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New Zealand's leading racing website is Formpro and the man who owns and operates that website is Neil Davis (pictured). Neil was photographed by the Justracing camera when linking up with yours truly at Eagle Farm on Stradbroke day - a few years ago. Neil will exclusively give Justracing Friday night website visitors the heads up on Kiwi horses visiting Brisbane this Winter Carnival. Below he rules a line straight through the Kiwi horses on the slow or heavy track tomorrow at the Gold Coast. That simple strategy has saved punters a stack, so please forward half the cash you have saved in a brown paper envelope marked "Thanks Justracing - You Rock" and you can keep the other half.
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04/05/12
Punters should heed some sane advice - that they won’t get anywhere else - and go easy on the punt at the Gold Coast meeting tomorrow.
Personally I think it’s even questionable that the track is up to staging Group 2 races like the Hollindale Cup as I’ve always vowed and declared that the home turn should be changed to be fairer on all horses. Big fields hit that home turn with many runners all taking off at the one time and the home turn is simply not designed for that to happen – and the result is invariably horses going hell, west and crooked – and ruining their chances at that point of the race. It would seem by my observations over the years that quite a lot of visiting horses “lose it” on the home turn, so throw all those factors in, on top of a heavy track and the answer is a pineapple.
Racing Queensland Senior Handicapper Lester Grimmett has sent the scaled weights through for the Gold Coast tomorrow and they are Race 1 + 2.5 kgs, Race 2 + 1.5 kgs, Race 3 + 0.50 kgs and Race 7 – 2.5 kgs.
Tattbet’s Brad Tamer has sent the jackpot information through from that entity and they read:
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POOL |
VENUE |
RACE |
CARRYOVER |
RACE NAME |
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Trifecta |
Gold Coast (QR) |
7 |
$86,047 |
Prime Minister’s Cup |
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Trifecta |
Albion Park (BT) |
1 |
$20,000 |
M1 only |
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Trifecta |
Albion Park (BT) |
2 |
$20,000 |
M1 only |
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Exacta |
Morphettville (AR) |
7 |
$15,121 |
SA Derby |
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Trifecta |
Globe Derby (AT) |
1 |
$10,000 |
C3 to C5 |
The Gold Coast track this morning was put back in the heavy range following 11mm of rain last night and more showers and a possible storm are expected tonight, so if punters work on a heavy track for tomorrow they’ll be that close to the money it won’t be funny.
The apprentice jockey weights for the Gold Coast meeting are:
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JOCKEY |
WEIGHT |
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Josh Adams |
50 claims 1.5 kgs |
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Jake Hull |
55.5 claims 3 kgs |
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Maija Vance |
53 claims 3 kgs |
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Patrick Keane |
50 claims 3 kgs |
Today on www.brisbaneracing.com.au I preview Flemington Race 6, on www.sydneyracing.com.au I preview the Rowley Mile, whilst on www.melbourneracing.com.au Matt Nicholls looks at Flemington.
Neil Davis from leading New Zealand racing website www.formpro.co.nz has sent through his thoughts on Kiwi horses racing at the Gold Coast tomorrow and his information reads:
The first of our Kiwi runners front up on Saturday at the Gold Coast meeting and if the track was a 'Good' one, they would be realistic winning chances. But with showers and thunderstorms forecast, it is hard to see it improving much from the current heavy surface.
Race 6 2.25pm
-2- Miss Artistic. Up to 2000 metres she was a couple of lengths behind the best three year fillies when she was always running on well just behind the placegetters. Then once she struck 2100m or more she won, the first at Ellerslie on a Good track then the Oaks over 2400m. She did get every chance to win in both of those races but still showed good fight to win. Drawn wide here and has been set for bigger things and will need the run after a fifty day break, so will likely look to drop behind midfield for a cosy trip and be running on nicely again. She would prefer a Good track but has won on up to a slow track. If they go hard up front she could do it, but I'd prefer to watch her to see how she matches up this time.
Race 7
-4- Durham Town needs a Good track to show his best, which is pretty good, but on a likely slow to heavy track, he will do well to finish in the first five.
Race 8
-13- Shez Sinsational would be a strong win chance on a Good track, which she needs to show her best. But the wet track negates her brilliance. She has improved lengths since she raced here last season and from the wide draw will drop back. If the outside of the straight is providing decent going and that is the place to be she is an each way chance.
Galilee is a late scratching from today - but he’ll be back on deck next Friday.
No Albion Park harness racing preview has been forthcoming again this week – and that’s two weeks in a row – so I can’t put up something I don’t have. It looks like the Queensland harness racing industry is in freefall yet again, judging by my thoughts on appointments made this week at both Board and race club level.
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