Melbourne Cup

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

Race 8 - Fire in the Night - If you lose on the Cup back up on this one, it'll blitz them

 

[Seagullsrock]

1. Purple Moon
2. Blue Monday
3. Princess Coup
4. Master O'Reilly

Others of note: Maybe better, Zipping
Best Roughie: Lazer Sharp

 

[Collingwood Storm]

Box Trifecta

2. Blue Monday
9. Zipping
11. Master O'Reilly
12. Purple Moon
14. On a Jeune
23. Princess Coup

 

[Join The Bandwagon]

Sirmione....get on it...u saw how strongly it finished...the extra distance won't matter

 

[Eye_Shot_The_Sheriff]

agree

 

[damo72]

I've had a lash at Mahler and taken it with On A Jeune, Master O'Reilly and Zipping plus mucked around a bit with the 2,3,4,16 and 23 with the others in some exotics.

 

[gong_eagle]

Expert form guide


Article from:

November 06, 2007 12:00am

Daily Telegraph racing editor Ray Thomas and expert Ken Callender debate the chances of every horse in the Melbourne Cup field. Click on your favourite to see how it rates.
1. TAWQEET
2. BLUE MONDAY
3. BLUTIGEROO
4. GALLIC
5: RAILINGS
6: EFFICIENT
7: MAYBE BETTER
8: TUNGSTEN STRIKE
9: ZIPPING
10: BLACK TOM
11: MASTER O'REILLY
12: PURPLE MOON
13: LAZER SHARP
14: ON A JEUNE
15: SCENIC SHOT
16: SARRERA
17. SCULPTOR
18: DOLPHIN JO
19: DOURO VALLEY
20: SIRMIONE
21: THE FUZZ
22: ESKIMO QUEEN
23: PRINCESS COUP
24: MAHLER

 

[Cletus]

Gallic scratched!! Dunno why but it's listed as scratched on centrebet.

 

[_Johnsy]

aparently injured a joint, the fuzz getting inspected also this morning.

Will have to have a closer look at another option to replace Gallic in my box trifecta, maybe princess coup.

 

[Macca_]

Track a dead 4 with improvement in it.

The Moon shall rise!

 

[_Johnsy]

I think these will be the 6 I have in a box trifecta, unless I get some weird vibe at the tab just before I puit it on.

2 – Blue Monday
9 – Zipping
11 – Master O'Reilly
12 – Purple Moon
23 – Princess Coup
24 – Mahler

 

[_Johnsy]

What do the numbers mean in relation to the track rating ?

 

[_Johnsy]

If anyone else had the same question as me above,

FAST 1 A dry hard track
GOOD 2 A firm track
GOOD 3 Ideal track with some give
DEAD 4 Track with give, better side of Dead
DEAD 5 Significant amount of give, worse side of Dead
SLOW 6 A mildly rain affected track, better side of Slow
SLOW 7 Rain affected, worse side of Slow
HEAVY 8 Soft track, just into Heavy range
HEAVY 9 Very soft, genuine Heavy
HEAVY 10 Very soft and wet, heaviest category

http://www.bet4place.com/track-ratings.htm

 

[thewizard1o1]

The Fuzz out according to Sky News too...

 

[damo72]

Yep, The Fuzz a late scratching

 

[St. Brett]

How'd Satinspin go in the 3rd?

 

[St. Brett]

Is this the official site where we're giving our tips?


MACCA?

Sir, you there?

Is it ok if I put my information for the cup here?

I don't know if I'm of any assistence today really as I've no form coming into today's big one.

And it's a crap race too really.

Another negative is I'm as sick as a dog and not in the mood for this and I don't have my glasses with me again and am typing blind.

Eitherway my confidence has been rocked thismorning for the cup race as allthe so called experts are so confident on this Master O'rielly thing.
All morning I've heard the same sh*t from everybody.

At the end of the day the trifectta won't run the way people picked it.
Everybody is focusing on the same 4 horses - Master O'rielly Purple Moon Mahler and Sirmione.
It's pretty easy to get on national radio and tip out all the 4 favs when your manhood's on line.
They're so weak in their assesements playing it safe like this.

Macca......who do you like?

I'll tell you what I'm thinking.

I'm thinking that when the race is over and in the papers the next day a heading like Blue Tuesday was how everyone was feeling when they went accross the line.
Nash Rawiller and Blue Monday for me as the paper will also quote something about Delta Blues last year Blue Monday this year!
It's set-up perfect for the papers for the following day.
Big ruffy wins the race no one touched it.

I'm looking at number 9 Zipping as well.
D. Nikolic is a good jockey and it's dropping 4 to 5 kg's from last start.

And I'm thinking about 23 Princess Coup too for a small each way.

If all these know-alls think that Master O'rielly is a sure thing then I think a $2 Daily Double on number 11 in the first leg into the field in the second leg! That'll cost about $36.
Just hope that a good roughie wins the 2nd leg and the double pays $72.

My confidence has been rocked for th cup with all these know-alls and their confidence on Master O'rielly.

Still, I will put $20 each way on Blue Monday as my best bet.

It's a pretty ordinary program today really.

I only have two other tips.

Race 4 number 6 Reshuffles

Race 9 number 3 Electric General at odds. (Think I backed this horse last year in this race same jockey)

 

[Rocky_Da_Rooster]

My top pick is Master O'Reilly but i think Purple Moon and Mahler are also good chances so might have something on them also.

Zipping each-way
Roughy Princess coup.

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

im hopeing railings gets 2nd or 3rd cause i have 5 bucks on a place only

$5 each way on Sarrera and $2.50 each way on Sculptor and on a jeune

but with the luck im having today all will finish dead last :crazy:

 

[griffo346]

im on zipping for the win
and railings top 6