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RATINGS FOR MOONEE VALLEY SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 24TH 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK GOOD:
RACE 2:
ISCA
CHOOSE
COMPULSION 57
COMMENTS: ISCA IS VERY FAST AND VERY SMART. HAS COMPETED AGAINST AND BEATEN THE C&G'S BEFORE. SHE HAS A CLEAR SPEED MARGIN OVER RIVALS. CHOOSE COMES THROUGH SPEED RACE THAT HAS PRODUCED WINNERS IN DELIRIOUS & LE ZAGALETTA. APPEALS AS THE DANGER. COMPULSION NOT RACING UP TO HER RATING. IF FREEDMAN CAN WORK HER OUT (NOTE: BLINKERS AGAIN) THEN SHE WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE.
RACE 3:
SPECTACULAR GOLD
RUNAWAY
COMMENTS: REGULAR USERS OF SPEEDRATINGS KNOW THE HIGH OPINION THAT WE HAVE OF SPECTACULAR GOLD. WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THERE IS A REASONABLE PACE IN THIS EVENT TO ALLOW HIM TO PRODUCE HIS BEST. SO TOO WITH RUNAWAY. HE WILL REQUIRE AN EVEN PACE TO ALLOW HIM TO SETTLE AND RUN ON. THE DANGER IN THIS EVENT IS THE FACT THAT 3-Y-O 2040M RACES AT MV ARE NOT ALWAYS RUN AT A GENUINE CLIP. IF IT IS THEN THESE TWO SHOULD QUINELLA THE EVENT.
RACE 4:
SHOW NO EMOTION
GENERAL NEDIYM
M'SELLE DE ENZ
COMMENTS: SHOW NO EMOTION HAS OPPORTUNITY TO WIN ANOTHER GROUP EVENT. SUSPECT HE WILL CAMP JUST BEHIND M'SELLE DE ENZ (WHO MUST GO EXTREMELY QUICK TO CLEAR FIELD) AND OUTSIDE OF GENERAL NEDIYM. THIS WOULD ALLOW HIS SLIGHT SPEEDRATING EDGE TO GAIN HIM A VICTORY. TACTICS ARE IMPORTANT, EVEN OVER THIS SHORT TRIP, WITH VERY LITTLE SEPARATING THE TOP TWO AT MV.
RACE 5:
SPECTRUM
SHIOSAKI
OUR BELLITION 84
COMMENTS: SPECTRUM HAS HUGE WEIGHT, BUT CLEAR ADVANTAGE OVER FIELD. GOOD BARRIER SHOULD OFFSET WEIGHT AND ALLOW HER TO RUN UP TO HER RATING. SHIOSAKI WILL BE THE VALUE RUNNER. HAS GOOD RATINGS AT TRACK AND TRIP AND IS A DANGER GIVEN FAVOURABLE WEIGHT. OUR BELLITION WILL RUN ON VERY STRONGLY. APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE WILL BE A SOLID PACE WITH SEVERAL RUNNERS HAVING PATTERN OF RACING FORWARDS. THIS FACT ALLOWS HER THE PROSPECT PF A BARNSTORMING FINISH. FLEISCHER IS A QUERY HORSE. IF TRACK WAS AFFECTED THROW HER IN. HAS RATINGS AT 1400M AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SUITABLE EVENT SOON.
RACE 6:
MIGHT AND POWER
GOLD GURU
DORIEMUS
COMMENTS: MIGHT AND POWER HAS SUPREME RATINGS FROM A MIDDLE DISTANCE TO STAYING TRIP. IT IS ONLY WHEN HE RACES AT 2000M AND BEYOND THAT HIS TRUE ABILITY IS EVIDENT. GOLD GURU IS NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED. IF MIGHT AND POWER IS TO BE BEATEN HE WOULD BE THE ONE TO LAY THE CLAIM. NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS LAST TWO RUNS AND HAS GREAT RATINGS AT TRIP AND TRACK. WHILE EVERYONE WILL BE PLOTTING TO PRODUCE THE DOWNFALL OF THE FAVOURITE, DORIEMUS WILL BE SITTING BACK AND AWAITING THE LAST CRACK AT THE PRIZE. IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT A BIG PERFORMANCE.
RACE 7:
NO ALIMONY
COMMENTS: NO ALIMONY HAS NOT PRODUCED A MAJOR RATING AS YET, BUT SHE HAS RATED AT THIS TRIP. IF SHE HANDLES THE SMALL TRACK I WOULD EXPECT HER TO WIN.
RACE 8:
RUSTIC DREAM
UMRUM
TRICOVE
COMMENTS: RUSTIC DREAM RACED UP TO HIS RATINGS IN TOORAK AND WAS AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE. RATINGS AT TRACK AND TRIP HOLD HIM IN GOOD STEAD FOR THIS RACE. UMRUM IS A BRILLIANT PERFORMER, RACING AT RATINGS OPTIMUM, AND AN UNDENIABLE CHANCE. HE WILL LEAD OR SIT JUST OFF PACE AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO DOMINATE RACE FROM THIS POSITION. TRICOVE IS A HORSE WITH PLENTY OF ABILITY. WOULD PREFER HIM ON A BIGGER TRACK HOWEVER, BUT HIS RATINGS SUGGEST THAT REGARDLESS HE IS STILL A GOOD CHANCE.
RACE 9:
SPORTS
WRY HERO
PAINT & VAIN TYCOON
COMMENTS: GOOD RACE. SPORTS IS RATED MARGINALLY ABOVE FIELD (MV FACTOR) AND WILL BE HARD TO BEAT. WRY HERO NEEDS LUCK IN HIS RACES BUT WOULD THINK THAT THIS RACE MIGHT BE RUN TO SUIT. MIGHT PROVE TO BE BEST VALUE. PAINT & VAIN TYCOON LEVEL ON RATINGS. VAIN TYCOON WON FOR US LAST TIME AND HAS BEEN UNDERESTIMATED BY ALL EXCEPT FOR SPEEDRATINGS. PAINT MUST BE RESPECTED. BOMBER BILL GOES INTO RACE UNRATED. HE WOULD NEED TO BE VERY GOOD TO WIN.
RATINGS FOR MOONEE VALLEY (NIGHT) THURSDAY THE 22ND OCTOBER 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK: GOOD
RACE 2:
MARSTIC
COMMENTS: MARSTIC IS AN EXTREMELY PROMISING HORSE. HAS BEEN HARD TO PLACE THIS PREPARATION AND UNLUCKY IN BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR EVENTS. LOVES THIS TRACK AND DISTANCE IS IDEAL.
RACE 3:
LAMBADA BOY
RETRENCH
HE MAN
COMMENTS: LAMBADA BOY IS DRAWN TO GET THE BENEFIT OF GOOD SPEED IN THIS EVENT WITH SEVERAL HORSES COMING OFF 1000M RACES. HE STILL WILL NEED LUCK BUT CAN WIN IF THE BREAKS GO HIS WAY AGAIN. RETRENCH IS YOUNG HORSE ON THE WAY UP. PERFORMS FRESH AND EXTREMELY HARD TO HOLD OUT. HE MAN IS USUALLY UNLUCKY IN HIS RACES. LAST TIME COMING DOWN TROUGH IN MIDDLE OF TRACK IN TOP SPEED RACE. PREFER THE CHANCES OF RETRENCH AND HE MAN.
RACE 4:
OUR UNICORN
SECOND COMING
PRINCE STANDAAN
COMMENTS: OUR UNICORN OBVIOUSLY THE ONE TO BEAT AND LOOKS THE WINNER. HOWEVER HE WON'T OFFER ANY VALUE AND HORSES SUCH AS SECOND COMING, WHO IS NOW MUCH FITTER AND RACING OVER HIS BEST DISTANCE OFFERS GOOD VALUE; AS DOES PRINCE STANDAAN WHO RAN AN EXCELLENT RACE LAST SATURDAY AND HANDLES THIS TRACK AND TRIP WELL. WORRY IS THAT VALUE RUNNERS BOTH GO FORWARD AND MIGHT CAUSE THE UNDOING OF EACH OTHER. HALL AND GAUCI OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THIS AND SHOULD RIDE TO SUIT IF ABLE.
