Entries Tagged as 'The Punt'
Diary of an addict
In the spirit of full disclosure, below is the sad tale of 3 months on the punt. Now admittedly the busiest 3 months of the year, but it never hurts to occassionally sit back and survey the damage. You can click through for the whole unseemly mess, but to save you some calculation, the numbers […]
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The Spring Racing BBQ Season
I couldn’t let the season go by without diverting my attention onto one of the great traditions of the Spring Carnival - the BBQ season.
There is no doubt that, above all else and any enjoyment that may come from the event, it is detrimental to the punt. Whether its the effort of hosting causing […]
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The Grandview Hotel, Fairfield
If there has to be an example of a shoddily organised, badly run, poorly laid out pub tab, then the Grandview is it. There is just not a redeeming feature to this place. A big screen TV that has such a poor picture as to be unwatchable, the old guy at the ticket cue collecting […]
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The Spring Challenge Wrap - Derby Day, Melbourne Cup and Oaks Day
Things have tightened up at the top, with 4 points separating first from 4th. With the final 2 group 1’s this weekend, picking 2 winners looks like the only way to win, although a first and a second for dj would seemingly tie up a win.
Can the Hussler do the business from barrier 13 and […]
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The Spring Challenge - Caulfield Cup wrap
All the drama of racing on Saturday. I wonder if Mark Kavanagh is a believer in cosmic justice. As it was, only 1 tipster picked a scratched horse and no one troubled the scorers. It seems that no one could believe that a horse that was winning a Class 1 a year earlier could win […]
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The Spring Challenge - Thousand Guineas wrap
Due to the tardiness of the Mug, a couple of tipsters missed out on the Thousand Guineas. Tough!!! The Mug was invested in Extension of Time and was almost yelling at the office computer with 100 to go. Still, a place bonus point at $5.20
Get on to the Caulfield Cup now. And don’t forget the […]
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The Spring Challenge Week 2
With DJ now sweating on the $41 taken on Maldivian 2 months ago, it was surprising that no one (except the noodle who submitted his tip yesterday) took it in the challenge. In fact, there was quite some symmetry in the picks, with everyone taking the Madonna and only the late entry noodle taking Maldivian.
On to […]
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The Spring Challenge week 1
A disappointing 4 tipsters for the first week, with 2 3rds the best that could be mustered. Oh to have stuck with Devil Moon ….
Tipster
Tip
Place
Points
Bonus
thepumpa
Efficient
-
-
-
dj
Haradasun
3rd
1
-
noodle
Zipping
5th
-
-
the mug
Haradasun
3rd
1
-
Tipster
Total
thepumpa
0
dj
1
noodle
0
the mug
1
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Backing for 4th or 5th
I’d like to see some agency come out and offer an option to back for 4th or 5th as a staight out bet. We could all then back Murtajill every time it ran!! Has there ever been a horse that has run 4th or 5th so many times in a row. I make it the […]
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Don’t bag out, lest you yourself be bagged
In reference to an entry from a couple of weeks ago, where I claimed to be surprised at Activation being allowed to run what seemed to be a team race so that there was a genuine pace for Efficient, I stand corrected.
In the back of my mind I seemed to recall that Activation was up […]
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