After Round 2 Gary with a very impressive 4 teams in exactly the right spot. Stevie not far behind and clearly in the zone - not far behind here or in the Lay of the Day comp and his Chiefs leading the way in the Super Comp.

I spoke too soon Howie - might have to postpone the coronation for a little bit longer!?

Round 3 results Some good scoring today with only 5 entrants picking a winner, including previous leader Geoff. Pete and PJ have been eliminated. Dino assumes the lead with a very nice Joker play on Soxagon, while Stevie has also broken the 100 point mark thanks to Soxagon and despite losing a life with Soxagon in week 1 - if at first you don't succeed ...... Several players lurking not far off the lead with two lives and a Joker in hand.

Thanks Howie. Anther close match which is what we've come to expect when we play the Blues. We were lucky to get up in the final stages - Virgil tipped the winners of the final two races. So far so good for the real Blues!

The Ellerslie fields were so tough I exceeded my expectations with Nil 😊

Yes, here was me singing his praises 😞 Drifted an awful lot from opening price.

Nice work - all present and accounted for. Entries as follows: Soxagon and Viridine the most popular picks.

Scratching replacement for Porky: 6. Caulfield R6 -1,6

My picks: R1: 2/5 BB R2: 3/4 R3: 4/5 R4: 5/12 R5: 5/7 R6: 3/7 R7: 2/6 R8: 3/7 R9: 3/11 R10: 13/16 BB Thanks Peter and good luck to Pete, Howie and all of the Blues - our favourite opponents.

TC's picks: R1: 5/11 R2: 2/4 BB R3: 5/15 R4: 9/12 R5: 7/8 R6: 3/13 BB R7: 2/9 R8: 1/7 R9: 3/6 R10: 13/16 Good luck Howie

I'm with you Peter - Varda is my lay today. TC is going boom or bust - he is playing his Joker on Socialising in race 2 at Sunshine Coast

Agree re the surname - reminds me that I actually kind of miss listening to Richard Bromley butchering basic literacy on Trackside radio. Also agree that he is a very good young rider - great strike-rate, however I'm not sure if that win was down to the rider or the horse. Very impressive either way, so I'll make her today's Best Bet for any non posters and regular scratchings. Will she eliminate anyone else in addition to Hesi? Best Bet = Socialising in race 2 at SC

Noticing a pattern here Geoff. I quite like this one - was quite taken with the recent trial, and have put a couple of dollars on. One of us will be unhappy.

Racenet lays TRUMBULL (Rosehill Race 7 No 4 – 3.15pm AEST) Trumbull jumped cleanly last time and was good winning the Civic Stakes but there are a few factors this time which would suggest he’s a risk. This looks a tougher race with Noble Boy and Girl Tuesday engaged and Trumbull rises 2.5kg off the last start win. The Armchair Punter thinks Order Again can turn the tables while Clinton Payne is keen to be with Noble Boy. VIRIDINE (Caulfield Race 7 No 2 – 3.35pm AEST) We had Viridine as our lay a few weeks back and while we could have egg on our face again, he does look a risk at short odds this week. Drops back to 1100m and while he drops in weight, this is a rise in class and he could get stuck back on the fence from barrier two. Meets some in-form gallopers in I Am Someone and Ashlor, who we would rather steer you in to at the odds.

I take that back - I just had a look at Ellerslie and there is no home town advantage with those fields! 😳