RACE 5:
SWIFT ENCOUNTER
TRAVELOT
LE KAPITAN
COMMENTS: TOUGH AFFAIR. SWIFT ENCOUNTER HAS SEVERAL RATINGS OVER 1600M AND IF LEFT TO RUN HIS OWN RACE HE WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE. THEY WENT MAD LAST RUN AND HE LED THEM UP BEFORE COMPOUNDING. TRAVELOT APPEALS AS BEST CHANCE. A YOUNG HORSE WITH ABILITY, UNLUCKY IN SEVERAL STARTS, AND SUITED BY TRACK AND PROSPECT OF FIRMER SURFACE. LE KAPITAN IS A WILDCARD. SCORED SPEEDRATINGS AS A FRONTRUNNER AND LATER WITH A BARNSTORMING FINISH. PREFER IF HE DOESN'T GO FORWARD AS THERE COULD BE A GOOD PACE IN THIS EVENT WITH SWIFT ENCOUNTER,LESVOS RULER, KNAPHILL AND KING COSSACK (MANY RATINGS BUT BETWEEN 1000-1200M.).
RACE 6:
NO MYSTERY
MY LIFE
FERDINAND 83
COMMENTS: NO MYSTERY COMES OUT OF VALLEY SPEED RACE THAT WAS ENHANCED BY NICK'S VERDICT WINNING PROVINCIAL CUP (SORRY, NO SPEEDRATING SERVICE THAT DAY. WAIT UNTIL COMMERCIAL.). TERRIBLE BARRIER BUT RACING AT SPEEDRATING PEAK. MY LIFE COULD BE VALUE RUNNER. STAYS WELL AND RUNS ON LATE. FERDINAND SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED IF HE GAINS A START. ONLY A MINOR SPEEDRATING BUT IS IN A RACE WITH LITTLE DEPTH.
RACE 7:
IMPERIAL AIR
KACHINA
AUBREY
COMMENTS: SPEEDRATINGS VALUE AGAIN. IMPERIAL AIR HAS SOLID RATING, BUT COULD NEVER RECAPTURE THIS DURING LAST PREPARATION. HAS HAD A LONG SPELL AND HAS PERFORMED WELL FRESH BEFORE. KACHINA HAS DRAWN BADLY BUT IS VERY COMPETENT MARE. THEY OBVIOUSLY THINK SHE PERFORM BEST FRESH AND ARE TRAINING WITH THIS IN MIND. AUBREY IS VERY FAST AND COMPETED AGAINST REASONABLE FIELDS AS 3-Y-O. WILL GO VERY FAST EARLY. FITNESS A QUERY. RAMBLING ROSE GOOD EFFORT ON AFFECTED TRACK LAST START. UNSURE ON FIRMER SURFACE.
RATINGS FOR CAULFIELD SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 17TH 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK: GOOD
RACE 1:
QUARANTE LOVE
YALLAH STAR
MISS JUGAH
COMMENTS: QUARANTE LOVE HAS SUBSTANTIAL SPEEDRATING AND GREAT POTENTIAL. SHOULD GET NICE RUN BEHIND SPEED HORSES KALIMNA, MAGIC MUSIC/TURN & SHAMROCK JAZZ. YALLAH'S STAR ONCE FLEW EARLY BUT NOW SETTLES BACK AND RUNS ON. HER SPEED RATING WAS GAINED AS A LEADER SO WE ARE IN NEW TERRITORY IF SHE SETTLES BACK. NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED. MISS JUGAH LOVES THIS TRACK AND DISTANCE AND MAY PROVE TO BE THE MAIN DANGER. SPEEDRATINGS WATCHERS WILL BE INTERESTED TO NOTE THAT TINIKADUA WON THIS RACE LAST YEAR.
RACE 2:
PALACE GLOW
DANINKLING
SCARLET ROCKET 66
COMMENTS: PALACE GLOW APPEALS AS BEST IN AN OPEN RACE. HAS RATINGS FROM TRACK AND IS COMPETING AGAINST OWN SEX IN THIS. HER LAST EFFORT AGAINST COLTS WAS GOOD. DANINKLING A DANGER IF NOT ONLY A WET TRACK HORSE. RATINGS INCONCLUSIVE YET SO THIS RUN WILL TELL STORY. SCARLET ROCKET WOULD BE GOOD CHANCE IF ABLE TO TAKE SIT AND NOT DUEL FOR LEAD WITH IRON SHOE. TRICKY AFFAIR BUT THE USUAL SPEEDRATING GENUINE VALUE.
RACE 3:
ELECTRIFYING
LE ZAGALETTA
CYBERVAIN
COMMENTS: ELECTRIFYING APPEARS WELL SUITED THIS EVENT. TRIP AND BARRIER IDEAL. LE ZAGALETTA IS ANOTHER OF THE FREEDMAN TEAM NOW IN TURNAROUND MODE. HE APPEARS TO BE NEARING HIS SPEEDRATING ESTIMATION FINALLY AND IS TO BE RESPECTED. CYBERVAIN IS AN ULTRA CONSISTENT SPEEDRATED GALLOPER. IF THERE IS ANY MISTAKES MADE BY FANCIED RUNNERS HE COULD MAKE THEM PAY.
RACE 4:
TOWKAY
DANAJAYA
SPECIAL DANE
COMMENTS: TOWKAY MUST PRODUCE IN THIS EVENT TO WARRANT HIGH SPEEDRATING. IT SEEMS A VERY SUITABLE RACE. DANAJAYA WILL GO FAST, THOUGH PERHAPS THERE MIGHT BE TOO MUCH PRESSURE WITH RANCHO SPARK, DANTELAH, CATNIPPED, ETC. SPECIAL DANE APPEALS AS MAIN DANGER, SUITED BY PROSPECT OF FAST PACE AND DRAWN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
RACE 5:
LAWYER
ARENA
COMMENTS: LAWYER AND ARENA NEAR TO IDENTICAL RATINGS AND CANNOT SEPARATE. MANY OF THE OTHERS HAVE QUESTION MARKS ABOUT THEIR RATINGS (HAMLET, SPECIAL EDITION, ETC.) AND WOULD PREFER TO LET THEIR RATINGS DEVELOP BEFORE RECOMMENDATION IS GIVEN. SKY HEIGHTS WILL OFFER NO VALUE. PERHAPS A RACE TO WATCH OR TO ONLY INVEST MODERATELY.
RACE 6:
CUT UP ROUGH
PENGHULU
CARNELIAN
COMMENTS: CUT UP ROUGH WELL SUITED IN THIS. SHOULD GET NICE TRAIL BEHIND FAST PACE. PENGHULU (WHERE IS THE MILE RACE?) IS ALWAYS A THREAT ON FIRM SURFACE. THIS RACE IS LIKELY TO TOP HIM OFF FOR 1600M EVENTS TO COME, BUT HE IS A VERY GOOD GALLOPER NONETHELESS. CARNELIAN WILL CHASE BEZEAL BAY. HE LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE AND WILL BE THREAT IF JOCKEY CAN GET HIM TO TAKE SIT, THEN SMOTHER AND SPRINT.THE PROSPECT OF FAST EARLY PACE OPENS THIS RACE UP TO A MULTITUDE OF CHANCES LIKE PLEASURE GIVER, BUSTER JONES, CLASSIC DAY AND BLAZING STEEL. TOUGH EVENT.
RACE 7:
TIE THE KNOT
AEROSMITH
JEZABEEL
COMMENTS: TIE THE KNOT IS EXCEPTIONAL STAYER AND MOST SUITED THIS DISTANCE RANGE. VERY HARD TO BEAT. AEROSMITH HAS BEEN THE SURPRISE OF THE SPRING AND HAS QUICKLY GATHERED A CROP OF SPEEDRATINGS. JEZABEEL IS RATED NOT VERY FAR BEHIND AEROSMITH AND WILL BE FANTASTIC VALUE. SHE WILL POST HERSELF NEAR THE LEAD AND MAKE HER OWN LUCK. BARRIER AND WEIGHT ARE BONUSES. SHE IS GOING VERY WELL AND APPEALS AS A GREAT EACH WAY CHANCE.
