SELECTIONS - 8 June 2008

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

Kalgoorlie 5-1 Who Let Da Dog Out [18]
Kalgoorlie 5-5 New Addition [10]
Kalgoorlie 7-1 Ears Loppy [18]
Sunshine Coast 8-3 Jackpot [10]

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

Hobart 3-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5, 8-12
Pakenham 7-2, 8-5
Sapphire Coast 2-11
Sunshine Coast 3-11, 3-13
Swan Hill 3-4, 7-3

(* Any updates at Kalgoorlie later on *)

Comments: Kalgoorlie 5-1 Who Let Da Dog Out has struck form with wins at his last two over 1100m and 1400m. Rises in weight and drops in distance but stays in the same class so should be a fair chance of racking up a hat trick. Kalgoorlie 5-5 New Addition ran 3rd to Who Let Da Dogs Out over 1100m first up from a spell when steaming home from back in the field and then thundered home again when successful over that trip last time out. Drops in weight and steps up to 1200m so it'll be interesting to see whether she can run down the topweight. In that race Soprano Rex looks a big threat to the two POOMA selections. Kalgoorlie 7-1 Ears Loppy finally won another race when an easy winner last time over 1774m at this track. It's hard to get too enthusiastic about horses that haven't won for a while making it two in a row but as we saw with yesterday's selection at Tamworth, Miss Nidan, it can be done because they get to stay in the same class. Sunshine Coast 8-3 Jackpot has been a money pit for punters for most of his career and when he did win a race it was at short odds. It's hard to see how he beats home Onshuldig on weights and margins but maybe he's needed a couple of runs to get him to his peak this time in. Anything less than about $6 is poor value and that's probably a likely outcome so I won't be backing him.

Black Book: Swan Hill 4-5 Samadji is on his last chance as a black booker. If he can't beat home Snappy Tom with a 7kg weight advantage then he's no hope of winning many races again.