geez two wins in a row! amazing!!

SKMRC-CHALLENGE STAKES 1400M Listed Race
 

1 FAMOUS ROMAN Ken Williamson J P Claite 9 58
2 MOISTURE Bob Mc Pherson Alan Kennedy (a) 13 57
3 VEROSSI Warren Radford P King 11 56.5
4 BROOME TIME Alan Mathews T K Turner 15 56
5 YURO Bob Turrell (Jnr) P J Harvey 1 56
6 MYTHICAL MAN Michael Pateman P J Carbery 16 55.5
7 PROART Shane A Edwards P D Knuckey 5 55.5
8 BOLD EMPIRE David Harrison W A Pike 6 55
9 GALILEO'S WORLD Jim P Taylor J J Brown 7 54.5
10 JOLANTA STAR Stephen Wolfe S F Mc Gruddy 4 54.5
11 CROWN OF CAITLIN Lou Luciani J S Whiting 10 53.5
12 FASLIZAN Warwick Bradshaw D J Staeck 2 53.5
13 MAGICAL BELLE Jim P Taylor Ms J R Hill (a) 14 53.5
14 SEYMOUR SNAKE Darryn Pateman C L Staples 8 53.5
15E KEY DYNASTY Darryn Pateman P B Farrell 12 53.5
16E DEED I DO Murray Dillon 3

current market
 

YURO 4.50 1.87
VEROSSI 5.00 2.00
GALILEOS WORLD 5.00 2.00
BOLD EMPIRE 7.50 2.62
PROART 8.50 2.87
MOISTURE 13.00 4.00
BROOME TIME 13.00 4.00
MYTHICAL MAN 16.00 4.75
CROWN OF CAITLIN 16.00 4.75
FAMOUS ROMAN 18.00 5.25
FASLIZAN 26.00 7.25
KEY DYNASTY (1E) 31.00 8.50
MAGICAL BELLE 41.00 11.00
SEYMOUR SNAKE 41.00 11.00
JOLANTA STAR 51.00 13.50
DEED I DO (2E) 71.00 18.50

I've rated Yuro on top but as a $5.60 chance

I have $200 on Moisture

ROBBO'S ROUGHIES
 

KEY DYNASTY 5x10 @ 30/1
MAGICAL BELLE 5x10 @ 50/1

have to include yuro [so impressive last run]
place bet key dynasty [if he gets a start]
both totes crown of caitlin [good run winning only start]

has a great 2nd-up record [a definite chance]

SKMRC CHALLENGE
Verossi & Jolanta Star have ew chances. Verossi should be ok 1st-up & has early speed to overcome a wide draw. Jolanta Star will be on the pace & has a nice barrier. Like Mr Quaddie I think Moisture a good chance but the barrier gives me some concern. Many other chances. Not a bad bunch of 3YOs for this time of year!

Great to see you back steve :)
Go the grey!

Unlucky with Magical Belle robbo, great effort to get 4th coming from well back on a frontrunner’s day

Yep, Magical Belle a top effort.
Nice tipping from puntersteve as well!

yeah i knew it was going to be a hard task after the first few races
still
was a good run in view of future

Yep, a leaders day again at Ascot, pays to bet later in the day once the track bias has been established ;)

Weights PHOENIX DEMONS-DETONATOR STAKES - 1800 (listed)
 

1 GUYNO (NZ) Lou Luciani 58
2 DAKA'S GEM Alan Mathews 57
3 ACTION PAK Lindsey Smith 55.5
4 FOREST FROLIC Jack Cockell 55
5 CALICO BLUE Rhona Macphilomey 54.5
6 FEUDAL LORD Dixie Solly 53
7 FLIGHT CAPTAIN (NZ) Greg Harper 53
8 IMPACT RATING Stephen Wolfe 53
9 KING OF THE STALLS Lou Luciani 53
10 LUSKIN DANCER Arthur Mortimer 53
11 RED SOVEREIGN Arthur Mortimer 53
12 REIGNING FORT Joe Miller 53
13 RONNIE (NZ) Greg Harper 53
14 TUAREG Alan Mathews 53

Weights AHG & EAST PERTH FC-CYRIL FLOWER STAKES - 1200 (listed)
 

1 HARTLEYS DREAM Peter Giadresco 58
2 I COMMAND Jeremy Easthope 56
3 LOCAL LEGEND John Price 56
4 BLINDED Chris Stelmach 54.5
5 YAYA LAD Rebecca Nairn 54.5
6 NOBLE STEED Dixie Solly 53.5
7 CAPTAIN WOODROW Michael Campbell 53
8 DARK TARGET Chris Stelmach 53
9 GOLD WELLS Mark Reed 53
10 MANAHATN John Price 53
11 SOLIDWICKEDCRUEL Brett Pope 53
12 VALICIA Richard Williams 53

All except the one that I backed R7-7, still not too bad overall!

