SELECTIONS - 2 December 2006

POOMA selections:

Ascot 3-4 Lacida
Cheltenham 1-3 Dee's Brother
Eagle Farm 2-1 Redhotjazz
Moonee Valley 2-2 Silver Service
Moonee Valley 5-11 Test Fire
Randwick 3-3 Fabergine

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

Eagle Farm 8-9
Newcastle 1-3
Tamworth 1-2
Yarra Glen 6-2

Today: Quite a few selections today. MV 2-2 Scenic Silver is going to be 3rd favourite so about $3.80, which is a terrific price for a horse that is going to get the run of the race. He really dashed on the top of the straight last time at a night meeting and if he does that again then he'll go very close. MV 5-11 Test Fire is another that will get a very good run in what is an open race. The horse gets in well at the weights and will be nice odds at around $8. Cheltenham 1-3 Dee's Brother is first up in Adelaide for a new stable. He never got a go at them last time, going to the post under a hold, so forget the duck egg next to his name. If he runs up to his previous form then he'll take this out. Eagle Farm 2-1 Redhotjazz comes from one of my longest, most consistent systems. Unless there's a good first starter then he should get home. Another in that category is Randwick 3-3 Fabergine from the Gai Waterhouse stable. She showed a lot of guts in her narrow win last time and will be in the firing line all of the way. Another 2YO selection today at Ascot with 3-4 Lacida, which won nicely after leading at her first run. A repeat performance should see her home again.

Yesterday: 1 from 4 yesterday and again we were a bit unlucky but that's how it goes. A few horses to definitely follow from yesterday. Wagga 7-2 Bimutualconsent jumped from a Gundagai Maiden win to a Class 2 race, settled back in the field, made her run wide, went BANG at the 300m to storm to the lead in a twinkling at which point she was allowed to coast to the line under no pressure and a lazy 3L clear. She's up to city class for sure. At Ipswich, 2-3 Bionic Rock was heavily backed at his first start, missed the jump, wouldn't settle, was wide for the last half of the race, kept coming and went down narrowly. It was a good effort and he's worth following. At MV I think we might have seen the first start of a top class sprinter in the form of 3-11 Lucky Secret. Having her first start she was heavily backed in a field of 11, most of which had won races, jumped from gate 6 to lead, controlled the race, accelerated on the corner and won by 4-5L hard held.