the race we might get some good e/w value with our pick. 7-8 Vereker Street gets his chance to win a race at his 8th start. He was a bit unlucky last time and this field is pretty weak. At Warwick Farm, 1-5 Palace General looks like he'll continue on his winning ways but will be too short to back. Up at Rocky you'd think that 7-1 Sonovabeach would go pretty close and 4-6 Easy Dancing is first up from racing in Victoria and looks to have enough ability to go pretty close. Depending on what value there is, I'll have a go at It's A Dud in the hurdle at Casterton and follow up on Desert Demon if he's around $6.

Yesterday: Was there racing yesterday? Not of any note and I didn't even watch or listen to a race.
POOMAs: There were no POOMA selections yesterday.