SELECTIONS - 16 October 2006

POOMA selections:

There are no POOMA selections today

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

There are no non-POOMAs today, either

Today: Three meetings today and nary a system selection in sight. Echuca 2-7 Stralalia will lead them up, you'd think, and might notch up an overdue win. The only problem is she's a bit weak and will be served up at around $2, which wouldn't interest me at all. 3-5 General Ralph ran 3rd behing Tully Storm last time and that galloper came out and beat a small but useful field yesterday so unless one of the debut runners goes well he'd have to look the winner at some stage. A couple of ruffies in the last race: 8-7 Play Hard didn't have a whole heap of luck last time and 8-10 She's Just Ace wasn't far away in the same race and has drawn much better in this. Depending on the value in race 2 and 3 it looks like a good day to keep the wallet locked.

Yesterday: Last start winners for us, Bellini Rose and Bon Hoffa, provided a repeat dose yesterday at Cranbourne and both were very good efforts. Bellini Rose stepped up in grade and trip and really had the race won a long way out. Bon Hoffa looked in trouble entering the short Cranbourne run home but sprouted wings over the last 200m to pick up race favourite Stanzout near the line. It's hard to tell how far he can go and it's going to be difficult as he steps up in grade to keep coming from the rear like he does but he certainly does have a fair old motor. The second horse home, Stanzout, is no slouch either. He's a little horse with a big ticker. I'm sure that the form out of this race will be worth following. Talkng of ticker, the win of Parmar Day under 59.5kg was terrific. He had them covered a long way from home and cruised to the line without being asked to fully extend. It's not beyond him to sneak a Listed race over the carnival.

POOMAs: There were no POOMA selections yesterday.