Yes watching the races from the Philippines is awesome.
Betting at 7am in the morning on an island in the middle of nowhere feels a bit weird but all done by lunchtime and the rest of the day to chill out and do what you want.
Blaird & Al Feilding both on Wolfgang in the Wellington Cup and they both nail the Telegraph/Wgtn Cup double to take the early lead.
Looking ahead nobody picked the Coolmore 2yo that looked so impressive today, to win the Slipper.
It's holiday time mate. These galloping folk work hard 7 days a week with horses and each January a whole heap of these hard working folk, get to go to Gold Coast and while still working with some runners in the Gold Coast Magic Millions and buying some yearlings for some of them , there's still time to kick back and get to the beach with the family for a day or two, and forget about Rosehill for a week or three. 🏄♂️🌞
In this crap field my pick is Arby . The way George Simon has said how good Son of Sun is then would be the obvious pick I reckon . Paying good money too
There were some good times recorded last Sunday at Nelson, in the mile races;
Non-Win 1.56.8 R45-R55 1.53.8 FFA 1.53.7 R41-R44 1.55.3
Ashburton Tuesday 1700m;
Non-Win 1.55.5 up to R50 F&M Trot 1.58.8 R4.-50 1.54.8 4YO+ 1W 1.56.5 R35-R45 1.56.7
Of particular note was the mare Follow Your Dreams, who won on both days at Nelson, the first win was 2400m by 2 3/4L (R40-R45), in 1.58.3 MR, the second win was the mile in 1.53.8 by 2L (R45-R55), this was 0.00.1 out side of the FFA time, these 2 wins doubled her score and she is now 23-4-1-1
Her last win, last year, was at Addington over 2600m in 3.15.9 (2.01.2MR) on 23 May, she followed up with a second on 30th May, this was a 1980m, she was 3/4L from the winner who's time was 2.25.8 (1.58.4), the form for the rest of 2024, all at Addington was 6,4,9,8,10,7, the last race being on the 18th October.
Sometimes it can be something as simple as the weather which makes the difference to crowd numbers.
It’s a huge factor in the UK and Ireland - courses pray for good weather at big meetings.
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