RACE 8:
CIAO BABY
WILL FLY
SPECTRUM
COMMENTS: CIAO BABY EXCELLENT SPEEDRATINGS AT TRACK AND DISTANCE. NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED. WILL FLY IS SUITED THIS TRACK AND TRIP, BUT WHAT A WOEFUL BARRIER DRAW. SHE WILL HAVE TO BE RIDDEN FOR LUCK. SPECTRUM WILL ALSO CHARGE HOME IF RACE RUN TO SUIT. PERHAPS CIAO BABY WITH EARLY SPEED AND GOOD BARRIER CAN BE POSITIONED TO CAUSE BOILOVER. ZALINDA NEARLY EQUAL THIRD AND A DEFINITE CHANCE.
RACE 9:
HURRICANE STORM
PRINCE STANDAAN
PRIME ADDRESS
COMMENTS: HURRICANE STORM IS BACK TO BEST. ENORMOUS RUN IN CRANBOURNE CUP (SEE COMMENT ON HOME PAGE) AND VERY HARD TO STOP IN THIS. PRINCE STANDAAN ONCE AGAIN LUCKLESS AT CRANBOURNE. WOULD BE HUGE THREAT IF LUCK FINALLY GOES HIS WAY. PRIME ADDRESS IS ALSO IN FINE SPEED FORM. HE LOVES THIS TRACK. THIS IS A RACE THAT OFFERS EXCELLENT POTENTIAL, HOWEVER, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT EACH OF THE ABOVE HORSES NORMALLY RACES FORWARD. I WOULD NOT WISH TO SEE A RIDICULOUS BATTLE UP FRONT.
RATINGS FOR CAULFIELD WEDNESDAY THE 14TH OCTOBER 1998. (posted 6.10 pm tuesday due to wednesday being working day)
RATED FOR TRACK: DEAD
RACE 2
SMART BANKER
COMMENTS: SMART BANKER ONLY HORSE WITH RATING, THOUGH IT IS A MINOR FIGURE. POTENTIALLY A GOOD HORSE, BUT STABLE IS HAVING TROUBLE WORKING OUT A RACING STYLE FOR HIM. IF THEY CAN SORT HIM OUT HE WILL GO CLOSE.
RACE 3:
STRAIGHT CLIP
ALWAYS A CHANCE
I LOVE KIEV
COMMENTS: INTERESTING EVENT. STRAIGHT CLIP WILL PROVIDE GOOD VALUE AND IS A GREAT CHANCE IF FITNESS REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. ALWAYS A CHANCE RAN WELL AT PREVIOUS START IN A RATINGS RACE AND HAS FITNESS EDGE. I LOVE KIEV WOULD BE TOP SELECTION IF TRACK WAS WORSE THAN DEAD AND IF HOT TOUCH WAS NOT TO RUN. FEAR A BATTLE FOR THE LEAD BY THESE TWO WHICH WOULD MAKE RACE UNPREDICTABLE. BET FOR VALUE.
RACE 4:
RICH PICKINGS
MISTER ZIG 44
COMMENTS: RICH PICKINGS AND MISTER ZIG ARE ONLY TWO TO HAVE TROUBLED THE SPEEDRATINGS DATA BASE. THIS IS A DIFFICULT RACE AS NEITHER RATED HORSE HAS SIGNIFICANT RATING AND ALSO DOUBTS ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOOD SURFACE.
RACE 5:
ST. CLEMENS BELLE
RAINBOW BUBBLES
GRAND ARCHWAY
COMMENTS: ST. CLEMENS BELLE HAS HAD WONDERFUL PREPARATION TO DATE (EXCUSE LAST RUN WHEN SHE WAS LUCKLESS) AND APPEALS AS BEST CHANCE. RAINBOW BUBBLES IS STILL LEARNING AND IS RAPIDLY IMPROVING. A WIN IS NOT BEYOND HER. GRAND ARCHWAY HAS HAD LITTLE LUCK OF LATE AND WILL BE A VALUE RUNNER.
RACE 6:
THEATRE
SCANDANAVIA
M'SELLE D'ENZ
COMMENTS: SMALL FIELD AND RATINGS BETWEEN 1-6 VERY COMPACT. THEATRE IS A HORSE WITH AN EXCITING FUTURE AND AN ALREADY IMPRESSIVE HISTORY. SCANDANAVIA COULD BE SURPRISE IF TRACK NOT TOO BAD. M'SELLE D'ENZ WOULD BE THE VALUE WAY TO GO IF TRACK IS BADLY AFFECTED. IF NOT A WIN BY THEATRE, THEN THIS RACE IS SO TRICKY THAT EACH RUNNER HAS STRONG CASE. SHOVHOG, FLAVOUR AND SHOW NO EMOTION ARE NOT A BAD TRIO TO BE OMITTED FROM TOP THREE RATINGS. IF NO VALUE, WATCH INSTEAD OF WINCE.
RACE 7:
TINIKADUA
LAMOURMONEE
MISS PERON
COMMENTS: SPEEDRATING WILL ALWAYS OFFER VALUE. TINIKADUA WAS GIVEN NO OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HER WARES AT LAST APPEARANCE. SHE IS FITTER AND NO DOUBT HER ODDS WILL BE LONG. SHE HAS EARNT HER RATINGS SO DO NOT DISCOUNT HER CHANCES. LAMOURMONEE MAINTAINS HER RATING WITHOUT SHOWING WHY IT IS WARRANTED. LOGIC SAYS LITTLE HOPE, BUT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THE RATINGS WIN OUT OVER TIME. MISS PERON WOULD APPEAR TO OFFER THE CAUTIOUS SPEEDRATINGS USER THE MOST APPROPRIATE SELECTION. WET TRACKS ARE A BONUS, AS IS CAULFIELD, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY RACING UP TO THE LEVEL OF HER SPEEDRATING.
RECOMMENDED RACES: ST. CLEMENS BELLE AND THEATRE ARE STRONG STAND ALONE SELECTIONS IN THE FEATURE RACES. THE MINOR RACES APPEAR TRICKY, BUT SPEEDRATINGS DOES OFFER SOME VALUE SELECTIONS IN THESE EVENTS.
RATINGS FOR SANDOWN SUNDAY OCTOBER THE 11TH 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK: SLOW
RACE 2:
ROCKEFELLER
TYCOON PRINCESS
ANY RHYTHM
COMMENTS: ROCKEFELLER GAINED IMPRESSIVE SPEEDRATING AT LAST OUTING AND NOW MAY BE LIVING UP TO EARLIER POTENTIAL. TYCOON PRINCESS IS A SPECIALIST THIS TRACK AND DISTANCE AND IS ALWAYS THEREABOUTS. ANY RHYTHM ALSO HAS RATINGS ON AFFECTED GROUND AT TRACK. TOUGH RACE. DALLA VISTA AND TORQUE NOT FAR BEHIND TOP THREE RATED HORSES.
RACE 3:
JIVAGO
LOOK AND PONDER
JOLIPAL
COMMENTS: JIVAGO IMPRESSIVE WINNER AGAINST QUALITY OPPOSITION AT LAST APPEARANCE. TOP CHANCE. LOOK AND PONDER GAINED SPEEDRATING WHEN SURPRISE WINNER IN JUNE. SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. JOLIPAL WILL BE MUCH BETTER SUITED THIS EVENT AND CAPABLE OF UPSET.
