Thursday, December 21, 2006

SELECTIONS - 21 December 2006

POOMA selections:

Canterbury 7-4 Only He Knows

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

Kyneton 8-1

Today: One POOMA today from Canterbury, which I wouldn't normally include but the horse looks good and the system it came from has a terrific strike rate at the track and the slow track shouldn't be a problem. At Kyneton, 6-5 Pedro's Spectrum comes off, of all things, a win at the Moulamai picnics, which he won by from here to over the road as a $1.40 favourite. That was an exhibition gallop for him and he has enough good form in OK races to be a threat today. In race 7 there Lazer Sharp steps off his emphatic Maiden win into a Class 1 race in which he also steps up in distance. He looks a likely type and this doesn't look like a very hard race to win. 8-1 Cape Danger comes from a normal POOMA system but I'm being careful with these new ratings based races where the horses down in the weights seem to have an advantage. Back to Canterbury and another from the black book is last start beaten favourite, Pluto Pup, who was outstanding two starts back when he steamed home from back in the field before being ridden a bit quietly last time, which left him no time to peg back the winner (who looks smart also). Beadman is on board and he'll be flying late at around the $5 mark. The only query is whether he can handle the wet track.

Yesterday: The POOMA got home in the three horse field, which was a good start to the day and that was followed up by the win of Bound To at Ipswich in race 7 at $13-$17. I stood it out in a quaddie there and missed the 2nd leg, which was particularly annoying, as one doesn't successfully stand out horses at double figure odds very often.

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