SELECTIONS - 26 May 2007

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

Belmont 2-1 Kooyong Road [18]
Belmont 7-12 Nova Sofala [1]
Newcastle 7-4 Grondie [18]

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

Belmont 1-2, 4-5
Doomben 2-14, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-6, 7-10
Gold Coast 1-7, 7-2
Moonee Valley 1-1, 1-3, 3-11
Newcastle 1-8, 3-2, 4-5 ,6-7
Randwick 1-3
Sale 1-5
Toowoomba 4-2

(* Belmont selections UPDATED *)

Comments: Belmont 7-12 Nova Sofala has been in consistent form in weaker races and has everything to suit here with a good weight and inside draw. He should be right behind the speed and look a chance late. Newcastle 7-4 Grondie is race fit and has 3 placings from 3 goes but it's likely that at least one of these first starters has ability so I'll want $8+.

Black Book: Yesterday's pick, Zip Zip Array, zipped home into 4th spot from way back. People may have noticed the run so we might not get good odds about him next time out. MV 1-5 Hasta Manana has killed them at his two starts. They've been weak fields and this is harder but he looks very promising. MV 5-10 Forbes was scratched from a weaker race late in the week to run here. It wasn't much of a ride last time, which saw him narrowly beaten and he must be a chance in this. MV 7-12 Lucky Secret went into the BB after his first run so we've picked him up at long odds on in his two subsequent victories. Has drawn 15/15 at the MV 1000m start but has enough pace to be in the leading couple early. My BB comment after his first run was "Looks a future star" so we'll see today whether he continues on that path. Randwick 3-10 Bimutualconsent is on her last chance to score for us, as she's been quite frustrating. She has everything made to order here so needs to run well to stay in the BB. Randwick 6-1 Hairy has been terrific for us and has got the job done nicely at OK odds since returning from a spell. She isn't very well placed in this race with the weight and the fact that she had a very soft run last time before toughing it out to the line. She's not lacking in courage so we should get a good run for our money today.