RACE 5:
ROYAL CALIPH
COUNT CHIVAS
VITRINITE
COMMENTS: ROYAL CALIPH HAS EXCELLENT EACH WAY CHANCE IN THE COONGY. ADEPT IN DEAD TO SLOW GOING AND HAS GAINED ADDITIONAL SPEEDRATING THIS PREPARATION. COUNT CHIVAS MUST SOON PRODUCE EFFORT TO WARRANT PREVIOUS HIGH SPEEDRATING. VITRINITE WOULD BE STANDOUT BET ON DRY SURFACE. RATED ONLY TO A DEAD SURFACE BUT APPEALS AS THE HORSE ON THE WAY UP AND NOT PREPARED TO TOTALLY DISCOUNT HIS CHANCES. PACE IN RACE MAY NOT BE GENUINE SO EVENT SHOULD BE TREATED WARILY. MANY OTHER CHANCES, PLUS WET TRACK AND WORRY ABOUT PACE CLOUD THIS RACE.
RACE 7:
LIKE A ROO
DANZIG'S PLEASURE
RIO DEL MAR
COMMENTS: PREFER THIS RACE AS BETTING PROPOSITION. LIKE A ROO HAS NOT PERFORMED WELL SINCE SPELL BUT HAS RATINGS AT TRACK AND DISTANCE TO SUGGEST THAT HE IS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE AT LONG ODDS. DANZIG'S PLEASURE IS TALENTED MARE AND WILL SOON PERFORM TO HER RATINGS ABILITY. RIO DEL MAR ALSO A CHANCE. LIKE THE CHANCES OF LIKE A ROO IN THIS RACE.
RACE 8:
MISS CONVICTION
GENTLE WIND
MEGASTAR
COMMENTS: MISS CONVICTION PERFORMED WELL AT LAST START AND APPEALS AS GENUINE CHANCE IN THIS. GENTLE WIND HAS HAD LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER SPEEDRATINGS BUT HAS RACED AGAINST MIGHT AND POWER, MARBLE HALLS, DODGE, ETC. APPEARS TO BE VERY WELL PLACED. MEGASTAR WILL APPRECIATE RISE IN DISTANCE AND IS A POSSIBILITY.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY TRICKY RACE MEETING. THE TRACK IS WET BUT THERE IS DRYING WEATHER PREDICTED ON DAY. RACES 2/3/7/8 APPEAR TO BE PREFERRED RACES FOR INVESTMENT.
RATINGS FOR CAULFIELD SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 10TH 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK: SLOW
RACE 2:
RANCHO SPARK
OLIVER TWIST 99
PRINCE BELLAIR
COMMENTS: RANCHO SPARK HAS CLEAR SPEED MARGIN OVER FIELD. THE ONLY DOUBT IS THAT HE MAY GET INVOLVED IN A DUEL FOR THE LEAD WITH PRINCE BELLAIR & RIVER AFFAIR. IF RIDDEN SENSIBLY EXPECT HIM TO WIN. OLIVER TWIST GREAT EFFORT FIRST START IN MELBOURNE TO SCORE NEARLY 100. MOST UNLUCKY LAST TIME AND DOES HANDLE WET CONDITIONS. PRINCE BELLAIR RATES ONLY 5TH ON GOOD TRACK, BUT THIRD ON PROBABLE SLOW GROUND. IF TRACK IS BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED RIVER AFFAIR A GOOD CHANCE. DRY HUMOUR ONLY ON A FIRM SURFACE.
RACE 3:
EL CAMINO
MARSTIC
ELECTRIFYING
COMMENTS: EL CAMINO HAS BEEN MOST PROMISING ON RAIN AFFECTED TRACKS DURING WINTER. MARSTIC HAS GAINED SPEEDRATINGS WHEN COMPETING AGAINST GUINEAS HOPES SEDATION & SPECTACULAR GOLD. MUST BE EXTREMELY HARD TO BEAT. ELECTRIFYING HAS IMPROVED HIS SPEEDRATING AT EACH APPEARANCE AND IS WELL SUITED BY TRACK CONDITIONS AND DISTANCE. BET FOR VALUE IS THIS EVENT. BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUNG HORSES ON THE WAY UP A SOLID SPEED CASE CAN BE MADE FOR EACH. KILGOLGAN HAS GOOD RATING FIRM SURFACE. WILL LA ZAGALETTA BECOME ANOTHER OF THE FREEDMAN ENIGMA HORSES? HIS SPEEDRATINGS TO DATE ARE TOO ERRATIC TO FORM AN OPINION OF HIS ABILITY.
RACE 4:
SECOND COMING
COUNT CHIVAS
IL DON
COMMENTS: SUSPECT THAT SPEEDRATINGS WAS ONLY SERVICE THAT TIPPED SECOND COMING TO WIN VRC DERBY IN '97. HE IS A HORSE THAT ONLY PERFORMS WHEN ALLOWED TO RUN ALONG. HE CAN STAY AND HE LOVES WET CONDITIONS. COUNT CHIVAS IS NOW AT STAGE WHEN WE WILL KNOW IF HE IS BACK OR NOT. HE LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE AND CAN HANDLE AFFECTED TRACKS. IL DON IS A RISING STAR, BUT WET TRACK RATINGS ARE INCONCLUSIVE. WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM ON SURFACE DEAD OR BETTER. VITRINITE MISSES OUT BECAUSE OF AN ABSENCE OF RATINGS ON AFFECTED GROUND.
RACE 5:
BRIGHT SIDE
DANARI
COMPULSION
COMMENTS: BRIGHT SIDE HAS PERFORMED WELL UNTIL LAST APPEARANCE, EVEN THOUGH WHEN ROD GRIFFITHS LOOKED LEFT AND RIGHT AS SHE TURNED IN FRONT I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME HORSE LEFT. SHE DID NOT RUN TRIP- WHEN HE LET HER DOWN SHE MERELY PLODDED. BUT THIS RACE APPEARS TO SUIT. SHE HAS WET TRACK SPEEDRATINGS AND WILL LIKELY BE GREAT VALUE. DANARI AND COMPULSION HAVE MINOR RATINGS AND NO AFFECTED GROUND RATINGS. CLOSE YOUR EYES JUST BEHIND THESE AND A CHANCE AT LONG ODDS.
RACE 6:
SPECTACULAR GOLD
HELM
SEDATION
COMMENTS: SPECTACULAR GOLD HAS BEEN A SPEEDRATINGS FIND THIS SPRING. HE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH SPEEDRATINGS AT THREE OF HIS FOUR APPEARANCES. ALTHOUGH HE WILL BE A BETTER HORSE WITH MORE EXPERIENCE HE HAS AN UNDENIABLE CHANCE IN A GREAT EVENT. HELM WAS EQUALLY AS UNLUCKY AS SPECTACULAR GOLD AT LAST OUTING. HE TOO WILL IMPROVE WITH RACING, BUT IS MOST PROMISING. SEDATION IS THE HORSE MOST LIKELY TO MAKE HIS OWN LUCK. FOR THIS VERY REASON HE MUST BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. DRACULA & LAURIE'S LOTTERY ARE HORSES OF PROVEN HIGH QUALITY AND THEIR CHANCES ARE NOT TO BE DENIED. BENAZZI WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND MAY SOON NEED MORE GROUND TO SHOW HIS WARES.
