Yeah 14/1 great overs! Summer Haze 3rd same race 30/1 :) The rest not so good although Call For Freedom a non starter. Tributon ran a nice race to finish 5th & should be further improved with that run.

KALGOORLIE 22 JULY


Race 1 - 9 Shiroko
Race 2 - 3 Price Is Right
Race 3 - 8 Diplomat
Race 4 - 5 La Escondida
Race 5 - 7 Aspen Dancer
Race 6 - 5 Takeover Queen
Race 7 - 5 In Light
Race 8 - 8 Serene Dancer

grey matter Kal today
 

Now 2 wins from 11 starts for Matinee Appeal
A couple in the last, Western Crown shooting for 3-in-a-row and Kenny Kenfair, a place chance

Marasco
 

On track to return (plan A) August 4th. Belmont 1200m handicap with a maximum top weight of 60kg. Good chance Damien Oliver will ride or (plan B) August 18th WFA event to be ridden by Paul Harvey or William Pike.

Belmont 23/07 Trials
 

Top runs by both Mansion House & Vain Crusader in their respective heats. Both doing their best work at the business end. Mansion House runner-up behind Tummler & Vain Crusader runner-up behind Volition.

Nice surprise for those that can get out to Belmont tomorrow!
Marasco will appear in an exhibition gallop over 1200m between races.

grey matter
 

At Belmont today the grey brigade have representation in R2 Spirited One strong winner first-up & suited the extra distance. Teaken also a strong winner first-up & suited the extra distance. Delpak (drawn wide) & Simply Adorable (inside draw) are first starters. R3 Call Of Freedom scratched last Sat for this. Moondance Magic a bit an in or out customer but has won in the city over 2200. R4 Wongkaew won nicely this course last week. R5 Calarosa Donna needed the run first-up, fitter. R6 Just A Halo will be up with them, although the 1650 could test. R8 River Mist looked disappointing last start when given every chance but this race looks a bit easier this time & has the claim again. Zorobo weakened noticeably over 1300 last start but does drop back to 1200 & drawn well.

MARASCO
 

D. Oliver has elected not to ride Marasco or El Segundo but instead will pilot the fabulous Haradasan.
Must be really something to have a choice between such brilliant horses.

Hmmmm, lets see now, didnt the same hoop jumped off Northerly to ride Don Eduardo :rolleyes:

I thought that Marasco was a shade disappointing (although racing wide) in his exhibition gallop yesterday when edged out by stablemate Super Dragon.

In an interview immediately after the gallop Fred Kersley commented that the gallop had indicated to him that Marasco was not as forward as he had thought.

When questioned on how Marasco would go first-up (Aug 4th) Fred gave no real indication, mentioning quality of opposition (amongst other things) and the fact that Marasco hasn’t always gone extra well first-up previously. From what I can see his first-up record is pretty good.

Marasco
 

Be surprised if Pike doesn't get the nod to ride Marasco in Perth

Lots of rain in Perth at the moment. Looks settled in. Might be slow tomorrow.

Has to be the fav with the pontiff committed to Vain Crusader ;)

Mansion House
 

Tough ask today first-up, dead track & with 61kgs but should be finishing off well at the race end!

runner-up
 

very nice effort

any explanation?
 

I missed the races (no bets because of track conditions) but can anyone explain what happened to Demands Attention, Motivater, and Banner Storm,

NOT ONE OF EM' EVEN PLACED?????

