SELECTIONS - 14 April 2007

POOMA selections (Location Race#-TAB# Horse [system/s])

Randwick 7-6 Blutigeroo [14]

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

Ascot 1-1, 5-1
Cheltenham 2-1
Doomben 3-2, 7-6
Randwick 4-2, 8-4
Yarra Glen 6-1, 7-1, 7-2, 7-6, 8-3, 8-6, 8-9, 9-2, 9-3

Comments: You know you're going well when you can't even get a $1.30 shot home! I'm not too sure that Blue Finch is much of a horse on that performance yesterday at Cranbourne. Our non-POOMA, Adam's Peak, won the 2nd race there paying $1.80 NSW & VIC but $2.75 was available with fixed odds bookies (after opening at $1.90) so that was a huge over. The system that picked it will probably end up replacing one of the non-performers at our midyear review of systems.

Randwick 7-6 Blutigeroo only has to stay two miles to win the Sydney Cup, surely? From the way he got home in The BMW you'd think he'd have no problem though Encounter is not a noted sire of stayers with only two of his progeny winning at 2200m+. Last year's winner, County Tyrone, ran to the line well in that race and he looks primed for another big run at two miles. Prince Dande Lion is a dour stayer with a placing in the Duke Of Norfolk Stks at his only try at the trip and he must be a chance for multiples.

A few from the consistenty successful black book to watch today. Ascot 4-7 Jestatune won her first three easily before being poorly handled by Paul Harvey last time out. Willie Pike returns and he should be able to get her home. Moonee Valley 6-5 Lazer Sharp has only won 2/12 but he's run another 7 placings and hasn't had much luck in a few of those runs. He walloped Blue Finch last time and we got nice odds of $5+. As mentioned above, Blue Finch didn't frank the form by being beaten as a $1.30 shot yesterday but I reckon we'll get good e/w odds today, have a good run just behind the speed and be getting home hard in a pretty even race. Toowoomba race 5 sees the clash of two black bookers: 5-Mini Maizing and 7-Rockem. Mini Maizing has a lot of speed and will set this race up for Rockem, which will be able to sit in the first half dozen and power to the line. He was entered for Doomben today but scratched to run at his home track of Toowoomba. Kevin Kemp says that Rockem could be the best horse he's ever trained and if you saw his win last time then you might agree. Yoshida let him stride along just behind the speed and only got into him in the last 100m to win by a length under a throttle hold. He is a beautiful mover and I'll be backing him. The presence of Answer Me in the race should mean we get somewhere around $3.50, which is acceptable for me.