railway..kasabian scratched through injury..thought one of the best of the locals..

earlies..mt.barker..
r1..jeneviv..
r2..watsons bay..
r3..lauries dream..

rate the 'visitors'..in order..
all american
ortensia
gold salute
largo lad
sniper's bullet
coconut grove..

Lastrun too bad to be true? = Megatic
Gut = Elliotto
Common sense = American

tony noonan stable upbeat about coconut grove in the last race, didnt get a start in railway.

...and the track gallop with Ortensia on Tuesday was very good. The last is a tricky race though.

Good Railway, and a coup to get the Emirates winner. Hayes has been a good supporter of Perth Racing.
There isn't a natural leader. Probably Megatic and Sniper's Bullet to roll foward. In barrier order :

No	Name	Early	Comment
9	Elliotto	======>	PB last week, dist?, enjoy easy run,might be cramped on turn
3	All American	====>	4kg above Limit is a query, will get soft run, best laststart form
10	Famous Roman	===>	Has formlines with Gold Salute beaten twice, bar shoes on(front) a query
7	Tarzi	===>	Slashing run lasttime,PHarvey +, fair 6th in last year's Railway similar wgt/bar,trainer's choice
16	Spirited One	==>	Gets back,needs early pressure on leaders,pass
4	Gold Salute	====>	Bad start in Emirates and recovered along rails,been heavily backed,well weighted,top jockey
14	Lords Ransom	==>	Ambitious 1st up in a Railway,generally needs a run, ok trial win
5	Largo Lad	==>	Fair finish out wide at Flem,won Blamey in March, 2nd run in 6 months, pass,early specking
1	Megatic	===========>	Every chance last start,57kg history against,settle close to lead
11	Grand Nirvana	=======> ?	Finished well in troubled trip last week, 3w trail or go forward,ready to peak
6	Ortensia	====>	will hope for 3wide trail,dist?anchored by 57.5kg when in clear lasttime,drops 4kg
2	Sniper's Bullet	=========>	Tough,up 1.5kg on last year's 2nd, on-pace
15	Oroya Gold	==>	Troubled trip last time,been disappointing
13	KeytoMoney	====> ?	wide or go forward,fitter,improved lasttime and a smokey here on Limit, 1st go 1600m
8	Colour Correct	====> ?	wide or go forward,struggle to beat Elliotto/Megatic, 1st go 1600m
17	Lambton Castle	==>	Capable of fast sectional,outclassed

Nice summation schonegg. Without any noted front runners a good possi early looks the go. Gold Salute & All American have both drawn well & come into the race via the strong form of the Emirate Stakes having been split by Cox Plate winner So You Think. Also drawn well (& in form) Tarzi & Elliotto. Another drawn well & capable, Famous Roman.

I like Grand Nirvana ahead of Lambton Castle and Largo Lad. Good luck with your investments!

Great days racing on a perfect surface that wasn't too hard. Apparently instructions to Rawiller on Sniper's Bullet was 'go for home at the 600m' and thats exactly what he did. Of the others Lords Ransom is bang on target for the 2400m Perth Cup.

Yeah well deserved win to Sniper’s Bullet after running 2nd to Gilded Venom in last year’s race. Makes you wonder (again) what Gilded Venom might have gone on to do, had he not been put-down earlier this year.

And agree schonegg, top effort Lords Ransom. Adam Durrant must be really looking forward to the Cup, another of his, Ma Chienne, was pretty impressive as well on Saturday.

Field and barrier draw Winterbottom Stakes
 

No. Horse Barrier Trainer Jockey Weight
1 LUCKY SECRET 8 TONY VASIL NASH RAWILLER 58.5
2 LET GO THOMMO 3 MICHAEL RYAN LUCAS CAMILLERI 58.5
3 IDYLLIC PRINCE 5 JIM TAYLOR JASON BROWN 58.5
4 REVOLITION 4 PAUL JORDAN BRAD PARNHAM 58.5
5 ROYAL LOTT 14 KEITH JEFFREYS PETER HALL 58.5
6 SHEENASAIDGREY 7 KEN WILLIAMSON JASON WHITING 58.5
7 KENS DOUBLE 13 NEVILLE PARNHAM 58.5
8 MA MA MACHINE 11 ADAM DURRANT ALAN KENNEDY 58.5
9 NOBLE STEED 15 DIXIE SOLLY LINK ROBERTSON 58.5
10 LONDON 2 DEAN WHITE SHAUN O'DONNELL 58.5
11 FOLLOW THE ROAD 12 ADAM DURRANT JOHN CLAITE 58.5
12 ORTENSIA 6 TONY NOONAN CRAIG WILLIAMS 56.5
13 BLACK IN TIME 10 JIM TAYLOR JESSICA HILL 56.5
14 KID CHOISIR 1 FRANK MAYNARD 53.5
15 WARATAH'S SECRET 9 DAVID HARRISON PAUL HARVEY 53.5

post of the week - won $4.50

Winterbottom Stakes
 

..lucky secret is an early scratching..i think not making the trip west..rather than an injury..

In the Winterbottom, they'll all be hoping Waratah's Secret stops over the last 100m. That'll depend on any early pressure but Revoltion and Kid Choisir will probably not create any problems. Tips:

R2 Awesome Force is ok odds at $5. Settle just off them early.
R5 Great Destiny is fitter and should go close. Doyoudare for multiples.
R7 the Aquanita Stakes, big early backing has for Ranger. I reckon God Has Spoken eachway should hit the board.

earlies..ascot..

r1..trustee brown..
r2..most secretive..
r3..almohad..

