The Gelding’s attention remains on his home track at Caulfield today for the running of the Caulfield Guineas and after a spell in the paddock last week, watching the AFL Grand Final, he is rested and ready to go.
As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.
Caulfield
Race 4 Horse 3 – Chetwood
Race 6 Horse 3 – Winx
Race 8 Horse 2 – Impending (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 4 – Hes Our Rokkii (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 10 Horse 12 – Star Turn
Good luck and good punting!
The
Gelding
The Gelding’s attention remains at his home track at Caulfield and after a mid week function with Wiley Dalziel, believes he has a pocketful of winners for today’s meeting.
The Gelding’s attention is on his home track at Caulfield and after a hot and cold outing last week, he is looking to improve his form in the lead up to the Spring carnival.
The Gelding’s attention is at Flemington today and he has been in good form in recent weeks. He had a lot to say about a particular jockey’s riding last week and actually awarded him two s-hit rides, which is a record for one meeting.
It must be a first for any form of football in Australia with AFL finals to take place in four different states next week. This shows it is truly 
a national competition and the four finals spread over three days should be a great spectacle. While the bye may be frustrating for some it did allow flexibility with the scheduling of the last round and the finals so from a broadcasters point of view it is likely to be a success even if the coaches don’t like it.
Corey Enright making the team, but the biggest surprise was eight teams missing out on a representative in the team. This must be a record and it is hard to believe that North Melbourne and St Kilda both winning twelve games did not have a player worthy of being a representative.
favour of the losses, most games seemed to reveal some positives for the team. For an example you don’t need to look further than Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti. Other players have progressed, like Zach Merrett who I think was unlucky to miss out on the All Australian squad. I doubt the Bombers are under any illusions about next year. It will take time to integrate the banned players back in to the team and a season of 10-11 wins would be a huge step forward.
The Gelding’s attention remains at Moonee Valley this weekend and with a reasonable outing last week is looking to add some funds to the coffers for a tilt at the Spring Carnival.
significantly underwhelmed. Perhaps my level of enthusiasm is matched by the Australian results where very few of our competitors have performed at their best. It would appear from the vision I have seen that the crowds have stayed away too. If the athletics didn’t have Usain Bolt these could be the dullest games of all time where the side stories have far more interest than the performances.
Sri Lanka when he waited for the batsman to lift his foot after playing the ball. The batsman was clearly out, but was it in the spirit of the game? I must admit some bias here, I was dismissed in a similar fashion playing school cricket and while I too was clearly out, I had avoided a bouncer and moved out of my crease before the keeper had passed the ball onto the fieldsman. I always thought it was unfair as it wasn’t the skill of the bowler that got me out of my crease. The same applied to the Nevill stumping.
thought Essendon would lose one of Hurley, Hooker or Heppell and they have all re-committed to the club. Essendon now need Jobe Watson to play another year so he doesn’t conclude his career as a banned player. He deserves to finish on a high note even if he does lose the Brownlow medal.
thinking about other father/son combinations in different sports. There is Gary Jack (rugby league) & Kieran Jack (AFL), Jack Newton (golf) & Clint Newton (rugby league), Ray Ruffels (tennis) & Ryan Ruffels (golf), Tony Mundine (boxing) & Anthony Mundine (rugby league & boxing), John Ronaldson (VFL/AFL) & Tony Ronaldson (basketball), Pat Cash Snr (VFL/AFL) & Pat Cash Jnr (tennis) and Dimitri Markov (pole vault) & Oleg Markov (AFL). There are bound to be a lot more, but this is a good starting point for further discussion.
extending his contract at the start of the year, I thought he should be excused one bad year. The discussions about Richmond this year remind me of the discussions about Richmond of 10-15 years ago. Back then they had fourn players, Matthew Knights, Wayne Campbell, Nick Daffy & Matthew Richardson and then they fell away and now it is Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Jack Riewoldt, Brent Deledio and Alex Rance and then they fall away again. Is history repeating itself?
The Gelding has returned refreshed from his holiday and is ready for the run into the Spring carnival. The good horses are returning to the track so he cautions to take note of how their preparations have gone.