ROBBO’S ROUGHIES
 

i know! just a glutton for punishment :(

..ggrrrrr...dont know why i bother :rolleyes:

Belmont 6
 

The Fair Alert 1400M


1 King Bluey 4 58.5 Peter Hall
2 Blue's Guitar 6 53.5 Jessica Valas
3 Toorak Robbie 8 53.5 Jason Whiting
4 At The Scene 3 53 Mark Forder
5 Dual Power 10 53 Peter Knuckey
6 Gold City Boy 5 53 William Pike
7 Kama Kid SCRATCHED
8 Marchoni 12 53 Noel Rudland
9 Reaction 1 53 Shaun Mc Gruddy
10 Vie For Vanity 9 53 Kevin Forrester
11 Whipbird 2 53 Shaun O'Donnell
12 Zem's Devil 7 53 Damian Miller




No real idea!? my old man used to say to me ‘when in doubt go for the topweight’ so King Bluey from Vie For Vanity and At The Scene.

The Gray Bear? 5's on? At least that is what is showin on the NSW TAB at the moment.. I think it will win, but 5's ON?

THE GRAY BEAR
 

yeh was short 1.60 1.40 but better than bank interest!

Robbos Roughies
 

not trying to pry robbo but is there any ryme or reasoning to your method of selecting your roughies?

Gday westman

ended up 1.7 over here in the end.. backin them that short is risky as evidenced by the last in brissie...

Amazed at the price really, seeing as it opened up on Unitab showing $1.00/$1.00.

Good old Paul Harvey. :D

Good Debut
 

yep also thought a great debut Modem and upon reading your post now await with interest to the further adventures of DESIARNEZ :)

Belmont 7
 

The Lynsted Lad 1300M


1 Cracker Thunder 7 57.5 Russell Stewart
2 Glass Maker 1 56.5 Troy Turner
3 Grand Chienne 10 54.5 David O'Heare
4 Nikita Blue 6 53.5 William Pike
5 Classy Grace 2 53 Brad Parnham
6 Dark Review 4 53 Jason Brown
7 Deal Or No Deal 3 53 Alana Sansom
8 Glen Erin Rose 12 53 Jason Whiting
9 Happy Dis SCRATCHED
10 Miner's Lady 5 53 Danny Miller
11 Rosaglow 9 53 Patrick Carbery
12 Zedsecret 8 53 Craig Staples


Bit of a stab this race Classy Grace to win from Grand Chienne but nil confidence.

Belmont 8
 

The Crimson Medal 1200M


1 Mordor 9 57 Shaun Mc Gruddy
2 Tribal Warrior 3 56 Stephen Miller
3 Talbot Bay SCRATCHED
4 On Our Metal 2 54 Troy Turner
5 Overmaster 12 54 Patrick Carbery
6 Rue The Storm 4 53.5 Paul Harvey
7 Danglememagic 8 53 Kevin Forrester
8 Our Whisper SCRATCHED
9 Rubimaya 7 53 Jason Brown
10 Shecky Palace 5 53 T. Ikenushi
11 Uncle Graham 1 53 Jason Whiting
12 War Pak SCRATCHED
13 Wild Frankie 10 53 William Pike


Going for a bit a value with Rubimaya a maiden with a bit of promise who a couple of starts back pushed Attadale who has since won at Belmont from On Our Metal and Rue The Storm (not much between these two) and seeing it’s the 'get out stakes' chuck in the topweight Mordor.

sensational cup run
 

WELL what can we say? A fantastic effort to miss the start settle a clear last circle the field from the 600m extremely wide and still finish on their hammer!!

THEN was sensationally scratched after the race with stewards ruling he was not afforded a fair start!!

BUT (wait a minute there's more) he now still needs to qualify for a start in the Melbourne Cup!!!

AND after all that I DIDN'T back the winner! PHEW!!

GEELONG CLASSIC how did I go
 

scr,unpl,3rd,1st

Lilac Hill
 

2nd last!! sorry folks. I'll give her just one more chance.

Lilac Hill
 

sorry steve! suggest you dont listen to me in future.

Geelong Cup
 

just one lonely placing for me!

the Harvey factor
 

yeh the Harvey factor very common on our tab obviously he has the same effect nation wide
swings and roundabouts can work in your favour (laying him) sometimes

Robbos Roughies
 

probably uses the same system I use for roughies – A PIN! ;)

Short but
 

Short but they both got there :)

What tha "Stix" all about??

who could ask for anything more
 

please sir, some more winners :)

GGRRRRR is better
 

I like the ggrrrr robbo but you feel better for it if you do it with FEELING :lol:


GGRRRRR!! followed by a 'angry' smilie (which I cant do)

(NOT SO) Wild Frankie
 

GOOD call steve! another one from the gunna stable!