RACE 7:
MIGHT AND POWER
GOLD GURU
JEZABEEL
COMMENTS: MIGHT AND POWER IS HIGHEST RATED SPEEDRATING STAYER IN COUNTRY. THIS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE. HE IS A HORSE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE COMPETE ON THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA. GOLD GURU IS A MAGNIFICENT RACEHORSE. SPEEDRATINGS NOMINATED HIM AS A HIGH CALIBRE RACEHORSE WHEN HE WAS BEING SENT OUT AT ODDS LONGER THAN 10/1. JEZABEEL IS NOT AS WELL SUITED THIS EVENT AS SHE WILL BE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
RACE 8:
RUSTIC DREAM
LORD LUSKIN
HALTEMANN
COMMENTS: RUSTIC DREAM IS IDEALLY SUITED BY LIKELY SLOW TRACK AND CAULFIELD. IF HE HAS TAKEN NO HARM FROM RETURN TRIP TO SYDNEY HE HAS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE. LORD LUSKIN HAS BEEN SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE ON AFFECTED TRACKS THROUGH WINTER AND SPRING THIS YEAR. HE CAN HANDLE BREAKNECK EARLY SPEED LIKELY TO BE SET AND IS A GOOD CHANCE YET AGAIN. HALTEMANN IS INCLUDED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WET TRACK PERFORMANCE OF JULY. HAS DRAWN OUTSIDE BARRIER AND FELLOW FRONTRUNNERS UMRUM & WILLOUGHBY ALSO COMPETING, BUT HE USUALLY MANAGES TO LEAD AND BREAK A FEW HEARTS OF THE CHASING BRIGADE. WITH NO UMRUM OR WILLOUGHBY IN FIELD HE MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEAL THE RACE. WHICH LEADS US TO PENGHULU. ON DRY TO DEAD TRACK HE IS TOP RATED, AND A VIGIL SHOULD BE KEPT ON RACING SURFACE-BUT SPEEDRATINGS CANNOT NOMINATE HIM ON A SLOW TRACK WITH HIS LACK OF SPEEDRATINGS ON SUCH A SURFACE. UMRUM AND WILLOUGHBY LIKEWISE. CHAMPAGNE AND TRICOVE OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
RACE 9:
MY FABULOUS STAR
FLEISCHER
MISS JUGAH
COMMENTS: MY FABULOUS STAR APPEALS AS BEST OF DAY. LOVES TRACK AND AFFECTED CONDITIONS AND IS CLEARLY TOP RATED. FLEISCHER HAS TWO EXCELLENT SPEEDRATINGS, EARNED ON AFFECTED TRACKS. IF SHE HAS RETURNED TO HER FORM OF LAST SPRING SHE HAS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE. MISS JUGAH BETTER ON DRY SURFACE, BUT SPEEDRATINGS SUGGEST NOT TO DISCOUNT IF TRACK CLOSE TO DEAD. SMIDGIN, LUCKY RULE, ROSETTIE GOLD & HIT AND RUN HAVE RATINGS OF NOTE ON AFFECTED SURFACES.
RATINGS FOR FLEMINGTON SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 3RD 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK: GOOD
RACE 1:
CYBERVAIN
SMART BANKER
HAMLET
COMMENTS: CYBERVAIN APPEARS TO BE WELL PLACED IN THIS EVENT. RIDER WENT TOO SOON WHEN BEATEN BY BENAZZI AT LAST APPEARANCE. SMART BANKER IS A HORSE IN SEARCH OF A RIDING PATTERN. TWO SPEEDRATINGS, ONE WHEN RIDDEN UP, AND ONE WHEN RIDDEN BACK. WHEN STABLE FINDS THE RIGHT TACTIC HE MAY FURNISH INTO A PROMISING COLT. HAMLET IS TALENTED BUT STILL VERY GREEN AND PERHAPS THE AUTUMN MAY SEE HIM AT HIS BEST. SPECIAL EDITION IS RATED BUT IS BECOMING ANOTHER OF THE FREEDMAN STABLE OF ENIGMA HORSES (SEE COMMENTS PREVIOUS MEETINGS).
RACE 2:
COURT OF HONOUR
NOBLE BENBARA
SPORTS CIRCUIT 86
COMMENTS: THIS APPEALS AS GOOD RACE FOR COURT OF HONOUR. HAS DISTINCT SPEED ADVANTAGE OVER FIELD AT DISTANCE. NOBLE BENBARA IS A THREAT. GREAT EFFORT TO BEAT JEZABEEL HOME TWO STARTS AGO AND LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE. SPORTS CIRCUIT IS A BETTER CHANCE THAN MOST WOULD EXPECT. SHE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DICTATE HER OWN TEMPO IN A RACE THIS PREPARATION AND THIS RACE MAY ALLOW HER THAT OPPORTUNITY. STARLETTO WAS IMPRESSIVE IN GAINING RATING AT LAST APPEARANCE.
RACE 3:
SEDATION
SLAVONIC
SPELLMAKER 59
COMMENTS: THIS LOOKS IDEAL FOR SEDATION. WILL BE VERY HARD TO KEEP OUT. SLAVONIC IS A DANGER BUT GAINS HIS RATINGS BY RUNNING THE PLACE. MIGHT REPEAT PATTERN HERE. SPELLMAKER IS THE WILDCARD IN THIS EVENT. HIS NATURAL PACE WILL HOLD HIM IN GOOD STEAD AROUND THE FLEMINGTON 1400.
RACE 4:
PENGHULU
CARNELIAN
HALTEMANN
COMMENTS: AT FIRST BLUSH I STILL WISH IT WAS 1600M FOR PENGHULU, BUT NONETHELESS HE HAS GOOD RATINGS AT TRACK AND TRIP. IF PADDY PAYNE CAN KEEP HIM ON THE BIT AND TRAVELLING HE WILL BE HARD TO HOLD OUT. BOTH CARNELIAN AND HALTEMANN WILL DO THEIR BEST TO HAVE EVERYTHING OFF THE BIT AND CHASING. NOT MUCH BETWEEN THEM IN RATINGS. MONET'S COVE MUST NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED, AS TOO GULLIBLE AND SIR LINFORD.
RACE 5:
GOLD GURU
JEZABEEL
UMRUM
COMMENTS: TERRIBLE BARRIER FOR GOLD GURU BUT HE IS A FANTASTIC RACEHORSE. LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE AND IS NOW MUCH FITTER. EXPECT MORE PING FROM HIM THIS TIME. JEZABEEL IS A MARE THAT IS A GENUINE CUPS CONTENDER. SHE RACES HANDY AND SHE IS VERY STRONG AT THE FINISH OF HER RACES. CANNOT DISCOUNT HER CHANCES EVEN IN THIS WFA EVENT. UMRUM IS THE WILDCARD, A BRILLIANT GALLOPER SUITED TO WFA EVENTS. IF HE CAN DICTATE PACE HE MAY BEAT HIS STABLEMATE ONCE AGAIN.
RACE 6:
ST. CLEMENS BELLE
BRIGHT SIDE
COMMENTS: ST. CLEMENS BELLE PERFORMING VERY WELL THIS CAMPAIGN, AS PREDICTED BY SPEEDRATINGS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. VERY HARD TO HOLD OUT ONCE AGAIN. BRIGHT SIDE IS THE VALUE RUNNER IN THIS EVENT. SHE HAS A PROMISING SPEEDRATING AND IS NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED.
RACE 7:
ROCK YOU
CLASSIC DAY
SIR BOOM
COMMENTS: ROCK YOU IS WELL SUITED HERE AND HARD TO BEAT. I HAVE PREFERENCE FOR CLASSIC DAY THOUGH AS LUCK HAS DESERTED HIM TO DATE AND PROSPECT OF GOOD SPEED WITH PAINT AND BLAZE THE TURF WILL SUIT HIS STYLE OF RACING. FAST PACE WILL ALSO SUIT SIR BOOM WHO MUST BE CONSIDERED A CHANCE. TOWKAY RATED A CLOSE FOURTH.
RACE 8:
TINIKADUA
CIAO BABY
STAGING
COMMENTS: TINIKADUA CAPABLE OF PROVIDING BOILOVER OF DAY. NO LUCK IN RECENT EVENTS AND IS VERY CAPABLE SPRINTER ON HER DAY. CIAO BABY CAN BE RELIED UPON TO PERFORM WELL AT THIS TRACK AND DISTANCE. BIG CHANCE. STAGING COMPETES AGAINST THE BEST IN EVERY MAJOR RACING STATE IN COUNTRY. A WIN WOULD NOT SURPRISE. GREETING AND NOIRCIR WELL CREDENTIALED RUNNERS AS WELL.
RATINGS FOR MOONEE VALLEY SUNDAY SEPTEMBER THE 27TH 1998.
