SELECTIONS - 25 April 2007

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

Ascot 4-3 Pagan Prince [16]
Gold Coast 5-2 Lachlan Valley [10]
Moonee Valley 5-5 Archie Senior [1]

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

Bathurst 2-1, 4-6
Cheltenham 9-2
Moe 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 2-3
Moonee Valley 8-3, 8-9
Randwick 8-5

(* Updates at Ascot later on - UPDATED *)

Comments: In Concert started an unbackably short $1.70 at Wodonga yesterday and raced very intractably to finish midfield and give Peter Robl an unwanted odds-on losing double after being unplaced on Kim Regret at $1.40 in the first race there. How Kim Regret was $1.40 has got me beat. Neroli's price at Warwick Farm blew like Roger after a 6m sprint, getting out to a healthy $2.40 after opening well into the red. Beadman rated her nicely in front and she dashed quickly in the straight to win by a space. She might go OK and I'm going to stick her into my black book.

Moonee Valley 5-5 Archie Senior has turned the corner after taking 6 runs to win his Maiden to now have 6 wins from his last 9 starts. I wouldn't have thought that he was as talented as Bon Hoffa at the mile journey but he deserves his shot at a black type race and will be nice odds. Gold Coast 5-2 Lachlan Valley is a pretty good horse with a big finish so the step up from 1000m to 1200m will be just what he needs to get home today in what looks to be a field with a bit of depth.

A few from the black book are running around today. MV 4-11 Master O'Reilly is a going pretty well in spite of being a bit costly lately. He looks pretty well placed today and I'll assess his ongoing black book status either at this run or his next. MV 6-8 Lazer Sharp was unlucky not to run a place at nice odds for us last time. He's drawn off the track today and that's going to be absolutly no help but he'll be good e/w odds and I'll follow up on him even though he's by Zariz and steps up to 2500m for the first time. Randwick 5-6 Hairy went into the black book after two wins at her home track of Scone. She then ran a good race under lights at Canterbury before rounding out her preparation with a strong win at Newcastle. She was entered for yesterday's Warwick Farm meeting but was scratched in order to run in this stronger race. She might be around $3.50 and I'll be having a crack at those odds. Randwick 6-4 Bimutualconsent went into the black book at her 2nd start when she showed electrifying acceleration to win at her home track of Wagga. She then went to Rosehill and got a bit lost before finishing her preparation with a good 2nd at Randwick. She was entered in last Saturday's metro race and at Wagga last Sunday but turns up here so obviously connections think she's ready to run a race first up.