June 2 Racing Selections

Filed in Horse Racing, The Sting's Racing Selections by on May 31, 2012

Another couple of bets, another placing, no winners…. just fantastic. Since I still haven’t worked out how to set fire to the internet and destroy all evidence that these columns ever existed, I’m going to add the number of placings to the recordkeeping process. I’m sadistic like that. June 2 tips cover the meetings at Warwick Farm and Eagle Farm (featuring the Group 1 Queensland Oaks).

Final report card for 2011 and revised rules for 2012 tips

Results for May 26 selections

Tips which were either scratched, outside the prescribed track conditions or too short in price

Scratched – Placement, Gold Sand

Track outside prescribed range – nil

Odds too short (less than $6 SP) – Erewhon

Tips where the SP was in the $6-$9.50 range (1 unit bets)

Doomben – Hour Of Peril ($9.50 SP) – unplaced

Doomben – Ironstein ($8.000) – third

May 26 results:   2 selections, no winners, 1 third

2012 results:  34 selections, 34 units bet, 1 winner, 14 seconds/  thirds, SP return of 9.00 units (POT = -74%), BOB return of 9.50 units (POT = -72%)

Tips where the SP was in the $10+ range (0.5 unit bets)

Nil

May 26 results:  No selections, no winners

2012 results:  11 selections, 5.5 units bet, 1 winner, 1 third, SP return of 5.00 units (POT = -9%), BOB return of 5.00 units (POT = -9%)

Overall Results

May 26:  2 selections, 2 units bet, no winners, 1 third

2012:  45 selections, 39.5 units bet, 2 winners, 15 seconds/  thirds, SP return of 14.00 units (POT = -65%), BOB return of 14.50 units (POT = -63%)

 

Saturday June 2

Warwick Farm (tips based on a track rating range of good 2 to dead 5)

Race 6 No. 2 Once Were Wild

  • Forgive her last start sixth in the Listed McKell Cup on an unsuitably wet track (she is unplaced in five career runs on slow or heavy tracks).
  • Ran third in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (beaten less than a length) at her previous run.
  • Also a former winner of the Chairman’s Handicap and placed in a Lexus Quality, so she is capable of mixing it with the elite stayers.
  • Is likely to use her nice draw (barrier two) to stalk her stablemate Reuben Percival in the run and prove hard to hold out.

Race 8 No. 5 River Of Salvation

  • Brought his strong provincial form to town last start at Canterbury, winning a BM75 against the likes of Mossamine and Take The Oath (both among the favoured runners for this race).
  • Something of a specialist at the mile, with three wins and a third from five attempts.
  • If you remove his first-up runs, his career record stands at five wins and four placings from just 11 starts.
  • Also seen to advantage by good tracks, on which he has four wins and five placings from 10 starts.
  • Although yet to race at Warwick Farm he is trained on the track, so familiarity should prove no problem.

 

Eagle Farm (tips based on a track rating range of dead 4 to slow 7)

Race 8 No. 5 Steel Zip

  • Was excellent in his last start when a narrow (and fast finishing) third to Tiger Tees in the Group 3 BRC Sprint, in what appears to be the strongest form line for this race.
  • Has won two of his six races at Eagle Farm, including a Listed win over 1600 metres on rain-affected going four starts back.
  • Has won four races on dead or worse rated tracks from 11 attempts.

 

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