RACE 3:
MOZAIRE
SCANDANAVIA
M'SELLE DE ENZ
COMMENTS: MOZAIRE RACING EXTREMELY WELL AND IS SPECIALIST AT TRACK AND DISTANCE, AMASSING MANY SPEEDRATINGS, BUT MOSTLY FOR RUNNING PLACE RATHER THAN WINNING. DRAWN WIDE AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT MAY KEEP HER OUT OF TROUBLE AND BE BENEFICIAL. SCANDANAVIA IS THE OBVIOUS DANGER AND SPEEDRATINGS SUGGEST WOULD HAVE WON EASILY AT 1200M. M'SELLE DE ENZ WILL FLY AGAIN, BUT THERE IS ABUNDANT PACE IN EVENT WITH LUCKY RULE AND RACE MAY BE WON BY HORSE WITH SIT.
RACE 4:
DANZIG'S PLEASURE
LAMOURMONEE
SPOT OF MAGIC 80
COMMENTS: DANZIG'S PLEASURE IS PROMISING MARE, VERY COMPETITIVE AGAINST THE LIKES OF LA VOLTA IN AUTUMN AND HANDLES MV WELL. LACK OF FITNESS ONLY IMPEDIMENT. LAMOURMONEE IS RACING INTO FORM, BUT WOULD STILL PREFER HER BEYOND MILE. LONGSHOT CHANCE IF RACE RUN TO SUIT. SPOT OF MAGIC LIKELY TO BE THE ONE TO BEAT IN THIS EVENT WITH FITNESS AND BARRIER DRAW IN HER FAVOUR.
RACE 5:
TAROT STAR
SPECTACULAR GOLD
ST. CLEMENS BELLE
COMMENTS: TAROT STAR A GREAT CHANCE IN A QUALITY EVENT IF HE CAN HOLD A MORE FORWARD POSITION BEHIND SPEED OF SPLENDID HORSE AND MISTER BOW HE WILL BE HARD TO KEEP OUT. SPECTACULAR GOLD WILL FINISH HARD AGAIN- A VERY PROMISING GALLOPER. ST. CLEMENS BELLE WILL SETTLE IN A PROMINENT POSITION AND THIS COULD GIVE HER THE EDGE AGAINST THE COLTS. BENAZZI JUST MISSES RATING IN TOP THREE BUT FOLLOWERS OF SPEEDRATINGS WOULD KNOW THAT I HOLD THIS HORSE IN HIGH REGARD.
RACE 6:
PLUSHKA
PRINCIPE WALK
HE'S REGAL 106
COMMENTS: PLUSHKA RACING IN GREAT FORM AND GAINED ANOTHER SPEEDRATING AT LAST PERFORMANCE. THAT IS ALWAYS A GOOD INDICATOR. PRINCIPE WALK AN EACH WAY CHANCE. HE'S REGAL WOULD BE A GREAT CHANCE IF HE HANDLES MOONEE VALLEY. HIS BEST PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN ON LARGER TRACKS.
RACE 7:
SPORTS
VAIN TYCOON
RANCHO SPARK
COMMENTS: SPORTS VERY TALENTED AND HARD TO BEAT. VAIN TYCOON RATED CLOSE AND MIGHT BE THE BEST VALUE IN THIS EVENT. COULD SIT JUST OFF PACE AND PROVE TOO GOOD. RANCHO SPARK WILL GO FORWARD AND ALTHOUGH BETTER SUITED AT 1200M HE MUST STILL BE REGARDED AS A DANGER. MANHATTAN VON RATED CLOSE FOURTH AND IS PROMISING SPRINTER.
RACE 8:
TUMBLE HOME
SPORTS CIRCUIT
JOEGAH 77
COMMENTS: TUMBLE HOME IS PROMISING STAYER AND HAS CLASS EDGE ON THIS FIELD. RACES WELL TRACK AND TRIP ALTHOUGH WILL BE EVEN BETTER SUITED OVER MORE GROUND. DON'T LEAVE HIM OUT. SPORTS CIRCUIT IS NOW READY AND IF SHE CAN POSSIE UP CLOSER TO THE LEAD SHE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE. JOEGAH IS RACE FIT AND WILL BE A CHANCE.
RECOMMENDED RACES: 5/7/8 MAY PRODUCE BEST VALUE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT RATINGS WILL NOT BE SUPPLIED FOR SANDOWN RACES ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER. IF WE WERE OPERATING AS A COMMERCIAL SERVICE RATINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE EXTENT OF A MID-WEEK OR MAJOR PROVINCIAL MEETING, THAT IS, LIMITED TO SELECTED RACES WITH A PROVISION OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE TO FOUR SELECTED RACES.
RATINGS FOR MOONEE VALLEY ON SUNDAY THE 27TH WILL BE PROVIDED BEFORE 10 A.M. ON SUNDAY MORNING.
RATINGS FOR MOONEE VALLEY (NIGHT) 25TH SEPTEMBER 1998
RATED FOR TRACK: GOOD
RACE 2:
MARSTIC
KILGOLGAN
COOKTOWN
COMMENTS: MARSTIC HAS CONTESTED RACES WITH A SIGNIFICANT SPEED VALUE AT LAST TWO APPEARANCES. UNLUCKY LAST TIME (REFER COMMENTS IN RESULTS SECTION) AND BEATEN BY ANOTHER EXCITING GALLOPER, SPECTACULAR GOLD, ON PREVIOUS OCCASION. KILGOLAN HAS GOOD SPEEDRATING EMANATING FROM SAME RACE WITH SPECTACULAR GOLD. COOKTOWN HAS MINOR SPEED PERFORMANCE. OTHER RUNNERS COME FROM PROVINCIAL CIRCUITS AND AS YET TO PROVE THEIR ABILITY.
RACE 3:
PEARL PRINCE
KALASTAIRE
GO WITH THE FLOW
COMMENTS: PEARL PRINCE AN EXCELLENT BATTLING EFFORT AT LAST APPEARANCE. APPEARED LIKELY WINNER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IF HE CAN GET NICE TRAIL HE WILL BE VERY HARD TO BEAT. LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE. KALASTAIRE IS GETTING CLOSE TO A VICTORY. WITH THE PACE BEING TRUE WITH FRONTRUNNERS PERFECT HARMONY AND TIGER BY THE TAIL LIKELY TO SET SOLID SPEED IT MIGHT ALLOW KALASTAIRE TO SALUTE, THOUGH STILL NOT PLACED AT HIS BEST DISTANCE. GO WITH THE FLOW RATED THIRD BUT WARY AS ALL RATINGS HAVE BEEN EARNED AT FLEMINGTON ON LARGE TRACK.
RACE 4:
WILL FLY
MISS PERON 78
LONDOLOZI
COMMENTS: RATINGS ARE CROWDED TOGETHER BETWEEN SEVEN HORSES IN THIS EVENT. LONDOLOZI LOVES TRACK AND TRIP AND MIGHT CAMP OUTSIDE QUIET STYLE AND GET RACE RUN TO SUIT. WILL FLY HAS CLASS BUT RATING DOWNGRADED THIS TRACK AND DISTANCE. MISS PERON CHANCE AT LONG ODDS. LONDOLOZI IF AT EACHWAY VALUE APPEALS AS BEST OPTION.
RACE 5:
LAMBADA BOY
CZAR HERO
JUST NELSON
COMMENTS: LAMBADA BOY A GREAT CHANCE IF HAS ANY LUCK. HE ALWAYS NEEDS THE BREAKS TO GO HIS WAY BECAUSE HE MUST BE RIDDEN BACK AND SPRINT HOME. HE REGULARLY GAINS A SPEEDRATING AT THE VALLEY AND IS SUITED BY TRIP. CZAR HERO IS A CONSISTENT PERFORMER AND WILL BE HARD TO BEAT DESPITE WEIGHT AND BARRIER DRAW. JUST NELSON IS ONE OF THOSE SURPRISE SELECTIONS TOSSED UP BY SPEEDRATINGS. HE HAS SPEED FORM THOUGH NOT REGULATION FORM. HE CERTAINLY COULD SURPRISE.
