PWJ Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Round 3 - Sat Sep 24 N.B. Ruakaka will be the alternative meeting should Awapuni be abandoned before commencement of the comp races. Any race scheduled for Awapuni that is not run will be replaced by the corresponding comp race at Ruakaka. Please select for Ruakaka before the 12.10pm closing time on Saturday Just the two meetings to swat for this week and wet conditions look likely to prevail once again. What happened to Spring ? Small fields at Awapuni may make quinellas particularly critical this week although many of those races look quite even. Then we are off to the Parramatta swamp known as Rosehill for 5 stakes races with wide open fields. In a quirk of fate every match this week features teams adjacent to each other on the table with one point or less separating all rivals. The top two in the table face off in the Napier-Taupo Derby as the two pre-comp outsiders bask in their new-found form. I note the Magpies are inordinately represented in the Serendipitous Six which gives the Chiefs something to aim at. I predict a 'Pies triple-joker play forthcoming - no pressure Chiefs ! The Blues and Turbos match also looks likely to see a Triple Joker play - this one Jaffa-coated coming from the City of Sails. The confident Blues may be worried they won't get a chance again to brandish it if they put the Manawatu boys to the sword come Saturday. Taranaki spanked Otago in last year's NPC (rugby) Final and the 'Naki franchise after finding form last week, will look to push on in the same fashion against a Highlanders unit with a very similar record thus far. Surprisingly both Hesi and Heather are winless after two rounds but one of them is still going to be without a victory after three. Wonder who ? Meanwhile at the foot of the table the Kauri Kats and Swamp Foxes will be looking to get down and dirty against each other and I would expect to see plenty of fur and jokers flying everywhere. I know it's only Round 3 but neither of these sides would want to wake up Sunday morning winless after three rounds. HTH clash of the day has a Wairarapa flavour as Magnificent Seven-ranked pair Pam and Rees duel it out while Pete and Gary have each copped over $1250 of flak scored against them in just two rounds. Sure to be a high-scoring contest again ! Good luck everyone ! Selections Close off at 12.10 p.m. (NZ time) Races are: 1. Awapuni R2 - 1.10pm - Carrfields Livestock/Wools of NZ Ltd - $30k, 1200m, R65 BM 2. Awapuni R3 - 1.45pm - C R Grace Ltd/Waterforce 2100 - $30k, 2100m, R75 BM 3. Awapuni R4 - 2.19pm - Agricom/H & T Agronomics 2100 - $30k, 2100m, R65 BM 4. Awapuni R5 - 2.54pm - Marsh Insurance Brokers/ Farmers Transport (2015) Ltd 1200 - $40k, 1200m, open hdcp 5. Rosehill R4 - 3.40pm - Furphy Colin Stephen Quality (Gr3) - $200k, 2400m, qlty hdcp 6. Awapuni R7 - 4.04pm - Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (Gr3) - $85k, 1550m, open hdcp 7. Rosehill R6 - 4.50pm - Petaluma Heritage Stks (LR) - $160k, 1100m, 3yos SW+Ps 8. Rosehill R7 - 5.25pm - Racing & Sports Golden Pendant (Gr2) - $400k, 1400m, fillies/mares SW+Ps 9. Rosehill R8 - 6.05pm - Chandon Golden Rose Stks (Gr1) - $1m, 1400m, 3yos SWs 10. Rosehill R9 - 6.45pm - Ned Whiskey Shannon Stks (Gr2) - $250k, 1500m, qlty hdcp 1a. Ruakaka R1 - 12.53pm - Bear Morgan@Harcourts Bream Bay - $15k, 800m, maiden 2yos 2a. Ruakaka R2 - 1.28pm - Mathias & Currie Insurance - $40k, 2100m, R84 hdcp 3a. Ruakaka R3 - 2.03pm - Clotworthy Racing - $30k, 2100m, R65 BM 4a. Ruakaka R4 - 2.38pm - Tote N Poke Sports Bar - $40k, 1400m, open hdcp 6a. Ruakaka R7 - 4.23pm - Marsh Racing - $30k, 1400m, R65 BM Chiefs (1st) vs Magpies (2nd) Jack (1/1-385.00/436.60) v Richie (2/0-405.00/315.00) Lightning Blue (2/0-644.80/261.20) v Ian (2/0-587.00/149.80) Gee (2/0-680.00/62.00) v Stevie N (1/1-288.80/240.00) Tassie Tiger (1/1-458.40/492.00) v Jason (1/1-401.20/198.80) Robert (1/1-1279.20/1067.40) v Secret Squirrel (1/1-388.00/177.80) Blues (4th) vs Turbos (3rd) Moose (0/2-267.20/398.20) v