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Melbourne cup tips – Dunaden again

Well, the two horses I tipped (see below) didn’t even make the field. So the best tip I’ve had for the cup in ages can’t even get a run? This says a lot about the VRC and their antiquated handicapping. An old well performed horse will make the cup, but newcomers cannot. Or perhaps the [...]

It’s easy to imagine So You Think, Australia’s greatest horse in recent memory, appearing out of the dust of Hades carrying one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. A big muscular brut of a horse who races up to his physique, a no-nonsense position anywhere in the race champion who expects victory.   His [...]

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Oakbank – Picnic racemeeting in Australia

Oakbank is the biggest picnic race meeting in the Southern hemisphere, held about a 45min drive from the centre of Adelaide, in the rolling hills and gum tree bush, 60,000 people go to dress up, show off, BBQ and watch horses run around in circles and over fences. Flying into Adelaide always reminds me of [...]

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