CYRIL FLOWER STAKES
 

Looks like the hot prepost fav is out! anyone know why?

Dark Target scratched, elevated temperature, not too bad but enough to play safe.

Still on track to contest the Yallambee Classic in SA next month

t j smith trophy
 

is yuro racing today? no hoop listed

Paul Harvey on Yuro. This could shorten the odds

ASCOT SAT

R1 - 1 Nairobi
R2 - 4 Comic Hero
R3 - 2 Danny Beau
R4 - 8 Solidwickedcruel
R5 - 4 Proart
R6 - 4 Hifalutin
R7 - 1 Zeda Mak
R8 - 3 My Empire
R9 - 8 Kaleido

thanks neiltown, has to be one of the main chances if you can forget his last run

2nd fav at the moment..,likely to start fav..,read somewhere that Yuros trainer believes he needs 2000M plus..,so the distance step-up wont hurt but will it be enough

More ground judging by todays race!

in my humble opinion, either there is some skullduggery going on OR something MORE sinister, this is just one too many failures for Harvey!

Might be time to change managers!

15 rides without a winner not so long ago…since 2 (trial win excluded) wins from 9 rides…current strike rate at provincials much better than city

Are my eyes deceiving me? Do I see Tapdog listed to race in the last at Gero tomorrow!!

Nope, he is in and is the topweight carrying 64

I thought Tapdog had retired after he sustained an injury in the 2007 Geraldton Cup which he won. Well there you go!

I see he has won 2 recent trials over 1000m. A few others may be a bit slick for him over the 1200m but who knows, might surprise.

6th at ascot
 

6 Northwater Boy
7 Blizzard Ridge
3 Hide The Loot
4 Dane Crusher
5 Three Amigos
8 Elantone Park

well done proxy
 

Great tip on top!

yeah thanks watsonnek :) great effort Northwater Boy

Great tipping PROXY, though it cost me big time (Dane Crusher) my turn next week!

The change in riding tactics (settling further back in the field rather than have it ridden on the pace which is its normal racing pattern) didn't hurt any. Wonder if they'll try it again.

PINJARRA CLASSIC - 1200 metres, Wednesday 27/02/2008
 

1 HARTLEYS DREAM Peter Giadresco William Pike 3 58
2 ROYAL LOTT Keith Jeffreys Peter Hall 2 57.5
3 STAR LASER Allan Macpherson Peter Knuckey 7 57
4 NOBLE STEED Dixie Solly Link Robertson 11 55.5
5 MONEY EXCHANGE Trevor Andrews Paul Harvey 5 54.5
6 DR JOHN Ross Price Shaun Mc Gruddy 6 54
7 SOLIDWICKEDCRUEL Brett Pope Troy Turner 4 54
8 CAPTAIN WOODROW Michael Campbell Jason Whiting 10 53.5
9 DARK TARGET Chris Stelmach Daniel Staeck 8 53.5
10 DEE PICKED Tricia Roberts Paul King 1 53.5
11 HADABECLORKA Brent Larsson Clint Harvey 12 53.5
12 OROYA GOLD Daniel Morton Jason Brown 9 53.5

..according to the market its a two-horse race

DARK TARGET 3.00 1.42
HADABECLORKA 3.50 1.52
NOBLE STEED 10.00 2.89
HARTLEYS DREAM 11.00 3.10
ROYAL LOTT 11.00 3.10
MONEY EXCHANGE 11.00 3.10
SOLIDWICKEDCRUEL 11.00 3.10
OROYA GOLD 11.00 3.10
STAR LASER 16.00 4.15
DR JOHN 26.00 6.26
CAPTAIN WOODROW 31.00 7.31
DEE PICKED 81.00 17.84

...I wonder..

seems strange running the "Pinjarra" Classis at Ascot!