Turffontein Guineas Day

Early thread betting open

30 rand to much for me. so will watch on tellytra.... oh fcuk!!! nope i will be at the track cant deal with the shite they show on 239

rob scott has failed

Heard it's flooding up in GP.... Will they still race on Saturday??

Safe harbour
Heavenly blue

Double if they run

Good punting

so far so good that was not enough
to stop racing in 48 hours

Just a few drops today around turffontein so we still safe so far

Are we going guys??

I'll be there oscar, might see you

I am off to Namibia johno will speak to zoro shortly

Bob Brogan wrote: Early thread betting open

Bob, on Hollywood most races have S.P betting only......you'd think on big race day they could put a bit of extra effort into it and price up ALL races early for doubles and trebles from other centres. But no.

I see WORLD SPORTS BETTING have priced up on ALL RACES.will have to take some bets there I guess.

Fillies Guineas - Orchid Island 33/10


Orchid Island has really impressed me in her short career. She has an effortless turn of foot and appears to be going straight to the top. I think we can forgive her for her below par comeback run which it appears she was in desperate need of. Then last time out she destroyed the colts. A flawless performance and the 2nd placed Furiosa is near the top of the betting boards for the guineas. She seems to like racing off them and then her acceleration is devastating so from draw 10 I think Delpech will try and reel them in.

I've also got savers on Being Fabulous 12/1 and Anna Pavlova 16/1. At the prices I think those two are slightly overpriced and are quality fillies. Being Fabulous a bit disappointing LTO but it could have been a prep. Anna Pavlova is improving all the time and even though she has a bad draw, she'll be dropped off and come at them late. She's definitely in with a good chance.

Off the balance, I think Orchid Island has most to fear from Ektifaa. top top filly but I'm hoping the extra 150m catches her out.



Guineas - Al Sahem 9/2, Matador Man 11/2


Al Sahem has looked very very smart in his two wins. Very fluent and looks real classy. I read during the week he's missed some work and comes into this probably not at peak fitness, so that's cause for concern. However class horses do tend to pull through when it matters so that doesn't put me off him.

Matador Man's my other pick. I thought was an excellent run last time when just failing to beat Ektifaa. He's going to prefer the Standside and the mile looks like it'll be ideal. Wide draw not an issue as he's going to come out slow and be at the back anyway. He's got a nice turn of foot and I give him a massive chance here. I see he's at 6/1 now - I really think that's a good price.

Races 7,8 and 9 are three toughest feature races I have seen in a long time. In the Fillies Guineas the top fillies are all drawn very wide. Orchid Island won a good race against the boys last time but I am of the opinion the top highveld fillies are better than the boys.

The Guineas looks like a who shows up on the day wins. Al Sahem could be anything but seems to have had an interrupted prep.

I will not be putting a cent on any of these 3 features, will play into the carryover Pick 6 by going short in the first 3 legs and going for 3 fields and hope a few bombs drop like Heaps Of Fun did last year. My luck is that the 3 favorites will arrive if surviving the first 3 legs.

With the rain around could be some big results tomorrow. Tread carefully, will rather get involved in a few Super Rugby matches tomorrow.