Vaal Saturday- Emerald Cup

Plenty of selections on the Comp thread,so whats your best bet?

Mine is Royal Union R6

I don't know why but I fancy Mina Salaam in race . I think she is going to improve 10 lengths at least from her first start!!!!!

Also fancy worood to win her race. Perhaps Kom Naidoo can have a double with Furious Dancer and Napoleon Dynamite?

Happy punting!

Will miss the big race,hopefully someone can record for youtube? goodluck to all the connections><

Best Bet: Worood
Value Bet: Desolate View
Outsider of the day: Eddington

Worood looks the part, although who knows how good Vestal Virgin is on the sand - her maiden win was very impressive. Mahogany also looks the part. There's no real e/w shrewdy that I like today although I think that Iron Curtain may have become the "forgotten" horse of the big race. At the weights he cannot be without a squeak.

Have I mentioned I love sand racing ( ..... Plenty value all over the place !!! Have a look at my entries on the competition thread... add all to your P6's.

Hundreds of gusts having their first racing experience.....must be impressed with the starts lol.
Why declare a false start for one problematic horse that was already delaying the start?

Well done to Mrs O and Robbie Sage, did you see Alimony finish!

Did I ever....it was my best result in J'pots.Did ,however,have a few places to ease the ringburn!

magiclips Wrote:

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> Worood looks the part, although who knows how good
> Vestal Virgin is on the sand - her maiden win was
> very impressive. Mahogany also looks the part.
> There's no real e/w shrewdy that I like today
> although I think that Iron Curtain may have become
> the "forgotten" horse of the big race. At the
> weights he cannot be without a squeak.

Good stuff again Magic

Yes a MAGIC treble (tu)

rob faux Wrote:

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> Why declare a false start for one problematic
> horse that was already delaying the start?

Rob you can't be serious?

I can guarantee that if you had had your money on the horse that happened to be impeded at the start, and a false start wasn't declared, you'd be the 1st to post on how unjustified the actions of the starter were!

Next time you go racing i suggest you make your way down to the start of a race, that is if you haven't already been, and you'll understand that its not just a case of loading the runners and pushing the button to open the gates. Horses get agitated and become fractious in the stalls, jockeys are screaming. The starter is under pressure to ensure all the runners are "ready" and that they get an even and fair break, and this wasn't the case in the 1st thus he saw fit to declare a false start.

You've been around long enough to understand how the loading process works. Horses are graded according to their behaviour at the start and some horses need extra assistance when loading. Owners, including you, are spending thousands of rands on their horse/s a month to see them race, not to see them scratched at the start. Re-schooling doesn't mean they'll walk in unassisted.

We should be praising the handlers for successfully succeeding in loading the problematic horse and the starter for doing his job correctly....on this occasion, lol.