Racing Tips

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) 

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This time last year Nature Strip was 1.45 to win the Lightning Stakes and as he had done previously failed to win first up. Punters may have been seduced by his breath- taking win at his previous run up the straight.

This time the pressure is on Bivouac, who like Nature Strip has trialled well and has an excellent record at Flemington. The race has in recent years been very kind to punters who have been prepared to take on the favourite. Will it be the same this year and will Nature Strip be better at 7-2 than he was at 1-2.   Only time will tell. (and he won)

Theme Bet

The Theme bet for tomorrow are boundaries or lack thereof:

Race 1 Good and Proper (6) (placed @4.00)  Race 2 Ingratiating (1) (won @3.00)  Race 5 Personal (1) Race 7 Here to Shock (14)  Race 9 I am telling Ya  (9) (won@14.00) 

If all of these horses win on Saturday, you may get $23,590 which could get you some much needed solitude at a retreat of your choosing.   

Melbourne

Race 1 Necessary (7) Realm of Flowers (2) Silent Sovereign (1) & Quantum Mechanic (8) (won@2.40)

Race 5 Personal (1) Zou Dancer (4) (won@3.50)Island Joy (2) & Vespertine (2)

Race 7 September Run (7) (placed @2.30) Pippie (5) Bivouac (2) & Nature Strip (1) (won@4.6) (Quinella  17.50)

Sydney

Race 1 Kiss the Bride (1) Race 4 Madam Rouge (1) Race 6 Albumin (10)  Race 7 Verry Elleegant

Going up the Country

Sunday Colac Race 8 Fixiated (13)

Toby’s Titanic

Race 7 Flemington- Tagola (1)  (Lost liability of $30) Defied a betting drift and history to become the first champion 2 year old since Mahogany in the early nineties to a have a realistic chance in the Australian Guineas.    

PREMIUM TIPS

 

As is customary almost immediately after the Racing Carnival finishes everyone starts preparing for Christmas and Glamour Tips is no exception. We”ll be back in time for Lightning Stakes Day in 2021. In the meantime we hope you back plenty of winners over t the Christmas New Year period.

If you need a Glamour Tips fix , head over to our shop and grab a copy of Toby’s book Glamour Tips “Finding a winner can be kinda groovy” and look out for his best 5 betting strategies both of which could make you a winner at the races in 2021.

Happy Christmas to you and your family and all the best for a fantastic New Year in 2021 and we hope you have as much fun as our Lady in red was having back in the 20th Century. Somehow I can’t see someone enjoying the races as she was.

As LP Hartley famously said, “The past is another country. They do things differently there. ”