Nature Strips punters of more money
The inevitable happened last Saturday and Nature Strip won at odds a race that he had been turned over at 1.45 favourite last year. It could possibly do your head in this sort of thing but luckily for punters he may be Sydney’s problem over the next month or so. Bivouac is proving to be just as enigmatic as his Chris Waller trained rival.
The result of the Lightning Stakes continues the dreadful results of favourites and upsets in Melbourne’s

feature races for almost two years now. Let’s hope that September Run can put a stop to all of this in the Newmarket and show the males how it’s done.
The time-honoured Oakleigh Plate takes place this week as well as Group races the Futurity Stakes the Blue Diamond Stakes and the Peter Young Stakes. The Oakleigh Plate is named after a suburb in Victoria which has outstanding Greek restaurants which serve amazing Souvlaki, Moussaka and Baklava. My personal favourite is Vanilla where I have lunch with my lovely friend Tanya.
The races are as open as Sydney Heads on Saturday so you will be doing well to find a winner.
Caulfield
Race 4 Perfect Jewell (1) Neighbourhood (6) Sovereign Award (2) Lunakorn (7)
Race 8 Ranting (17) Anders (18) Ancestry (6) & Mizzy (5)
Race 9 Regal Power (1) Paradee (1) (won@4.80) Non-Conformist (12) & Harlem (2)
Rosehill
Race 4 Madame Rouge (1) Race 7 Peltzer (5) Race 8 Tavisan (2)
Theme Bet
This week’s theme is Astronomy and other nocturnal activities Race 4 Moonlight Maid (5) Race 7 Too close to the Sun (3) Race 8 Bold Star (8) Race 9 Nights Watch (7), a dividend of $302,997 awaits you if these horses were to win which should put you in the financial demographic to consider the prospect of space travel in the next two decades or so.
Toby’s Titanic
Race 7 (13) Enthaar I ( won giving 75% profit)
