POOMA selections:
Scone 3-4 Image Dancer
Townsville 8-4 Shoot First
Non-POOMA selections (and ruffies in red below):
Pakenham 5-4, 8-3
Townsville 1-1, 1-2, 4-4
Today: Two POOMA selections today with the first coming up at Scone. 3-4 Image Dancer was heavily backed from 2/1 into 1/1 last time before running 2nd over 900m. She was backed from 4/1 into 5/4 first up so there are some seriously burned fingers among her connections but the step up in trip is more her go and she should go pretty close today. With Morsept and African Mist in the race she might be an OK price, as well. The system that picked Image Dancer has a 50%+ live strike rate. Townsville 8-4 Shoot First comes from a system with a 22/37 (59.5%) live strike rate. He's drawn a tad deep, which is no help but he has some tactical speed so should be able to position in a handy spot. Race 1 at Townsville sees a bit of a rarity, which is the selection of two horses, 1-Chief Red Feather and 2-Amber Futuh, by a system that doesn't have many selections but does have a live strike rate of 50%+. Given one of these two should beat the other the s/r will remain intact but the profit% will cop a small hit. They look the quinella, which will pay about $1.50.
Yesterday: I don't know whether they have the same incompetent riding rule in Victoria as they do in South Australia but if so then Ryan Waymouth and Lincoln Coffey should be charged under the rule and given a month on the sideline to consider the quality of their rides on the two favourites in race 5 at Stony Creek yesterday, the first leg of the quaddie. Settling well off the speed in a race run at a farcically slow pace, Coffey allowed his mount to lose further ground half way through and was in an impossible position on the turn. Waymouth settled last and was never a hope even though his mount rocketed home for 3rd, beaten less than a length. He should have won by as far as you can kick your hat. One thing about an incompetent riding rule is that it gives stewards the option of penalising a jockey when it's an obvious boat race without bringing a more serious charge that would require much stronger investigation and evidence (mobile phone records etc).
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