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A Brave Sandown Classic Chief So what happened on the racing scene this week? Well we had a seriously bad loser coming out of the closet, with a jockey accused openly on the radio of dealing with doubles bookies, guilty by innuendo! I can't wait for a jockey to go to the stewards and say for example, X-trainer is cruel to his horses or Y-trainer is running a horse on Saturday that had a bleed on Tuesday morning or Z-trainer asked me to use and electrical device on a horse in trackwork. No they would be the worse in the world. We saw Jimmy go through hell last week because a bad barrier didn't allow him to give his horse the run of the race, and don't tell me the mud won't stick. Some of the stories that went around the traps about the ride were an absolute disgrace. For mine a public apology is in order. Let's move on to Bendigo, once again a meeting wrecked by the weather. Only eight runners left in the cup - what a shame! All the same it never stopped the crowd, they were determined to have a good day out and they did. Yammer was too good and well ridden by Nash Rawiller, who has really developed into a carnival jockey and deserved the win. The Traralgon cup went to Troubadour who has been quietly gathering prize money aroud the bush, and there is plenty out there in Victoria nowadays. On to Sandown and in race one bookies jumped to front with 9/1 chance Top Slice beating
the two favourites. Poor silly TAB punters made Cosset open odds on, again they were going
to get unders! When are they going to learn there are three alternatives :- Talking accounts, I must say that it is silly for Rob Hulls and his cronies to think that the Vanuatu money will go either, back into the tote or into on couse bookies bags if he shuts the Vanuatu books down. They simply run the best business and give the best service 7 days a week! Why? Because they are allowed to and the only one allowed to here is the TAB but big betters won't go there for win and place bets. On the TAB it is RIP to the straight six. I remember saying to a mate that if he never takes a straight six he will be a wealthier man. You guessed it, he got it yesterday for the sixth time and never took one until the pool jackpotted to at least $50,000. 'Good Advice' he laughed! Back to Sandown and Loucola was a fair result for bookies, then professional place getter Lord Of The Pines was one for the punters. Sports, great ride Gauch, another for the punters. Next was Harpy who nailed bookies, very well backed. Brave Chief won the feature, don't you love an honest front running stayer like him? Very gutsy! Bookies cheered him home, but Scenic Warrior was another for the punters and D Oliver. Wasn't Sporting Scribe over rated after winning in a field of six and then running second to a 100/1 chance at Flemington? Isn't it easy in retrospect? Normal Practice was a super win, you don't often see a horse finish that fast, one for the bookies. But the punters went home smiling when favourite It's Platonic won easily in the last. Anyway don't forget to tune into www.cyberhorse.net.au/adandjd/ next Saturday, it won't be free forever but the family is getting used to not eating! Happy Punting |