RACE 6:
MARBLE HALLS
IL DON
NOBLE BENBARA 145
COMMENTS: NOW OR NEVER FOR MARBLE HALLS. HE WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PLACE IF HE CAN'T WIN WITH DROP IN CLASS. HOWEVER, IL DON MIGHT CONSIGN HIM TO THE LIST OF PLACEGETTERS IN THIS EVENT. IL DON IS EXTREMELY PROMISING AND IS NOW PLACED IN A RACE THAT HE CAN WIN. IF RACE WAS AT FLEMINGTON I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO WIN. HE IS AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY AT MOONEE VALLEY. NOBLE BENBARA RATES THIRD THROUGH SPEED RACE THAT PRODUCED JEZABEEL (GROUP 1 SECOND LAST WEEK). WILL BE BIG ODDS, THOUGH MIGHT BE BETTER ON BIGGER TRACK.
RACE 7:
IRON SHOE
COMPULSION 44
CLOSE YOUR EYES
COMMENTS: IRON SHOE HAS SEVERAL RATINGS, MOSTLY ON AFFECTED SURFACES, BUT THE VALLEY CIRCUIT SUITS. COMPULSION MUST SHOW SOMETHING IN THIS EVENT, THE WEAKEST THAT HAS YET CONTESTED. CLOSE YOUR EYES IS LEARNING HOW TO RACE BUT ON THE IMPROVE.
RECOMMENDED RACES: 2/5/6/7. LOOK FOR VALUE IN OTHER EVENTS.
RATINGS FOR CAULFIELD 20TH SEPTEMBER 1998
RATED FOR TRACK: GOOD
RACE 1:
SILVER GLADE
BUSTER JONES
HE'S REGAL
COMMENTS: SILVER GLADE IS A CLASS PERFORMER WHO IS READY TO RETURN TO FORM AT HIS FAVOURITE TRACK. BUSTER JONES EXTRA IMPRESSIVE IN GAINING SPEEDRATING AT MID WEEK MEETING. HE'S REGAL A CHANCE IF RACE RUN TO SUIT. QAHIRA LEGEND AND PRINCIPE WALK RATED CLOSE TO HE'S REGAL AND ARE BOTH CHANCES.
RACE 2:
SHANGAINAISE
QUIET STYLE
SUNNY LANE
COMMENTS: SHANGAINAISE HAS HUGE SPEED MARGIN OVER FIELD. NO LUCK LAST OUTING WHEN SPEEDRATINGS SECURED LARGE WIN WITH QUIET STYLE. IF THE BREAKS GO THE WAY OF SHANGAINAISE I EXPECT HER TO WIN. ONCE AGAIN QUIET STYLE WILL POSSIE UP CLOSE TO LEAD AND MAKE HER OWN LUCK AND WILL BE HARD TO BEAT. SUNNY LANE A CHANCE BUT PREFER AT 2000M. MISS PERON A CHANCE IF SHE RUNS TRIP.
RACE 3:
BRIGHT SIDE
GRAND ARCHWAY
COMMENTS: BRIGHT SIDE HAS A GOOD SPEEDRATING AND WAS UNLUCKY LAST WEEK. GRAND ARCHWAY SUITED BY TRIP AND A CHANCE AT ODDS. DANELAGH, DANSINO AND NATURAL IS MY NAME ARE ALL DANGERS.
RACE 4:
SPECTACULAR GOLD
SPECIAL EDITION 77
COUP DE GRACE
COMMENTS: SPECTACULAR GOLD SCORED GREAT SPEEDRATING AT MOONEE VALLEY, BEATING MARSTIC WHO WE SELECTED LAST WEEK AND WHO WAS IMPRESSIVE AND UNLUCKY. SPECTACULAR GOLD IS VERY PROMISING. SPECIAL EDITION AND COUP DE GRACE WILL BE COMPETITIVE. SPLENDID HORSE A CHANCE IF GETS THE FAVOURS IN LEAD.
RACE 5:
LORD LUSKIN
PENGHULU
RUSTIC DREAM
COMMENTS: LORD LUSKIN IS A SPECIALIST AT DISTANCE AND A GREAT CHANCE AT BIG ODDS. PENGHULU AT 1600M AND ONE MORE RUN UNDER HIS BELT WOULD WIN. RUSTIC DREAM LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE AND ONLY NEEDS LUCK IN THE RUN. CARNELIAN RATES FOURTH BUT WILL BE IN A SPEED DUEL AGAIN WITH HALTEMANN AND OTHERS. TOP RATED HORSES REPRESENT GREAT VALUE. OBVIOUSLY A RACE OF GREAT DEPTH WITH HORSES LIKE THEATRE, EL MIRADA, PAINT, ROCK YOU AND NUMEROUS OTHER POSSIBILIT IES.
RACE 6
PRINCE STANDAAN
VITRINITE 120
COMMENTS: THIS RACE SUITS VITRINITE. DRY TRACK AND GOOD BARRIER AND A GREAT EACH WAY CHANCE. PRINCE STANDAAN HAD NO LUCK WITH SADDLE SLIPPING PREVIOUS RUN. IF HE CAN GET IN FROM WIDE ALLEY HE IS A DEFINITE DANGER. SECOND COMING LOOKING FOR 2500M AND BEN'S ROCKET AND BRAVE PRINCE GOOD CHANCES.
RACE 7:
GOLD GURU
UMRUM
DANE RIPPER
COMMENTS: IT'S SPRINGTIME. GREAT DEPTH IN LARGE FIELDS. GOLD GURU IS VERY CLOSE AND THIS TIME HE HAS DRAWN A GOOD BARRIER. NOTHING BETWEEN UMRUM AND DANE RIPPER IN RATINGS AND PROBABLY AT THE FINISH AS WELL. A GREAT RACE.
RECOMMENDED RACES: RACES 1/2/4/6/7. RATED HORSES IN RACE 5 REPRESENT EXCEPTIONAL VALUE. A GREAT RACE MEETING.
RATINGS FOR SANDOWN 19TH SEPTEMBER 1998
RATED FOR TRACK: GOOD
RACE 1:
GRAND BAIE
ACCEPT
COMMENTS: GRAND BAIE VERY GOOD EFFORT AT LAST RUN. EXTREMELY HARD TO BEAT. ACCEPT LOOKS WELL SUITED AND APPEARS TO BE ONLY DANGER.
RACE 2:
TYCOON PRINCESS 71
MISS LARDYDAR
COMMENTS: TYCOON PRINCESS WELL PLACED IN THIS RACE. HER RATINGS ARE AT TRACK AND DISTANCE. PLENTY OF PACE APPARENT WITH FAYROUZ, QUICK RATE AND BONNY MCGINTY. THAT'S LIBERTY RATED THIRD AND A CHANCE. MISS LARDYDAR COULD BE THE ONE TO BLOW THEM AWAY AT BIG ODDS. HER RATINGS ARE AT SLIGHTLY LONGER TRIP, BUT EARLY SPEED SHOULD SUIT. EACH WAY.
RACE 5:
ITALIAN AFFAIR
RONWAN 84
COMMENTS: UNSURE ABOUT RIDING TACTICS NOW EMPLOYED ON ITALIAN AFFAIR. HE WAS GOING VERY WELL WHEN FREEWHEELING AND WAS UNLUCKY TO BE ATTACKED IN FRONT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. REGARDLESS OF TACTICS HE MUST REMAIN A GOOD CHANCE. I LIKE RONWAN IN THIS RACE PROVIDED TRACK NO WORSE THAN DEAD. RED CARSON ONE TO WATCH IF ANY HEAVY RAIN, AS WOULD BE DAMASCUS ROAD. BEBETTO AND PRATTLER ARE CHANCES.
