Melbourne Cup 2008 - Who are you backing?

[joeyjoejoe]

joeyjoejoe...I am not much into the horses these days but I did watch the Caulfield Cup...the one that impressed me was Barbaricus...drew the outside barrier and was five wide for a lot of the way...and finished a reasonable third...was not fading out too much.Easy to follow a grey in the field.
Do you give it any chance...or was that a fluke never to be repeated!

no, like the horse but definately dont give it any chance over 3200 even with the light weight....it will be leading or there abouts up to the 600m and will be the first horse to put up the white flag at the top of the straight...espically with the solid euro pace

 

[joeyjoejoe]

heres a little extra for all my friends @ ASF

have something each way on Flemington Race 4 @ 12:30pm on

No.1 ILLUMINATES

It will Definately come a place and pay at least $2.50 - $3 the place and around $10 for a win....if it dosent win it will come 2nd but i cant see anything beating it...

it will storm home down the outside with 2 strides to their 1

 

[nick2fish]

some of the imports will be using pace setters to set up a solid clip - and sometimes they nearly win. this year there is one who does have the credentials to go all the way.

no 22 - allesandro volta.

6th english derby
4th irish derby
6th juddmonte stakes (premier WFA race)

thats good enough for me....against this lot.

Thats gonna be my Quinella with Ice Chariot & Septimus.

 

[Aargh!]

What time is the main race? Have to find out how early I have to get up in the morning on the other side of the world!

 

[springhill]

Septimus carrying a hell of a weight tho, only 2 horses have ever won carrying 58 kg +

 

[agro]

What time is the main race? Have to find out how early I have to get up in the morning on the other side of the world!

2:00pm (Queensland Time)
2:30pm (South Australian Time)
1:30pm (Northern Territory Time)

I AM EXCITEDDDDDD

 

[Nyden]

My amended tips (as to account for barriers, scratchings, conditions);

PROFOUND BEAUTY
ZIPPING
BAUER
MOATIZE
MASTER OREILLY
GALLOPIN

Bold is where my bets are placed.

I have tiny bets on the other 2 just for fun. I only bet on Oreilly as my significant other thought the name jumped out at her Let's hope she pulls her weight here!

... although, I do like Moatize a lot. Perhaps a close 4th :

 

[tech/a]

My Tri and Quad Boxed
1,3,7,8,12,18,23,24.

 

[sammy84]

My Tri and Quad Boxed
1,3,7,8,12,18,23,24.

I'm similar to you tech;
1,5,7,8,16,18,23

 

[bigt]

another way to have fun and get trifecta pick 3 horses u think can run a place.. and if two of them come in u get trifecta if all 3 come in .. u get trifecta three times

just fill out three tickets

F/1,2,3/1,2,3

1,2,3/F/1,2,3

1,2,3/1,2,3/F

so that way if 2/3 your horses come in u get trifecta allowing for one horse to come in a "upset ur trifecta"

Can someone explain the above..I'm a novice and dont get the syntax?? What does "F" mean etc?

I've filled out trifecta forms (got it 3 years ago) tho not sure of this format.

Cheers

 

[ROE]

someone should put a poll on the horses cos I don't know anything about horses and I go with the consensus.. I already bet 20% of my holding on Tabcorp between $6.00 - $7.00 .

 

[nomore4s]

Can someone explain the above..I'm a novice and dont get the syntax?? What does "F" mean etc?

I've filled out trifecta forms (got it 3 years ago) tho not sure of this format.

Cheers

F means field.

Ticket is marked -
1st Place box - 1,2,3 or whatever number horses you want

2nd Place box - 1,2,3

3rd Place box - F

Then repeat on a different ticket
1,2,3 / F / 1,2,3
&
F / 1,2,3 / 1,2,3

Another thing to be aware of is betting like this is not really a cheap bet. A $20.00 outlay will only get you 15% of the dividend. You can of course spend less but will get less of the D/E payout.

 

[ROE]

My amended tips (as to account for barriers, scratchings, conditions);

PROFOUND BEAUTY
ZIPPING
BAUER
MOATIZE
MASTER OREILLY
GALLOPIN

Bold is where my bets are placed.

I have tiny bets on the other 2 just for fun. I only bet on Oreilly as my significant other thought the name jumped out at her Let's hope she pulls her weight here!

... although, I do like Moatize a lot. Perhaps a close 4th :

What is your trifecta tips?
I already bet on the Chick Lindop to win for something different.
ok I get it I go for PROFOUND BEAUTY ZIPPING BAUER

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Alessandro Volta

Its been set up as a wanderer without discipline but its going to win.

Good odds too.

gg

 

[ROE]

What is a each way bet?

I'm online and have $30 to do some blind bets

so far I got MOATIZE to win $10
trifecta based on nyden tips $5
got $15 to go i want to know what is each way bet?

 

[Nyden]

What is a each way bet?

I'm online and have $30 to do some blind bets

so far I got MOATIZE to win $10
trifecta based on nyden tips $5
got $15 to go i want to know what is each way bet?

Each way would be $5 on PLACE, and $5 on WIN - for example.

Well, my trifecta tips are essentially the same as what I already posted - I did intentionally post in an order

... no faith in Septimus and Mad Rush for me, I'm guessing 6-7th for those 2.

Yes, I really do like Moatize, but I question as to whether or not it can pull in 1st.

I'm fairly confident in BAUER and PROFOUND BEAUTY - Might be a good each way bet there. I'm not going to use words like definitely, and 'sure thing' though. Such things seldom exist!

 

[kirtdog]

heres a little extra for all my friends @ ASF

have something each way on Flemington Race 4 @ 12:30pm on

No.1 ILLUMINATES

I got cash on it for a place.. better win!

 

[moXJO]

I'm similar to you tech;
1,5,7,8,16,18,23

How much did it cost for a box tri that big?

 

[Ashsaege]

Ok here is my Boxed 4

Mad Rush
Moatize
Nom Du Jeu
Septimus

I also think Zipping could be in the finish.

 

[sammy84]

How much did it cost for a box tri that big?

I only bet it to a certain value, so I only bet it to about $60. I think I get 40% of the winnings if I get it.