SELECTIONS - 10 November 2006

POOMA selections:

Townsville 2-1 See You Twist

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

Townsville 6-8

Today: When the Easybeats wrote about having Friday on their minds they certainly can't have been looking forward to the racing that is generally served up on that day. Dead track at Stony Creek and Port Macquarie make them very unattractive betting propositions. One POOMA today from one of my favourite systems up at Townsville. 2-1 See You Twist is an obviously talented but injury prone galloper given the large spells between some of her runs. She returned from nearly two years off for a placing at out of the way Innisfail before an easy win at Cairns. If she's $3+ then that will be great value.

Yesterday: Miss Finland proved that she's one of the great young horses of the modern era (along with Dance Hero, which was unbelievable as a 2YO, of course) by winning the Oaks in the same year as the Golder Slipper. I thought she was a good thing and would have too much class in spite of the query of her getting the distance. As it turned out she had plenty of gas in the tank at the finish and actually drew away from them over the final 100m. Danny Beasley's ride on Tuesday Joy was an instruction in excellence for those that were watching. His tactic was to position a couple of lengths behind Miss Finland, track her every inch of the way and then use Tuesday Joy's supposed superior stamina to run down the favourite. As it turned out she wasn't up to the task due to the winner's brilliance but it was a 10/10 ride. Also in the outstanding category is Gold Edition, which made a bunch of 2nd raters look 3rd rate when smashing them up the straight for the second time in 5 days. I hope both of these outstanding 3YOs can keep their form going, as there's quite a lack of depth at the moment. The other good win of the day was Crepe De Chine and she can keep it going.

POOMAs: Only 1 from 5 yesterday returning $2.60, which continued the recent frustrating run.