Entries Tagged as 'The Punt'
More Ante Post info
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.
Categories: The Punt
The Kamikaze Lawyer
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
Nothing to see here
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 […]
Categories: The Punt
Always check your tickets ….
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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Spring is Sprung
The horses are now another year older and Saturday really marks the beginning of the return of the stars, old and new. It was about this weekend last year that The Mug began an odyssey for the spring, going the plunge on Zipping for the Caulfield Cup after a close up fifth in the […]
Categories: The Punt · The Antepost
Let’s all move to Adelaide
The Mug made a quick business trip to Adelaide during the week and found a pub punter’s paradise. It would be fair to say that on a Wednesday night in Adelaide there appears to be not much happening - I had to walk about 500 metres from my hotel to find on open shop, […]
A slow month
The Mug has been lax in keeping the blog up to date over the last weeks. Basically, there are 2 reasons:
Losing, losing, losing. It has been a month of unending losses. Even the wins have been losses. Takeover Target failing to salute in the UK Group 1 sent small shivers through […]
Categories: The Punt
Is this for real?
After last week’s omen bet, the Mug was casually glancing through the form guide and Friday and in the same race, Morphetville R7 Saturday, the same horse number, 12, is racing a horse named Sweet Julia. This happens to be the name of the Mug’s beautiful wife, so another omen bet is on. Sweet Julia […]
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The Omen Bet
Sitting at the PubTab yesterday, I was informed by regular punting companion DJ of a great omen bet at Morphetville. The Mug has a daughter that goes by the regular name of Sassy (short for Saskia). In Race 7 yesterday at Morphetville, there was a regular Victorian country horse called Sassy Seniorita running around. As […]
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3 legs and a second - when will it end?
I’m sure Cold Chisel must have thought about this as a song title. We have genuinely pinged 3 legs and 2nd by a fu#$ng neck or less 4 of the last 6 weeks. This weeks included another $16 winner in the kitbag. Scenic Assault (our one out) pinged because Sebastian Murphy ….. well, I was […]
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