Saturday, October 18, 2014

October 18 - Caulfield Cup Day

Hey All

The carnival is really heating up now with today being Caulfield Cup Day. It's a crucial day in the scheme of things as all the main contenders for the Group 1 races in Melbourne Cup Week will be going around.  A great day of racing in it's own right though.

Dropped the 10 units on Wednesday, with my picks not even running a place so that means I'm down 135 units for the season now.

My best today

Caulfield - Race 7 Number 7 Vilanova

Interesting race with the main chance in Brambles scratched so it can run in the Caulfield Cup itself.  Opens the door a bit and I'm happy to be on this Group 2 winning 4yo gelding who hasn't got a great winning record overall but is ultra consistent. 

Randwick Race 7 Number 3 - Fine Bubbles

Racing in great form after winning the Tibbie at Newcastle before running a good 5th last start behind some very smart ones in the Golden Pendant.  Looks beautifully in with the 3kg claim here.

The Group 3 Northerly stakes is on at Ascot today as well so it will be on my list of races to play.

Thanks to Beteasy for the free $50 bet, it was too hard to resist so I've snapped it up and plonked it on Admire Ratki at $11 in the Caulfield Cup.  Wasn't an easy decision but I wanted something $10 plus to make it worth while and the others I liked had negatives with bad barriers and an overseas jockey.

Best of luck if you're having a bet

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