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[_Ed_]

Agree, think there must be something wrong with her at the moment. She's comfortably better than Red Ruler, who finished well ahead of her in this race.

 

[Smudge]

To avoid queues on Cup day, I've put my bets on. Each way bets on Nom Du Jeu and Mad Rush, a quinella with the aforementioned along with C'est La Guerre and a trifecta featuring NDJ and MR on top, those two, C'est La Guerre and Profound Beauty for second and the previous four along with Septimus, Zipping, Varevees and Prize Lady for third.

 

[_Ed_]

Sounds pretty good to me.

I really rate C'est La Guerre, he's my pick for the race.

 

[Smudge]

Yeah, I've been big on C'est La Guerre for his last few starts and he appears to be improving with every run, crying out for more distance. However, it looks like there are only going to be brief showers today before two sunny days, so I don't think the track will be perfect for him. Still, he seems fairly adaptable, so I'd definitely like to see him run second behind one of my first picks.

 

[ripper868]

cheers for the tips voltman, will get on em tomorrow.

 

[howardj]

We're off to a Winery tomorrow at 10:30am with work - plan on getting off me chops.

Anyway, at this stage, leaning gently towards Zipping.

 

[Mister Wright]

Got my money (not much of it mind you) on Zipping tomorrow.

 

[NUFAN]

My picks..
1st Mad Rush.
2nd Honolulu
3rd Bauer

 

[howardj]

Yeah, putting a small wager on is just as exciting down the home-straight as a big wager.

My final bets, given I was still a bit gun shy after Geelong's capitulation, were:

Mad Rush: $20 for a win (@ odds of $5.50)
Barbaricus: $10 for a win (@ odds of $18)
Alessandro Volta: $10 for a win (@ odds of $61)

 

[_Ed_]

It's 8:45am local time, and there's currently $4.3 million in the win pool. Insane stuff.

 

[Smudge]

It's 8:45am local time, and there's currently $4.3 million in the win pool. Insane stuff.

Commingling, Ed. Commingling.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

My brother had good money on Bauer to win, massive lol.

 

[Burgey]

Well, don't **** with Bart on Cup Day I suppose.

Man's a freak.

What about the trifecta - paying $21K+ in NSW - must have been the next mystery out of the machine after mine....

 

[NUFAN]

I ended up losing just a small bit, ended up having each way bets on Mad Rush and Bauer plus went for the trifecta I had up above too.

Was slightly angry that the race wasn't 10 metres longer, cause Bauer would have gotten him, my mate won a good amount on Viewed, so all good.

 

[Simon]

Won dead set nothing on the cup, but did pretty well on some of the earlier races so not all that disappointed really.

 

[_Ed_]

Phenomenal stuff from Bart.

Really thrilled with CLG too. Next year.

 

[Johnners]

Nothing like winning by a nostril flare.

 

[Smudge]

Well, don't **** with Bart on Cup Day I suppose.

Man's a freak.

What about the trifecta - paying $21K+ in NSW - must have been the next mystery out of the machine after mine....

I, once again, went terribly on the punt. However, one guy we were watching the race with managed 25% of the trifecta which, in NZ, paid $28,994. The beer flowed after that....

Then, another guy picked up $1300 from a trifecta and me and the original big winner shared $250 from a trifecta.... I'm up now because I can never sleep with lots of beer in the system..

 

[howardj]

Lost about $50 on Tuesday.

Thanks goodness for alcohol - when one vice goes bad, you can always turn to another.

 

[Smudge]

Thrilled for ARA Fieldes, with Capecover pouring it on in the straight to win the Queen Elizabeth just minutes ago. He was unlucky not to get a start in the Melbourne Cup, and Alexander is one of the nicest blokes in NZ racing - so a Australian Group Three race is an awesome result.