Ziggy (2/0-819.00/224.00) Gordy (1/1-126.20/547.00) v Blind Squirrel (1/1-392.80/630.40) Roland (2/0-1134.20/483.20) v Ray (1/1-588.60/318.00) Smiler (1/1-556.60/360.20) v Steve P (1/1-327.60/899.60) Pete (1/1-698.00/1286.00) v Gary (1/1-1279.60/1351.80) Ferdies (5th) vs Highlanders (6th) Tom (1/1-339.00/806.20) v Rex (1/1-224.00/103.20) Heather (0/2-415.80/457.00) v Hesi (0/2-828.40/889.20) PJ (1/1-461.80/448.00) v Craig (1/1-1172.40/444.60) Zac (1/1-616.20/306.00) v Midnight Caller (1/1-268.00/250.00) Maurice (1/1-353.60/461.20) v Rob (0/2-344.00/1142.40) Swamp Foxes (8th) vs Kauri Kats (7th) Maria (1/1-247.00/203.00) v Graeme (1/1-938.60/164.60) Rees (1/1-1007.40/1050.80) v Pam (2/0-976.00/201.60) Jamison (0/2-85.00/287.00) v Sharne (1/1-476.00/877.60) Punter Pete (1/1-175.20/480.60) v Jen (0/2-167.00/1023.20) Our Maizcay (1/1-255.80/201.80) v Max (0/2-288.20/1503.60) THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1279.60 Gary (Turbos) (1/1) 1279.20 Robert (Chiefs) (1/1) 1172.40 Craig (Highlanders) (1/1) 1134.20 Roland (Blues) (2/0) 1007.40 Rees (Swamp Foxes) (1/1) 976.00 Pam (Kauri Kats) (2/0) 938.60 Graeme (Kauri Kats) (1/1) THE SERENDIPITOUS SIX (those with the least $$ scored against them) Jason (1/1-198.80) (Magpies) Secret Squirrel (1/1-177.80) (Magpies) Graeme (1/1-164.60) (Kauri Kats) Ian (2/0-149.80) (Magpies) Rex (1/1-103.20) (Highlanders) Gee (2/0-62.00) (Chiefs) THE UNFORTUNATE FIVE (those with the most $$ scored against them) Robert (1/1-1067.40) (Chiefs) Rob (0/2-1142.40) (Highlanders) Pete (1/1-1286.00) (Blues) Gary (1/1-1351.80) (Turbos) Max (0/2-1503.60) (Kauri Kats) TABLE after ROUND 2 1st 7 Chiefs $3447.40 2nd 6 Magpies $2070.00 3rd 5 Turbos $3407.20 4th 4 Blues $2782.20 5th 3 Ferdies $2186.60 6th 2 Highlanders $2836.80 7th 1 Kauri Kats $2845.80 8th 1 Swamp Foxes $1770.60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Gary last week after Craig's last race BB quinella Trying to get your picks done with 3 minutes left to comp closure.. when your best bet will hand the other team the lead if it wins ... Hoping for a big day and you find you're $452 behind your opponent after comp race 1 Pam vs Rees this Saturday ... 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Battle at the Top of the ladder sees Ian and his MAGPIES Team swooping in to terrorise the Nation. Of course the CHIEFS fancy some 'Magpie' feathers for a bit of a new 'Head-dress' as they gallop off into the distance on/with their fine thoroughbreds 😉 Magpie-attack.webp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VC! Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Lightning Blue said: Battle at the Top of the ladder sees Ian and his MAGPIES Team swooping in to terrorise the Nation. Of course the CHIEFS fancy some 'Magpie' feathers for a bit of a new 'Head-dress' as they gallop off into the distance on/with their fine thoroughbreds 😉 Magpie-attack.webp 38.54 kB · 2 downloads Nice Bluey the Magpies will be kicking goals the Chiefs behinds , it will be like the Cats v the Lions one way traffic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 poor Pete... poor Garry Pete and Gary have each copped over $1250 of flak scored against them in just two rounds poor poor Max Max (0/2-288.20/1503.60) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Selections Close off at 11.10 p.m. (NZ time) ya wot? 11:10am? or 12:10pm?? just checkin'...\ MM D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moz1047 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Woodville off today. Rumour mill says Awapuni doubtful for Saturday as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 N.B. Ruakaka will be the alternative meeting should Awapuni be abandoned before commencement of the comp races. Any race scheduled for Awapuni that is not run will be replaced by the corresponding comp race at Ruakaka. Please select for Ruakaka before the 12.10pm closing time on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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