With the cups now looming (6 weeks tomorrow to the big one) The Mug has laid the cards on the table.  The speculative bet for the Melbourne Cup is Mighty, currently at $101 with TAB Sportsbet.  The Mug has taken $20 of that action.
The rationale:  Just run 7 lengths 5th to Yeats at WFA and […]

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The Mug was having a quiet punt at home on Saturday and was looking forward to the match race in what has got to be the biggest mouthful of a race name as it gets printed - The Dato Tan Chin Nam (formerly Feehan stakes).  I don’t understand why the formerly the Feehan seems to […]

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First declarations are in and it has got to be the biggest exodus from the Cups in history.  There are still quite a few good quality internationals coming though, particularly from the UK.  The Mug’s initial pick, Scriptwriter, was soundly beaten into 3rd in the Ebor and the winner of that race, Purple Moon, now […]

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Is there anyone who’s bet on the ante post market that knows what is happening with their bet at the moment (excluding those on the mercenary Betfair, where bets always stand).  Michael Sullivan of Sportingbet suggested that there was no way that they would profit out of the flu and that they stood to return […]

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To inject some interest into the beleaguered spring carnival, The Mug is going to facilitate a Spring Racing tipping comp.
Starting 6 October, with the Tunrbull Stakes, and going through to the Sandown Classic on 17 November, the Mug will take tips on each Group 1 or Group 2 race during that period (1 tip per […]

Categories: The Punt · The Competition

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 […]

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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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