Last week it was a case of follow your money.
Our three selections for Manawatu all won on the second day of the meeting with the Robbie Holmes selection Contractual Issues paying a very healthy $16:80
All up we had eight winners and others to return a nice dividend were All Jokes Aside (Clark Barron) who paid $9:60 and Royal Counsel (Terry Chmiel) who paid $6:40
Other tipsters to select winners included Ricky May, Steve Richardson, Gavin Smith, Peter Scaife and Tim Williams.
What hurt a bit was we had a further ten placings and some of them such as Madam Spur and Omar Sharif were desperately unlucky.
This week we have five meetings and we have picks for them all.
Cambridge – Thursday night
Scott Phelan – Reckons Chosen Path even from 30 metres behind can win race 2
Todd MacFarlane – Gives the debutante Real Good an each way chance in race 5
Geoff Small – Rates Major Change from the stand a big winning chance in race 7
Peter Scaife – Thinks Big Bad John will be hard to beat from barrier one in race 8
Invercargill – Friday afternoon
Shane Walkinshaw – Reckons Tact Rousey can turn her form around and win race 2
Nathan Williamson – Thinks Grey Power should carry too many guns in race 4
Auckland – Friday night
Steven Reid – Very keen on the chances of the beautifully bred Zadaka in race1
Tony Herlihy – Likes the chances of Dark Energy from barrier one, also in race 1
Maurice McKendry – Thinks Royal Willie is more than capable of winning race 2
Bob Butt – Gives the 3 year old Matatoki a big chaqnce of winning,also in race 2
Tim Williams – Reckons Stroke Of Luck can make it three in a row in race 4
Todd Mitchell – Thought Risk on class alone would be hard to beat in race 6
Steve Richardson – Gave Art Critic a big chance of going back to back,also in race 6
Oamaru – Saturday afternoon
Mark Jones – Rates So Devine highly and thinks she will win race 2
Clark Barron – Thought Everybody Knows would be hard to beat in race 3
Matthew Williamson – Quite keen on the chances of Recipe For Dreaming in race 4
Gerard O'Reilly – Reckons the Friendlyassassin will be hard to beat in race 6
Brendon McLellan – Rates Sammy The Bull on grass as hard to beat in race 8
Methven – Sunday afternoon
Brad Williamson – Thought Madam Spur was unlucky at Geraldine and could win race 1
John Dunn – Keen on the chances of Kotare Yael in race 2
Ricky May – Can see no reason why Hypervelocity can't win again in race 3
Jim Curtin – Gives Joemaro a big chance over 3000 metres in race 4
John Curtin – Rates Articulight highly and thinks he will win race 5
Terry Chmiel – Rates Beale Street Boy a great each way bet in race 6
Craig Ferguson – Thinks Omar Sharif was very unlucky last week and should win here, also in race 6
Robbie Holmes – Gave the consistent trotting mare Tehoro Holly a big chance in race 7
Blair Orange – Bullish about the chances of McArdle Star in race 8
Gavin Smith – Thought Tangos Delight could give a bit of cheek at odds in race 10
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