@JK said in Dad advice sharing thread.:

@Paekakboyz said in Dad advice sharing thread.:

@JK has jnr given any indication of what he'd prefer?

Yeah he initially was keen to repeat U10 as bowling wont be as fast but he would also then need to deal with the shite bowling he encountered last year that sometime doesnt even land on the pitch!

Anyway, since I've posted it looks like the 3 other lads in his team from last year are all keen to play under 11 (well thats what the parents say) so looks like we are going for that. Club said would apply for a dispensation from Auckland Cricket for them to play U11s BUT the kids would need to be available for Under 10 reps if selected

Update....got that dispensation so the lad is playing up a grade in under 11s. 3rd game of the season and he picked up a hattick today and all of them were bowled. Slowest bowler in the team but pretty much always a Yorker or just short of and if you miss then he hits. Proud dad!!!

Edit - vid of hattrick ball

You can see how little he is vs some of the others

One good bet for me today was savitiano. Smashed it when it opened on weds at 10/3.50. Knew it could get to rail and lead from the outside barrier and it did that and ran them ragged to win paying about $5. Farken brilliant!

Edit - should mention that I had it mapped to follow Homesman across however they elected to take it to Sandown which I thought may impact the race shape but in fact it possibly made it easier!

Reykavik is a nice win though mate. Had a nice piece of it but at $8 and the bugger drifted to $12!!

And by 'big cat' I assume you are talking about nature strip??? Was one of my better wins yesterday. Loved the outside draw and knew it wouldnt be caught. $4.80 yes please but wow didnt expect it to win so well. Santa ana lane just unbackable at that price.

I chose Rondinella over Girl Tuesday but both no good. I was almost on Oceanex which won it but didnt think it quite had the class..doh!

@mariner4life said in Rough tips and other bets...:

see good old Hartnell is having one last run in the weekend in the MacKinnon.

I'll be sticking money on him to run a place, just for the sentimentality of it.

Fark hes 4th'd me too much of late! Great horse though that would have won a whole lot more if we weren't blessed with Winx

So my 10 year old son has got pretty big in to WWE over the past few months.

As a result, he has been getting an absolute schooling from me on the older WWF times with lots of quality youtube time. Good to show him early Hogan days etc given Hogans on WWE a fair bit at the moment.

Watch some classics last night incl Ultimate Warriors super fast beating of Honky Tonk Man at Summer Slam 88 and also a very young stone cold steve austin vs Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Watched a classic Andre vs HH too. Geez they stuff they did back then was pretty plain eh. Going to the top ropes was something pretty special!

I did see him pop up in the black book and wonder what he was doing down there!

Melody Belle gets another visitors draw - this time gate 16 of 18 for the Mackinnon on sat!

That edition of the MC was always gonna be run that way. There was a lack of natural pace and no real leaders. Magic wand was most likely to lead even from the wide gate but bungled the start and then bloody finch had to lead.

See my comments yesterday re how I tried to do the speedmap...it was pretty much what we got

Spent the day at ellerslie following a pattern of winning money at Flemington and Randwick then losing it at ellerslie. Think I managed 3 places there and 6 winners elsewhere. Managed to get $20 worth of Vow and Declare but all my exotics missed.

Still a good day and bloody hot (for NZ in November) at the track. Made the beers flow all too easy

@Hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

@JK said in Rough tips and other bets...:

@Hooroo said in Rough tips and other bets...:

@Salacious-Crumb said in Rough tips and other bets...:

The course is likely going to be chewed after the first six races, I don’t think I’ll want anything at the rail coming ‘round the turn, I’m leaning towards a closer like Raymond Tuck coming 6-or-7 wide and using the best part of the straight. I’ll be doing most of my handicapping closer to race time and tossing a few balls in the air. I’ll play a WPS on a single horse; single the same horse on top of a $2-or-$4 trifecta; and probably play a smaller $1 trifecta using two or three horses on top. Probably throwing a hundred bucks away, but if you hit there should be a nice little jackpot.

Flemington is one of the best draining courses on the planet. It goes from a slow 7 to a dead 4 in half a day.

I think with a bit of warm sunshine, they could be racing on a dead 4. What's it rated at at the moment?

I think good4 or soft5 at worst come time of the MC

Currently soft 6

Do they call it "Soft" over there? (Where we would call it a "Dead6" then it would be a 'Slow7))

Yeah mate

Firm Good Soft Heavy