Who knows what this will mean, given the state of racing, but the Mug was doing a bit of video study for tomorrow’s punt and has decided that the best run seen so far this season has been from Purrealist.
Could El Santic be lucky enough to land another champ?  History would seem to lend itself […]

Categories: The Punt

And unfortunately, that means viral life as well.  The Mug was saying to Mrs Mug a few days ago that once the new EI outbreak was out in the general population, it was never going to be contained.  We’ve got horse flu, now live with it and get on with racing.
And so it is proving.  As […]

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The uncorroborated medical records from 2 unnamed players from an unnamed AFL club show that they have been receiving counselling for having carried Equine Influenza into the AFL scene.  An unnamed source has sold the unsubstantiated papers for an undisclosed sum to The Mugpunter.  We have it on good authority that both positive tested players […]

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It has been interesting to have a Saturday with no racing.  The lawn got mowed!
Let’s just not do this again ….

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The Mug watched with interest (from the comfort of a web browser) on Saturday and continues to be amazed at the influence that the race commentator can have on the opinion of race horse performance.
Both Maybe Better and Blue Monday put in good runs in the Liston - no doubt.  They were at least holding […]

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I like the Racenet site.  It has good info and some good writers.
For the spring, they have added a feature where they list all runners entered in one of the big races that are running on that day - check out Major Races.

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The first antepost bets of the season have been reported, with the lawyer taking a spec on the Japanese raiders for this year’s Melbourne Cup, taking advantage of the normally parsimonious TAB and the double odds on offer last Saturday.
Odds taken
Delta Blues @ $61
Tosho Knight @ $41
Already looking good bets with the TAB now posting […]

Categories: The Punt · The Antepost

Watched with intent yesterday looking for the first signs of any kind of spring performer to jump out of the ground and give us a ride all the way to the Cups and Plate.  DJ even went to the trouble of bringing along the nominations for the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate.
But there was […]

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After a dirty day on the punt yesterday (which is becoming a habit) we’d ante’d up for a final fling at the trifecta in the last in Melbourne.  We picked out our 4 horses, filled in the ticket and laid the bet.  The Mug sauntered over for a final round of sherbet and watched the […]

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The Mug and DJ ventured for a quick punting donation to The Junction Hotel, Preston. This pub has always been intriguing. It sits on the junction (surprise) where Plenty Rd and High St merge into just High St and looks from the outside as if only the lowest of low characters would frequent […]

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