NORTHAM tomorrow
 

RACE 1

13 SOUNDINGS
2 JUNKO
11 SILENT WISHES
5 DARE TO RISK

RACE 2

16 RETROBEEP
1 BOAB
8 BRALESS
14 VALAGNES

RACE 3

12 HELLO DOCTOR
9 AMICA BELLA
4 GREEN TRADER
11 GALA ASH

RACE 4

5 HAPPY DIS
2 TROPICAL SWELL
6 METALIKALI
8 SAND GEORGE

Wild Frankie
 

Only got warm last bit maybe his gunna be a stayer! :)

The Gray Bear
 

I note Harvey adopted similar ‘surprise’ tactics (as per last ride) to lead all the way on The Gray Bear. Given The Gray Bear has shown versatility in the way he can be ridden perhaps he too is gunna be a stayer! ;)

Classy Grace
 

Outside the runs already mentioned for yesterday I didnt mind the run of Classy Grace (7th) the Metal Storm mare didnt shirk the task and fought on extra well at her first run back from a 8 month break. Might be one to follow!

Let Go Thommo
 

I thought he was flat strap & think he'll struggle when he meets Sat class!

grey matter wrap-up
 

Reasonable result for the grey’s with Akheson (8th), Top Drive (2nd), Matinee Appeal (9th), Real Special (3rd), Calarosa Donna (3rd), The Gray Bear (1st), All Our Smiles (7th), Zem’s Devil (11th), Glen Erin Rose (4th), Tribal Warrior (1st) and Danglememagic (10th).

Plastered
 

Reported that after working Plastered this morning Lindsay Smith discovered that Plastered has a foot abscess.

Will miss the Moonee Valley Cup this Saturday and is now extremely unlikely to run in the big one.

grey matter
 

Quick Johnson (1st), Tomi Two Tone (2nd), Green Trader and Strong Force (3rd), Wungong Song (5th), Maximum Force and Embassy Force (7th) and Batfink (8th) make up the grey brigade at Northam today.

Plastered
 

Melbourne Cup betting for Plastered has been suspended in NSW

Plastered
 

No longer listed (cup) at all on the WA Tab!!

Plastered out of Melbourne Cup
 

According to a press report just released in WA Plastered has been scratched from the cup!

Still might stick around for the MacKinnon or the Sandown Classic or may head home to tackle the million dollar bonus races over the Ascot summer carnival - now that would be interesting!!

Just a little sceptical
 

Now if I was a sceptic I’d be thinking…...what a great compromise!

PartyA (owner & jockey) get their way and PartyB (trainer) doesn’t lose face ;)

Both Free At Last and Plastered shooting for the huge bonus – excellent!! :D

BELMONT Saturday
 

Big 9 event card set down for Belmont this Saturday and not to be outdone by the vics we have two listed races - the BELGRAVIA STAKES over 1200m and the RUABON STAKES also over 1200m :)

BELGRAVIA STAKES (1200m)
 

1 BLIND POWER Chris Stelmach P J Carbery 11 57
2 LOCK THE VAULT Lou Luciani D Luciani (a) 4 57
3 SNACKING George Daly K N Forrester 1 56
4 YAYA LAD Rebecca Nairn W A Pike 6 56
5 TORRID AFFAIR Neville Parnham S D Parnham 9 55.5
6 MANJAR Trevor Andrews P J Harvey 10 54.5
7 GEIL Darren Mitchell C L Staples 7 54
8 SECRET MONARCH Trevor Andrews T K Turner 8 53.5
9 EXOTIC NIGHTS A J Yujnovich S F Mc Gruddy 2 53
10 MOONDALO Lou Luciani J S Whiting 5 53
11 SIESTA PARK Fred Kersley D J Staeck 3 53

RUABON STAKES (1200m)
 

1 WHO DID IT Vivienne Ferrier P J Carbery 1 57.5
2 ARCTIC PARK John Price P D Knuckey 2 56.5
3 EARLY EXPRESS Peter Giadresco J S Whiting 4 55
4 LEGEND EXPRESS Chris Willis J F Miller 8 54
5 RESCUER Trevor Andrews P J Harvey 3 54
6 COVERTLY Stan Bates D Luciani (a) 9 53
7 LOCAL LEGEND Jim Taylor J J Brown 6 53
8 MISS ANDRETTI David Mueller K N Forrester 7 53
9 SCENIC ASSAULT Lindsey Smith W A Pike 5 53
10 THE WESTERN DYNAMO Barry Skinner Ms A D Sansom 10 53

Feature doubles
 

Well that's going to blow out a lot of "live" feature doubles!!

NORTHAM R1
 

(11) Silent Wishes
(9) Perfect Angel
(13) Soundings
(1) Hail Halo