SELECTIONS - 4 May 2007

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

Armidale 4-1 Derivative Receipt [1]
Townsville 1-2 Amber Futuh [11]
Townsville 5-1 Mameluke [4,15]

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

Armidale 5-3, 5-4
Townsville 5-11, 8-10
Wagga 3-1

Comments: Thankfully, Danzamonkey did a good job to get home under his 59kg at Townsville yesterday because he would have been loser number 13 in a row for us and our record of 14 would be under threat. Armidale 4-1 Derivative Receipt really hit his straps when stepped up in trip in winning a couple of non-TAB races recently. He looks to have some upside so will have a go at about $3. Townsville 1-2 Amber Futuh must be a chance on her early 2YO. The problem is she clashed with Chief Red Feather a few times and beat him home once so unless she's improved during her spell you wouldn't want to be taking less than $3.40. Townsville 5-1 Mameluke has been running around in the city so plummets in class here for his new trainer. He's got to drop back 420m off a 25 day break and he's not a horse with a lot of zip so I'd want to see $6 to get interested.

Black bookers: Townsville 6-8 Back Of House has been good to us. He's only small so he'll appreciate the 54.5kg. Must be a chance. I'll assess Wagga 8-10 Bimutualconsent as an ongoing BB horse, as she's cost us a bit since the run that got her in.