KALGOORLIE SUNDAY

Race 1 - 3 Price Is Right
Race 2 - 2 Aspen Park
Race 3 - 7 Shakin Stanley
Race 4 - 6 Lady Lozen
Race 5 - 6 American Gothic
Race 6 - 2 Calmbeforethestorm
Race 7 - 5 Star Elite

Kalgoorlie, Sunday 29/7/2007
 

R1 Arc Nation
R2 Aspen Park
R3 Shakin Stanley
R4 Lady Lozen
R5 Campbells Chariot
R6 La Escondida
R7 Spice Star

You can certainly forget that Banner Storm went around! Bounded on jumping missing the start completely & then unable to take up his customary role up front!!

well, listened to the replay of all, and am still bamboozled that not one of em' was placed, amazing!!

surprise!! :) harvey to ride ;)

Yep, the pontiff has given up his ride on Vain Crusader to ride Marasco. Vain Crusader to be ridden by Troy Turner.

gday partypooper, imo the writting was on the wall with motivator last start, had enough!

mv2040, yes I agree, I was actually quite glad when the conditions were too bad for a bet. as Motivator was a system bet, but Pike carried him over the line last time I thought.

Banner Storm missed it at the start so I'm told (didn't hear that on the replay)

And the other one finished 5th I think, well after all it IS racing I suppose!

grey matter
 

Belmont tomorrow, R1 last start city winner The Gray Bear comes off a 70 day layoff, gone ok fresh before & doesn’t mind the damp ground. Place chances same race Akka Man & Grey Johnson. R3 Teaken not beaten far this course last week running 5th of 16. R4 Air Of Vigilance is having his 1st start. The Duck goes onto Bangadang Jack who should be improved by previous 2 starts. R5 Grey Zoro is 2nd-up & will have the services of by Dashing Dan Miller. R6 Starlight Grey should be coming home strongly, Metal Mayhem suited the journey & El Sarie resumes after a long spell. R7 Busters Icon an EW show. R8 Summer Haze put in a top effort last start (2nd-up) & fitter for that run.

Ventured West
 

In the opener at Belmont today former Victorian DECKI KISEKI is having his 4th start in WA. Ran a nice race when 3rd most recent start over 1650m & is a winner in slow going.

Interstate riders may think twice about riding in WA. It would seem that the weekly compensation (workers’ comp) paid to WA riders is less than 50% of the sum paid to riders in other mainland States.

Firmed from 8/1 to 9/2 but was extremely disappointing.

PR6-3.40 CARLTON DRAUGHT-BELMONT NEWMARKET 1200M
 

1 MARASCO Fred Kersley P J Harvey 5 60
2 ARCTIC PARK John Price P D Knuckey 4 56
3 BANNER STORM David Harrison Ms J R Hill (a) 6 53
4 IS AMAZING Fred Kersley W A Pike 3 53
5 REAL MAK Wally Mitchell P J Carbery 1 53
6 RIPPED George Daly P King 2 53
7 VAIN CRUSADER Trevor Andrews T K Turner 7 53

Banner Storm looks interesting Westman after last week??

Though I'm waiting for Chilli Mussels!!

Only a small field but at least 3 horses (imo) that could beat Marasco depending on how the race pans out & Marasco's level of fitness ;)

Yep, 1 of 3 :)

Great win today Marasco..he looked huge....perfect for the campaign he has ahead of him...

I was pleasantly surprised with Marasco's performance today. He covered the last 600m in the very quick time of 33.57 secs!

Apparently caught Fred off guard as well

Yes, eventually Harvey swung it for me + the amazing place divi, I had a reasonable win bet, but a VERY nice place bet $1.90 to good to resist. Just as well, as I made a bad judgement on the Black Pig

Ran the last 600m a lot faster than Apache Cat & carrying 1.5kgs more. Now that says something!

Hi Guys, just back from a spell. Was at the meet. Great day. Crowd well above average. HUGE run the MightyM & still lots of room for improvement.

grey matter
 

The grey brigade reps at Belmont tomorrow start off R1 with Money Day who fought on ok only start. R2 Whoville High first starter for the lovely Paula Wagg & Zorobo yet to be placed in 8 starts at Belmont. R3 Metal Mayhem drawn the rails & suited the drop back in distance. R5 Our Solid Bond fresh from a stint in the warmth at Broome & Silver Ambush back in distance but freshened. R6 Summer Haze all the better for 2 starts back. R7 Trib first-up & down from Geraldton for the day & Beau Rancher nice first-up effort Northam & close-up only other 3 starts all at Ascot.