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Geldings hot selections for Caulfield Cup day

MarkThe Gelding is off grazing in sunny Hong Kong at the moment and all we are left with at the Sportzfan Radio desk are his scribblings on the back of a used tote ticket with respect to his selections for the Caulfield Cup.

Punters may well query how the Gelding could possibly be out of the country at such an interesting time in horse racing!

Take as each way bets, a quinella and trifecta!

Caulfield

Race 9

Horse 14 – Lidari – Gelding says Simon O’Donnell wouldn’t be in it if he didn’t think it could win this one! (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Horse 15 – Lucia Valentina – The current race favourite and has run over this distance before but beaten home third after getting too far back in the field. Drawn nicely in barrier 12.

Horse 1 – Admire Rakti – The top weight and one of the Japanese raiders will be in it at the finish!

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Friday musing – AFL trade period, Ryan Griffen, Caulfield Cup….

Chris Barwin HillsThe AFL trade period is over and all the trades that had to be done were done including the Dane Beams & Paddy Ryder deals. As a Bomber supporter I think Collingwood did better than Essendon with their respective “forced” trades, but it helped that they were dealing with Brisbane who had more to offer. It was always going to be hard to prise a decent player out of Port Adelaide at the moment to come to Essendon

I have gathered a bit of information regarding the Ryan Griffen & Allan Christensen trades.

With Griffen, it appears there was a bust up between some of the players and Griffen and his leadership group wanted the coach to sort it out and the coach, quite rightly told them it was a leadership group issue and they should sort it out. They didn’t like it and it caused a lot of division within the club. The Bulldogs now have the key forward they have been after, but it may take a while for Tom Boyd to produce on a regular basis. At least it will take the pressure of Stuart Crameri, who was never more than the third tall in the forward line anyway.

With Christensen it is alleged that he had an affair with a team mate’s partner and she became pregnant. If this rumour is true, then it explains why Geelong traded him without much of a fight. For Geelong to then use the pick they got for him on Rhys Stanley is somewhat of a surprise. Stanley has shown some promise, but a second round draft pick, I don’t think so.

For me the overall winner in the trade period was Hawthorn. They have won the last two premierships, played in the last three Grand Finals and they picked up an All Australian defender in James Frawley. To that throw in a very promising youngster in Jono O’Rourke and the fact that they lost no required players.

Moving on to the races it occurred to me that Lloyd Williams spends a lot of money on importing horses from overseas, but somewhat ironically his best horse at the moment and indeed his best horse for some time in Fawkner in not only locally bred, but bred from a stallion, Reset, that Lloyd used to own. Perhaps he should concentrate on the local market instead of spending so much on overseas horses!

Well Rich Enuff came unstuck last week, but on that run I don’t think he will lose too many admirers. He beat everything else in the race quite easily and he rallied once the other horse went past him and pushed him right to the line. Perhaps the 1600 metres was a bit too far, but not by much. The colts ran about a second faster than the fillies in the corresponding race and they were just shaded by the time recorded by Trust in a Gust in the Toorak Handicap. There is a Group 1 race out there for Rich Enuff and he is now being set for a sprint at the Flemington carnival.

My place tip for this weeks main race the Caulfield Cup is Big Memory. In the Herbert Power last week over the same track & distance of the cup he recorded a time of 2.26.68 which is good enough to win just about any Caulfield Cup and he drops a kilo on that run. Not only that, he also did a lot wrong in that race and held the race despite a protest.

Have a great weekend!

Gelding’s hotties for Caulfield on 11 October 2014

42The Gelding’s attention returns to his home track at Caulfield tomorrow for the running of the Caulfield Guineas. After a ripper start last week with a winner and two seconds, there were a few s-hit rides by jockeys who should have known better. Gelding described their rides as follows….’…lost this way…’ ‘….lost his compass….’ etc, etc.

Hopefully this week all the riders know which way to go.

As usual the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Caulfield

Race 4 Horse 4 – Overreach
Race 6 Horse 10 – Dissident (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 4 – Trust In A Gust
Race 9 Horse 3 – Rich Enuff (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 10 Horse 1 – Girl Guide

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Friday musing – AFL trade period, NRL, Caulfield Guineas…..

Chris Barwin HillsWell what a week in AFL trading! We already knew about Paddy Ryder and Dayne Beams, but this week Allen Christensen and Ryan Griffen emerge wanting to be traded. Who will pop up next? These trades will be difficult, but if a player has publicly flagged that he wants to go, he has to be traded in my opinion. There are exceptions, like Ryan O’Keefe who flagged a few years ago that he wanted to go to Hawthorn, the Swans kept him and he went on to win the Norm Smith medal in their 2012 premiership side. Supporters from the four clubs involved will all be very disappointed as the players are popular players at their clubs, but for different reasons they want to go and the clubs have to try and get the best deal available.

On a related topic, I was not surprised the AFL knocked back the proposed de-listing of Paddy Ryder to give Essendon an additional draft pick. It would have been a good result for the club, but tantamount to draft manipulation.

