SELECTIONS - 9 November 2006

POOMA selections:

Flemington 2-15 Lodge The Deeds
Flemington 6-1 Miss Finland
Flemington 9-13 More Than Regal
Port Lincoln 4-2 Sunny Diva
Warrnambool 1-7 Tattoine

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

Eagle Farm 7-7
Hawkesbury 4-1, 6-4
Pakenham 6-6
Pinjarra 2-3, 2-11

Today: Oaks Day at Flemington, aka Blokes' Day, where the ladies wear more double sided tape than they do actual dress. Works for me. The POOMAs have come up with a few selections starting with Flemington 2-15 Lodge The Deeds. He's drawn wide, is up in grade and is up against one that we've been getting the money with lately in the topweight, Bon Hoffa, who is a very good racehorse indeed. Lodge The Deeds was a POOMA for us two starts back when he won at Kembla Grange and before that race I nominated him as an up and coming star. After that win he then went into town where he was 'poorly handled' by Lenny Beasley when a beaten favourite. He drifted from 11/8 to 2/1 that day and it seemed that Lenny took every wrong decision available from the top of the straight, which resulted in the horse going down by less than a length. Seems to happen a lot in Sydney these days. Darren Beadman takes the ride today, which knocks off $3-$4 from the price but if he's as good as I think he is the price of around $8 will look good after the race. He does get back and steam home so the wide barrier shouldn't be an issue. I'll be working multiples with he, Bon Hoffa and Bellini Rose, which has been also winning for us though this is tougher. 6-1 Miss Finland will win the Oaks. Moving right along. Oh, right, you want to know why. Sure. Basically, she's got a thousand grades on them, which she showed in the Cox Plate when she was only beaten 2.8L. Put Tuesday Joy in that race and she gets beaten 28L, I reckon. Unlike the Cox Plate there'll be little speed and Miss Finland's brilliance will see her home. Tuesday Joy will be out the back and will need to put in a mighty run to win. 9-13 More Than Regal sneaks into a very winnable race. He'll park right behind the speed and will be right ther at the end. Warrnambool 1-7 Tattoine is bursting to win a race and her astute trainer, Darren Weir, seems to have found one to let her break her duck. If she runs up to her last effort at Ballarat then she'll put these away. Port Lincoln is one of my favourite tracks to be at. Why? Because it's so far from anywhere that they all race against each other and the form stacks up well (similar to Far North Queensland). 4-2 Sunny Diva is a very consistent filly that hasn't been unplaced in 8 runs since her first start 5th to Perficio. She gets everything to suit today and should beat the topweight, Demand.

Selections for Flemington:

Race 1: 1, 12, 2
Race 2: 15, 1, 6
Race 3: 4, 2, 1
Race 4: 1, 12, 7
Race 5: 4, 10, 17
Race 6: 1, 2, 6
Race 7: 2, 8, 4
Race 8: 12, 3, 7
Race 9: 13, 4, 8

Yesterday: The quaddies I nominated were a roaring success with the best result being money back at Grafton. That was for a bit of fun anyway on a dull day.

POOMAs: 1 from 2 yesterday breaking square. Nylstroem sat outside the pace, accelerated hard and won handily paying an even $2. Jamberoo sat right behind the pace, briefly hit the front 200m out, fought hard but couldn't hold out the winner and runner up, finishing a close 3rd.