Nice work schonegg, you did well.

Ok Hat, but nothing crash hot. From the day I think we saw the Perth sprinters a rung below the eastern staters. A super win to Ortensia.

Good story about Mark Reed. Tried to sell Esroh for 10k during the week, no takers, so ran it yesterday and won picking up 32.5k! That was after his drive Friday night at Gloucester Park winning the Golden Nugget on Bonavista Bay!

Field and barrier draw Kingston Town Classic
 

No Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight
1 SCENIC SHOT Daniel Morton Jason Brown 2 59
2 SNIPER'S BULLET Tracey Bartley D M Oliver 18 59
3 TARZI Neville Parnham Paul Harvey 15 59
4 MEGATIC Albie Beckett Patrick Carbery 3 59
5 LARGO LAD David Hayes Glen Boss 14 59
6 FAMOUS ROMAN Ken Williamson Peter Hall 12 59
7 FRIAR'S TOUCH Peter Giadresco Shaun O'Donnell 17 59
8 DANTE'S BANQUET Owen Cocking Danny Miller 16 59
9 STREETFIGHTER L Smith Shaun Mc Gruddy 8 59
10 LORDS RANSOM Peter Morgan Alan Kennedy (a) 4 59
11 GRAND NIRVANA Fred Kersley Daniel Staeck 11 58.5
12 STAR ENCOUNTER Adam Durrant Brad Parnham 10 57
13 CASSANDARA SHADOW (NZ) Shane A Edwards Peter Knuckey 6 56.5
14 DELTA GEE Michael Grant Jason Whiting 9 56.5
15 GOD HAS SPOKEN Neville Parnham Steven Parnham 7 52
16 THORN DANCER (NZ) Frank Maynard Troy Turner 5 52
17 SENTENZA Scratched Scratched 1 59
18e COCONUT GROVE Tony Noonan 13 59

Race 6 - Kingston Town Classic (Group 1) 1800m
 

Current market:

Scenic Shot 3.30 1.55
Sniper's Bullet 6.50 2.35
Lords Ransom 8.50 2.90
Grand Nirvana 9.00 3.00
God Has Spoken 10.00 3.20
Thorn Dancer 10.00 3.20
Tarzi 13.00 4.00
Largo Lad 17.00 5.00
Delta Gee 20.00 5.75
Megatic 26.00 7.00
Star Encounter 26.00 7.00
Cassandara Shadow 26.00 7.00
Coconut Grove (2E) 31.00 8.50
Dante's Banquet 34.00 9.00
Famous Roman 71.00 18.00
Streetfighter 81.00 21.00
Friar's Touch 126.00 31.00

A couple of Lays for today.

R5 4 Ma Chienne ($3.9) - She's flying, but with another 2kg over 2400m and settle near last, if you're a bookie you've gotta Lay.
R6 2 Sniper's Bullet ($6.5) - There are some query runners in this that anyone of them could deliver the knockout blow.

Whoa, bad result in the Kingston Classic. A cool ride from Oliver behind a tearaway leader made for a great win.
From other races Inarticulate was very unlucky, but looks like its off for a spell. From Race 3 Impatient Times won eased down and looks a star in the making.

Pike rode a winner at last
 

Pikey is doing ok today, schonegg.

Wow, huge treble, and won their Jockey Challenge at $40. Can only imagine how he's feeling tonight, probably hittin' the town :)

Lords Ransom looked a little disappointing on Saturday.

Did little Rogan Josh, a few that settled in back half didn't get into it. I wouldn't drop off yet though. The Cup's his target, back to Handicap conditions and the right distance.
He'll have one more run before then so that will tell us more.

I'm sticking, schonegg. Caught wide for a lot of the race, so run not that bad. Another good run by Ma Chienne, although beaten into 2nd place.

Surely there's money to be made at Ascot today with Coiled Spring and Almighty Runner?

There was and I did! yeeeha!

Super party! If you took Topfluc as you normally do you'd be even happier, for both races it was clearly better than Best Tote :)

sure did ,Top Fluc $2 +$2.70c + Best Tote/ SP race 6 no 1 @5-1, a bumper day,

If only we could do that "EVERY" day!

Not quite as confident as the other day (or is it that I'm afraid of egg on my face?) anyway I do like the look of Pete The Profiler in the last, and Zuboyne (race 4) + Tarzi (race 6) both EW, see how we go!

Ah yes, the forum egg :)

R3 the St.Leger is disappointing in numbers. All are having their first go at the distance, and a couple have had some hard recent racing. Tipping Thorn Dancer to reel in the leader.

R4 Almohad is suited and ready to win. Party's tip Zuboyne ran a cracker last time.

R5 Laying Watson's Bay at $6.5, should find this tougher than recent wins.

R6 the A J Scahill Stakes is a real lottery. Pro Art should lead, favorite Black In Time will be last early. For a place bet, Grand Nirvana may settle behind the leader, and has every chance to run in the first 3.

Good luck!

earlies for ascot..

r3..thorn dancer..impressive jeuney
r4..casual life..zuboyne..almohad
r5..kim trader..catcorp
r6..tarzi..royal lott
R7..dance across..broadway belle..castletown keys
r8..monaco prince..rocky range..pete the profiler..

ascot r1..mail for..hot tamale..

Nice one Jake, I noticed that "Turf Talk" had it on top as well

thought a nice debut..party..& plenty of room for improvement..

r3..adding..ranger to the list..not sure how i omitted originally..

on target guys!..
almohad..always shown ability..blinkers worked a treat today..