Melbourne Cup …. What Do Ya Think?

[Newmarket]

Well, here are my views…

1, Track will be pretty good, officials saying Soft6, i reckon better by Cup.

2, Half Yours, false 2nd fav for mine. Dont see it running the trip, Melham will be found wanting giving horse a good run, cant see it in first 6. 
 

3, We all know what the punting gods are like, think it runs 4th to avoid the TAB paying punter a big payout, saying that good luck to him. 
 

I think a horse winning in double figures…. good luck all

[Wingman]

Going early crow popeye. I will wait until tomorrow afternoon once have seen what the track is, not what at present it might be

[Chief Stipe]

27 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Well, here are my views…

1, Track will be pretty good, officials saying Soft6, i reckon better by Cup.

2, Half Yours, false 2nd fav for mine. Dont see it running the trip, Melham will be found wanting giving horse a good run, cant see it in first 6. 
 

3, We all know what the punting gods are like, think it runs 4th to avoid the TAB paying punter a big payout, saying that good luck to him. 
 

I think a horse winning in double figures…. good luck all

So you bagged two horses and a Jockey.  Not quite your best form.  So that leaves 22 horses for you to give us your selections from.

[Newmarket]

11 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

So you bagged two horses and a Jockey.  Not quite your best form.  So that leaves 22 horses for you to give us your selections from.

Will let you go first bud…. luckily Te Akau have nothing running, otherwise you would have had about 10 threads up by now ❤️

[Chief Stipe]

1 minute ago, Newmarket said:

Will let you go first bud…. luckily Te Akau have nothing running, otherwise you would have had about 10 threads up by now ❤️

Bollocks.  You non-picked two horses now try and pick the first four.  

[Newmarket]

13 hours ago, Chief Stipe said:

So you bagged two horses and a Jockey.  Not quite your best form.  So that leaves 22 horses for you to give us your selections from.

Didnt bag 2 horses…. said Half Yours false 2nd Fav, and said Buckaroo will finish just outside first 3, always the way when a punter has a good all up…. all been there Chief. As per normal, your hiding and not putting your hand up, shame really. 
 

Anyway, i have balls, i am confident the winner will come from below numbers, all paying good money. Mostly win bets, but will be covering other bet types with them….

Numbers- 3,6,8,9,10,16 & 17…. fill ya boots, gonna be a good day with some other winners sorted, predicting my best cup day ever.

[Murray Fish]

1 hour ago, Newmarket said:

predicting my best cup day ever

personally, my PB has I think passed for that sort of thing! I peaked in the 80's,  having the privilege oF going on big rides with Kiwi and Empire Rose! It almost seemed easy

[Chief Stipe]

4 hours ago, Newmarket said:

Didnt bag 2 horses…. said Half Yours false 2nd Fav, and said Buckaroo will finish just outside first 3, always the way when a punter has a good all up…. all been there Chief. As per normal, your hiding and not putting your hand up, shame really. 
 

Anyway, i have balls, i am confident the winner will come from below numbers, all paying good money. Mostly win bets, but will be covering other bet types with them….

Numbers- 3,6,8,9,10,16 & 17…. fill ya boots, gonna be a good day with some other winners sorted, predicting my best cup day ever.

So you are having win bets on 7 horses?

[Newmarket]

1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

So you are having win bets on 7 horses?

Yep

[Chief Stipe]

10 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Yep

So you are looking for a $7.10 dividend to break even?

[mikeynz]

10 and 16, posted before start lol.

[Newmarket]

Oh well….. 😂😂😂😂😂

Well done that woman, horse outstayed them all, once again some flops from overseas runners…

And a flop from me, not one selection in top 4🫣🤣, roll on Cup Week

[Chief Stipe]

5 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Oh well….. 😂😂😂😂😂

Well done that woman, horse outstayed them all, once again some flops from overseas runners…

And a flop from me, not one selection in top 4🫣🤣, roll on Cup Week

I backed it and got in the pub sweepstake.  

[mikeynz]

9 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Oh well….. 😂😂😂😂😂

Well done that woman, horse outstayed them all, once again some flops from overseas runners…

And a flop from me, not one selection in top 4🫣🤣, roll on Cup Week

And to think I was going to add those 4 to the other 2 , bugger lol.

[Newmarket]

16 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

I backed it and got in the pub sweepstake.  

Amazing how  many people back winners after the race🤭, but good on you, i am happy for you, at least i am sure i can improve cup week 🫣

Tell me, somebody mentioned that the punter that had the  $700k all up was approached by TAB to see if he wanted to cash out? Is this correct?

 

[mikeynz]

2 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Amazing how  many people back winners after the race🤭, but good on you, i am happy for you, at least i am sure i can improve cup week 🫣

Tell me, somebody mentioned that the punter that had the  $700k all up was approached by TAB to see if he wanted to cash out? Is this correct?

 

I don't think there is cashout if the multi includes futures bet, I stand to be corrected maybe he was approached in this exceptional case but if it was it wouldn't have been for the punters good but for the Tabs good to save the risk of paying in full, don't  think he would even get his bet back in bonus cash for missing by one leg.

[Chief Stipe]

14 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Amazing how  many people back winners after the race🤭, but good on you, i am happy for you, at least i am sure i can improve cup week 🫣

Tell me, somebody mentioned that the punter that had the  $700k all up was approached by TAB to see if he wanted to cash out? Is this correct?

 

Well it was your first discounted horse AND jockey.  

[Newmarket]

1 hour ago, mikeynz said:

I don't think there is cashout if the multi includes futures bet, I stand to be corrected maybe he was approached in this exceptional case but if it was it wouldn't have been for the punters good but for the Tabs good to save the risk of paying in full, don't  think he would even get his bet back in bonus cash for missing by one leg.

But i did hear somebody from TAB met with customer who wanted to remain anonymous….not sure if it was true he was offered cash out even though it wasnt cash out option

[Chief Stipe]

1 hour ago, Newmarket said:

But i did hear somebody from TAB met with customer who wanted to remain anonymous….not sure if it was true he was offered cash out even though it wasnt cash out option

So you lost your dosh.

[billy connolly]

2 hours ago, Newmarket said:

Well done that woman, horse outstayed them all

Yes, as good a ride as you'll see in a staying race and she looks good on a horse. 

Trifecta wasn't hard if you anchored Half Yours.

[Chief Stipe]

36 minutes ago, billy connolly said:

Yes, as good a ride as you'll see in a staying race and she looks good on a horse. 

Trifecta wasn't hard if you anchored Half Yours.

She is a good Jockey.  Very good hands and kind to a horse.

[Newmarket]

45 minutes ago, billy connolly said:

Yes, as good a ride as you'll see in a staying race and she looks good on a horse. 

Trifecta wasn't hard if you anchored Half Yours.

You have never seen a more lucky run on the rails in a Melbourne cup, and probably never see in future cups either. Amazing that with the fading runners coming back on the winner, it negotiated around them. 
 

The plunge grey did little, the overseas raiders are not ruling like they once did. 
 

[Newmarket]

54 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

So you lost your dosh.

On that race, yes totally cleaned out. Got a good slice back of a few winners Randwick, but no good Melbourne, plenty of time to get it back

[mikeynz]

16 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

On that race, yes totally cleaned out. Got a good slice back of a few winners Randwick, but no good Melbourne, plenty of time to get it back

Taken me over 45 years and I havnt got it back yet😐

[Newmarket]

7 minutes ago, mikeynz said:

Taken me over 45 years and I havnt got it back yet😐

Haha, i only meant i could get back todays money lost….