RACE 6:
SIR LINFORD 91
TRAVELOT
COMMENTS: ON DRY TRACK THESE TWO SHOULD GO VERY CLOSE. SIR LINFORD HAS A TOUCH OF CLASS AND TRAVELOT IS ON THE WAY UP. ON A WET TRACK FRENCH CLOCK AND STAR GRAZEY DOMINATE RATINGS
RACE 8:
COURT DANCER
CHIPPY'S DAUGHTER
MISOMAI
COMMENTS: COURT DANCER IS A VERY PROMISING MARE. SHE COULD VERY WELL WIN FAR BETTER RACES THAN THIS IN FUTURE. CHIPPY'S DAUGHTER AN ENIGMA, HER SPEEDRATINGS ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF DISTANCES. SUSPECT THAT 1400M MIGHT NOT BE AS BENEFICIAL TO HER CAUSE AS IS 1600M. MISOMAI IS DEFINITELY ON THE WAY UP. A WIN WOULD NOT SURPRISE. AND TO FURTHER DABBLE WITH THE WORD ENIGMA, LET US NOT FORGET CIGARILLO. HAS HER ONLY SPEEDRATING FROM A STAKES-RACE. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
RECOMMENDED RACES: TREAD WARILY. WATCH THE WEATHER. IF REMAINS DRY ANY OF THE RATED RACES COULD PRODUCE A GOOD RESULT.
RATINGS FOR MOONEE VALLEY SEPTEMBER 12TH 1998.
RATED FOR TRACK CONDITION: GOOD
RACE 2:
BENAZZI
CYBERVAIN 70
COMMENTS: BENAZZI SHOULD HAVE WON LAST WEEK AND WILL BE EXTREMELY HARD TO BEAT HERE. CYBERVAIN IS RATED VERY CLOSE AND MIGHT BE THE VALUE BET. THEY BOTH APPEAR TO BE TOO GOOD FOR THIS FIELD.
RACE 3:
SPORTS CIRCUIT
COMMENTS: VERY TRICKY RACE. IF RACE IS RUN TO SUIT SPORTS CIRCUIT COULD BE VERY HARD TO BEAT. HER ONLY SPEED RATING IS AT 1800M SO THIS IS IDEAL. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER RUNNERS WITH RATINGS, ROVER, ITALIAN AFFAIR, JAMESTOWN, NASSAREEF, ETC. BUT RECOMMEND EITHER SPORTS CIRCUIT OR A NO BET RACE.
RACE 4:
MARSTIC
TAROT STAR 113
SPECIAL EDITION
COMMENTS:MARSTIC COMES THROUGH SPECTACULAR GOLD'S EXCELLENT SPEED RACE. RACING VERY WELL AND A GREAT CHANCE AT GOOD ODDS. TAROT STAR IS VERY PROMISING AND SPECIAL EDITION JUST NEEDS A TOUCH OF LUCK TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE. THIS COULD BE A FIELD OF VERY PROMISING HORSES. WATCH JUMALLIQUE AND ELECTRIFYING.
RACE 5
SIR BOOM
WILLOUGHBY
DANE RIPPER
COMMENTS: WE HAD SIR BOOM WHEN A GREAT 2ND TO DANE RIPPER AT HUGE ODDS. HE WILL COMPETE VERY WELL AGAIN. I SUSPECT THAT WILLOUGHBY MIGHT BE THE BEST CHANCE THOUGH, IF HE HANDLES MV. AND DANE RIPPER-SHE JUST KEEPS ON WINNING.
RACE 6:
FLAVOUR
TOWKAY 187
WRY HERO 181
COMMENTS: TOWKAY LOOKS EXTREMELY HARD TO BEAT IN THIS. THE PACE WILL BE ON WITH PAINT AND THE M'SELLE FLYING SO THE RATED THREE WILL ALL HAVE THE LAST CRACK AT THE LEADERS. 1000M RACES ARE ALWAYS HARD RACES TO SELECT AS ANY INCONVENIENCE TO A RUNNER CAN BE DECISIVE. OTHERS RATED NOT SO FAR BEHIND TOP THREE ARE: PAINT, MOZAIRE, VAIN TYCOON. A GOOD RACE.
RACE 7:
BRIGHT SIDE
GRAND ARCHWAY
ST. CLEMENS BELLE 103
COMMENTS: THE SPEED FACTOR ALL COMES FROM THE QUEZETTE S AT SANDOWN. BRIGHT SIDE AND GRAND ARCHWAY FAST AND IMPRESSIVE. ST. CLEMENS BELLE SPEED FACTOR COMES FROM AUTUMN AND IF SHE HAS IMPROVED (AND I THINK SHE MIGHT) SHE WILL GIVE STIFF OPPOSITION. OTHER RATED CHANCES TO: JOLIPAL,COMPULSION,PICCADILLY CIRCUS, DANARI.
RACE 8:
PEARL PRINCE 145
PRINCIPE WALK
FINAL TEMPO
COMMENTS: LOT OF PACE IN THIS RACE. PEARL PRINCE TO TAKE SIT BEHIND FINAL TEMPO AND COULD WIN ON FAVOURITE TRACK. WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF THREE OR FOUR HORSES VYING FOR LEAD IN THIS EVENT THERE IS THE PROSPECT OF ONE OF THE STAYING HORSES (COUNT CHIVAS, STAR BINDER, KALASTAIRE) PLAYING A PART IN FINISH.
RACES RECOMMENDED TO BET IN INCLUDE: RACE 2/ RACE 4/ RACE 5/ RACE 7.
FOR FLEMINGTON SEPTEMBER 5TH
RATED FOR GOOD TRACK
RACE 1:
BENAZZI
COMMENTS: ONLY HORSE RATED. POTENTIALLY VERY GOOD. MUST WIN IF HE IS GOING TO HAVE ANY PART IN SPRING CARNIVAL.
RACE 3:
RUSTIC DREAM
CARNELIAN
HE'S REGAL 144
COMMENTS: RUSTIC DREAM SHOULD WIN IF RACE RUN TO SUIT. CARNELIAN SHOULD SIT OUTSIDE RANCHO SPARK (4TH RATED) AND HAS GOOD CHANCE. IF THEY TAKE EACH OTHER ON IN FRONT IT WILL BE SET UP FOR A HORSE LIKE HE'S REGAL TO RUN ON AT GOOD ODDS.
RACE 4:
THEATRE
CITY KID
SPLENDID HORSE 88
COMMENTS: THEATRE AND CITY KID BOTH EXTREMELY PROMISING. BOTH HAVE RATINGS FROM AFFECTED TRACKS. WHOEVER IS BETTER ON TOP OF GROUND SHOULD WIN.
RACE 5:
MARBLE HALLS
GOLD GURU
UMRUM 158
COMMENTS: MARBLE HALLS ALWAYS COMPETITIVE IN BEST COMPANY. GOLD GURU IS OUTSTANDING RACEHORSE BUT BEST RATINGS BEYOND MILE. SUSPECT UMRUM MIGHT BE BRILLIANT ENOUGH TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE AT WFA.
RACE 6:
HURRICANE STORM
PRINCE STANDAAN 143
COMMENTS: HURRICANE STORM HAS EXCELLENT RATINGS FROM SEVERAL SEASONS AGO. IF RETURNS TO BEST WOULD BE HARD TO BEAT. EXPECT PRINCE STANDAAN TO BE VERY WELL SUITED THIS RACE.
RACE 7:
GRAND BAIE
ROCK YOU
LORD LUSKIN
COMMENTS: GRAND BAIE IS FIT AND GETS CHANCE TO WIN A GOOD RACE. ROCK YOU LOVES TRACK AND DISTANCE. LORD LUSKIN GREAT CHANCE IF GETS FAVOURS IN THE RUN. MANY OTHER CHANCES INCLUDING CLASSIC DAY, PENGHULU, SPECIAL DANE.
RACE 8:
SWEET DELIGHT
SMIDGIN 132
COMMENTS: PREFER SMIDGIN. LOVES DISTANCE AND RACING WELL. SWEET DELIGHT WILL HAVE TO GO FORWARD FROM WIDE GATE AND WILL NEED RACE RUN TO SUIT.
