Wednesday, October 01, 2008

SELECTIONS - 1 October 2008

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

Bendigo 1-2 Damselfly [6,7]
Canterbury 6-1 Joku [8,18,20]

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

Bendigo 3-1
Eagle Farm 1-3
Geraldton 7-9

(* Any updates at Geraldton later on *)

Comments: Bendigo 1-2 Damselfly was slowly away and settled at the rear of the field over this course at her first run. Once she hit top gear she put paid to them and Ollie let her coast to the line a length clear in an impressive effort. Up in grade but back to her own sex here and she ran fast time in that win so a repeat performance would see her make it two from two. Canterbury 6-1 Joku looks like starting short odds again and looks like winning again even though he steps up to 1900m from the 1550m last time. I'm not interested in backing him at an odds on quote.

Black Book: Eagle Farm 1-1 Don Vito was back in last place and being urged along some 4-5 lengths behind the 2nd last horse on the corner at the Gold Coast over 1800m 11 days ago. Once he put his mind on the job he rocketed to the line to run 3rd, which you would have never believed just 400m earlier in the run. This is an awful looking race so he'd have to be some hope at nice e/w odds. Eagle Farm 6-6 Rontgen went into the black book after his luckless 7th at Townsville when he went to the line under a triple Nelson. Nearly got the prize at double figure odds for us at Cairns and I'm going to follow up on the stable's confidence of bringing him all of the way into town in what looks a very winnable race for him.

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