SELECTIONS - 3 August 2008

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

Cranbourne 8-3 Sir Charlemagne [18]
Hobart 6-1 Twenty Grand [18]
Sunshine Coast 8-4 Alright Man [6,7]
Wagga 2-4 Baggy [7]
Wagga 5-5 El Veloz [16]

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

Coffs Harbour 4-4, 5-8, 6-7
Cranbourne 3-14, 5-1
Hamilton 5-1, 7-10
Hobart 1-9, 4-6, 6-4, 8-2
Kalgoorlie 7-3, 8-5, 8-8
Sunshine Coast 3-8
Wagga 2-2, 3-7, 3-10, 4-11, 7-4

(* Any updates at Kalgoorlie later on *)

Comments: Cranbourne 8-3 Sir Charlemagne looks pretty well graded after two good wins at this track. He's surprisingly short on the morning line given the topweight must be a big chance so it'll be a watch race for me, though I'll put them both in a quaddie. Hobart 6-1 Twenty Grand won nicely first up at his first run back from a spell. He's 0/2 second up from a spell but has had a 4 week freshen up so should run well. Sunshine Coast 8-4 Alright Man had his first start in Queensland when winning as favourite in a Maiden over this course. This is a much harder race so he's going to need to have improved to win this. Wagga 2-4 Baggy finally won another race at the TAB meeting at Narrandera. He's a consistent type so should be a chance in the small field. Wagga 5-5 El Veloz doesn't win out of turn but neither do any of his rivals so if it's his turn today, which is how these races seem to work, then he'll win the race.