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!

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.

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.

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