Now that it is inevitable that Paddy is going, my son will have to remove the badge from his jumper and send it over to Port Adelaide. The situation at Essendon seems to be lurching from bad to worse. What player would want to come to that club the way things are at the moment? Even Jason Winderlich, who grew up an Essendon supporter and was not involved in the supplements saga wants to go! I cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel at the moment and this is a club that played finals this year!

I watched the NRL Grand Final last week and it was a lot more competitive than the AFL equivalent. Although South Sydney did eventually blow Canterbury out of the water, the game was in the balance until about half way through the second half. The game apparently rated higher than the AFL Grand Final and there has been a renewed push for the AFL to play its Grand Final at night. As much as the ratings would be better, I hope the AFL retain the afternoon time slot, but money does dictate the terms in sport these days and it is probably inevitable that the AFL Grand Final will be played at night or the early evening before too long. The first AFL night final was in 1993 so we are probably lucky that it has lasted in the afternoon for so long.

The Spring Racing Carnival is really starting to pick up with Caulfield Guineas Day this Saturday. This is one of the best days on the racing calendar and should Rich Enuff emerge as the winner of the Guineas this weekend, we may have found the star of the carnival. To date no horse has stamped their authority on the Spring and racing really does need stars to bring people to the races. Weight For Age racing looks a bit thin this year and if Rich Enuff can get through he would be highly fancied in the Cox Plate. He looks the logical winner with Looks Like the Cat the one that could knock him off without being a big upset.

Have a great weekend!

The Gelding’s red hot selections for Caulfield on 20 September 2014

MarkThe Gelding’s attention is on his home track at Caulfield tomorrow and after last week’s stellar day on the punt he is primed and ready to go with some value bets that pack a punch!

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Caulfield

Race 5 Horse 8 – Spirit of Heaven
Race 6 Horse 1 – Spillway
Race 7 Horse 10 – Silent Achiever (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 1 – Samaready (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 5 – Trust in a Gust

You can hear the Gelding discuss the results with the Professor and the panel this Sunday at 11.00am on Sportzfan Radio live from the Southern Football League Division 1 Grand Final at Springvale oval broadcasting on 88.3 Southern FM.

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Gelding’s red hot tips for 13 September 2014

Mar 13 2011 026The Gelding’s attention is on Flemington tomorrow after an ‘ordinary’ outing at Moonee Valley last Saturday. What might have been if lady luck had of shone just a little bit more in his direction. The confidence is still there though!!!!

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Flemington

Race 4 Horse2 – Chivalry
Race 5 Horse 1 – Commanding Jewel
Race 6 Horse5 – Rich Enuff
Race 7 Horse 9 – Dissident (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 5 – El Roca (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Gelding’s hoties for Caulfield and Randwick for 6 September 2014

Mar 13 2011 021Spring is in the air and the Gelding’s attention is divided tomorrow between Moonee Valley and Randwick. Last week’s reasonable return would have been much better except for the questionable ride by the jockey aboard Boban. Instead of saluting, as it should have, it was a sure thing beaten by one and a half lengths. The Gelding awarded that one an s-hit ride!

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Moonee Valley

Race 1 Horse 7 – Count Encosta
Race 2 Horse 1 – Text’N’Hurlry
Race 4 Horse 4 – Wrotham Heath
Race 5 Horse 1 – Lankan Rupee (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 9 – Star Rolling (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Randwick

Race 3 Horse 1 – Earthquake (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 4 Horse 2 – Washington Heights
Race 5 Horse 7 – Entirely Platinum
Race 6 Horse 1 – Sessions

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Gelding’s hot selections for today’s Caulfield races

IMG00123-20101219-1210The Gelding’s attention returns to his home track at Caulfield today after a win and several near misses with last week’s selections. The ladies at the Tennis club were unlucky with the second selection with a questionable ride by the jockey severely affecting the horse’s chances.

That being said, there is plenty of value in today’s selections.

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Caulfield

Race 3 Horse 8 – Henwood
Race 5 Horse 15 – Vain Queen
Race 7 Horse 3 – Gregers (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 2 – Boban (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 10 – Marksmanship

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Gelding’s red hotties for Moonee Valley on 23 August 2014

42After a reasonable few weeks, the Gelding’s attention turns to Moonee Valley tomorrow and he is confident of another good return, especially for the ladies at the tennis club!

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Moonee Valley

Race 3 Horse 5 Under the Louvre
Race 5 Horse 3 – Girl Guide (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 6 Horse 2 – Orujo
Race 8 Horse 10 – Shamal Wind (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 2 – Foundry

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Gelding’s hot tips for Caulfield on 16 August 2014

the gelding & othersThe Gelding’s attention is on his home track at Caulfield tomorrow as his bank continues to grow for a real run at the Spring carnival fields. The ladies at the tennis club were happy again last week and no doubt their Christmas function this year will have the good champagne on ice!

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Caulfield

Race 1 Horse 5 – Spirit of Heaven (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 1 – Moment of Change
Race 6 Horse 3 – Royal Snitzel
Race 8 Horse 5 – Lidari
Race 9 Horse 2 – Gregers (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding