SELECTIONS - 8 February 2008

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

Canberra 4-1 Back On Top [7]
Canberra 4-2 De Lightning Ridge [6,7,8]
Canberra 5-2 Inspired Choice [6,7,10]
Canberra 5-4 Turf Music [7]
Canberra 7-9 Smashing [7]
Port Lincoln 4-1 Moxie Miss [6]
Port Lincoln 5-10 Annie Jane [10]
Port Lincoln 7-5 Taloora Hula [7]
Port Lincoln 8-2 Export Power [7]

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

Canberra 3-1, 5-4
Eagle Farm 6-7, 7-5
Moonee Valley 4-6, 7-5
Randwick 7-1

(* Any updates at MV later on *)

Comments: A stack of POOMAs today. It'll be good to see my old trainer, Keith Dryden, take another step towards a Golden Slipper runner with De Lightning Ridge who slaughtered them in the manner of a good horse at her first start.

Black Book: Canberra 5-1 Grand Rumba has looked good when winning both his previous first up starts but he's then gone downhill from there. What connections were doing stepping him up to 1750m last time I don't know. If he doesn't run well today by winning then he'll be gone from the BB. Moonee Valley 3-6 Moreton Bay was terrific at Geelong in really fast time two starts back before starting $5 in a Listed race over the carnival, finishing 3rd and going for a spell. You'd think that he'll be too far back against some quick ones in this but he'll be finishing over the top of them at at nice e/w odds might be a fair place bet.