Picks for Thursday, DIRC Night 2

Race 1 - 6 Sovereign Remedy, 11 Masaalek
Race 2 - 10 Stoic, 4 Mutheeb
Race 3 - 2 Mr Crazy Boy, 1 Musir
Race 4 - 7 Tartan Gigha, 3 Walzertraum
Race 5 - 6 Alo Pura, 11 Terrific Challenge
Race 6 - 9 Naval Officer (nap), 2 Oiseau De Feu
Race 7 - 2 Age of Reason, 12 Sabotage
Race 8 - 4 King of Rome, 1 Hot Six

I hate to jinx your selections, Pat, but looking at the notes I made last night, I have a strong feeling that my selections will be very similar. I strongly fancy Mutheeb and Tartan Gigha. I'm going with Naval Officer, too.

Sabotage is also going to be included, I think. He has plenty of stamina and a real nice racing weight.

I will apologise now if these ones run as if they have three legs.

Will post my final selections shortly

Hey Brock...

Because of time limitations (sans pp's :eek: ) I only want to make picks for one race tomorrow... is that alright?

If not, I understand.

If so...

Race 3... Musir, Black Snowflake (alt. Mr. Crazy Boy)

(Not copying Pat either:D ... I've kept track of the 2 De Kock runners on the South Africa thread.and Black Snowflake is an awefully nice horse ) :)

Thursday 2-4
 

R1) #6 Sovereign Lady (#10)
R2) #3 Khor Dubai (#4)
R3) #2 Crazy Boy :tro: (#1)
R4) #7 Tartan Gigha (#3)
R5) #6 Alo Pura (#11)
R6) #9 Naval Officer (#2)
R7) #4 Titurel (#2)
R8) #4 King of Rome (#1)

Thursday selections:

R1 - Sovereign Remedy (alt; Abbashiva), Al Arab (alt; Liberation)
R2 - Mutheeb (alt; Gallagher), Stoic (alt; Across The Rhine)
R3 - Musir (alt; Olympic Danz), Fareej (if he runs) (alt; Coeur Loyal)
R4 - Tartan Gigha (NAP) (alt; Aspectus), Soy Libriano (alt; Walzertraum)
R5 - Classic Blade (alt; Awinnersgame), Sir Gerry (alt; Mac Gille Eoin)
R6 - Naval Officer (alt; Front House), Alexandros (alt; Crowded House)
R7 - Sabotage (alt; Age Of Reason), Red Rock Canyon (alt; Montaff)
R8 - Hot Six (alt; Captain Webb), Ask The Butler (alt; King Of Rome)


A couple of races here have taken plenty of guess work. For instance, the sprint looks to me to be the hardest race on the card. I've chosen Classic Blade as my main big, basically on older form, which was very good. The prep run latest looked like some kind of revival, and the best form shown has been when allowed to run close to the pace. An outsider with a big chance in a very open race in my opinion.

Disappointed with the predicted odds of Tartan Gigha, but he's my nap and quite honestly, I think he will win.

Mutheeb is my second best bet on the card, he probably needed his first start for a while last week behind the very impressive (group horse in the making) Leahurst. He showed good form back in the UK and should go very close.

Everybody has been raving about Naval Officer in recent weeks, and if he doesn't win, there will be many sad faces in the Barton camp.

Hot Six is the most interesting horses tomorrow, a regular in Gr1 races recently, those Gr1's that he won probably aren't anything to shout about, but he's shown he useful and with Bary looking to have his string in good form he's of obvious interest in a trappy looking final race, along with Ask The Butler who seems to enjoy running from a layoff and is a battle hardened handicapper at this distance and should give a good account.

Remember lads, 2 carnival days this week - tomorrow and Friday!

MMSC, one selection is ok.

Question: Why do some people pick two alternates? If you only pick one is it understood it takes the place of either of your two picks if they do not run?

their choice really - No Chance picks an alternate for his number 1 and 2 so if the original choice is a scratch, the alternate takes the scratched horses place. With just one alternate, the number 2 choice becomes the number 1 choice and the alternate becomes the number 2 choice. Make sense? Probably not, but its not really a big deal.. you can pick 7 alternates if you wish :)

I'm not really sure why I choose two alternates really. Just something I've always done.

I usually split them up into horses I would have a bigger bet on and horses I'd limit to smaller stakes. If my big bet horse doesn't run, I often don't have much of an opinion on the race and therefore include a bigger priced runner as my main selection alternate, trying to maximise profit in a race I have no longer got a big interest in.

Yes, I spend far too much time studying for this (last week showed it doesn't help), but I want to keep hold of my crown! :D

Thurs. 2/4 Contest Picks........
 

Race 1-#9 Commander Cave alt-#6 Soverign Remedy
Race 2-#10 Stoic alt-#4 Mutheeb
Race 3-#11 Black Snowflake alt-#2 Mr. Crazy Boy
Race 4-#7 Tartan Gigha (nap)alt-#5 Soy Libriano
Race 5- #2 Classic Blade alt-#9 Global City
Race 6- #9 Naval Officer alt-#3 Alexandros
Race 7- #3 Pompeyano alt-# 12 Sabotage
Race 8- #4 King of Rome alt-#1 Hot Six

Good Luck All!

for Thur Feb 4
Race 1 #6 Sovereign Remedy; #5 Ocean's Minstrel (alt #4 Liberation)
Race 2 #5 Warsaw; #1 Lovelace (alt #10 Stoic)
Race 3 #1 Musir; #5 El Amarillista (alt #9 Solid Choice)
Race 4 #5 Soy Libriano;#4 Mr Brock (alt #2 War Monger) (nap)
Race 5 #4 Awinnersgame; #5 Thors Echo (alt #11 Terrific Challenge)
Race 6 #3 Alexandros; #6 Frozen Fire (alt #2 Oiseau de Feu)
Race 7 #7 Record Breaker; #8 Red Rock Canyon (alt #1 Galactic Star)
Race 8 #4 King of Rome; #5 Captain Webb (alt #9 Dr Faustus)

thanks
Ron

1. Balcarve/Swift Gift
2. Sovereign RemedyCeremonial Jade
3. Frozen Power/Musir
4. War Monger/Aspectus
5. Sir gerry Nap :tro: /Alo Pure
6. Alexandros/Frozen Fire
7. Age of reason/Top Clas
8. King of Rome/Salute Him

3.

Meydan selections (2/4)
 

1st) Al Arab #8 & Sovereign Remedy #6 (alt. #4)
2nd) Khor Dubai #3 & Stoic #10 (alt. #8)
3rd) Percusionist #8 & Musir #1 (alt. #2)
4th) Tartan Gigha #7 & Soy Libriano #5 (alt. #3)
5th) Global City #9 & Montpellier #3 (alt. #6)
6th) Front House #7 (NAP) & Tam Lin #8 (alt. #3)
7th) Titurel #4 & Age Of Reason #2 (alt. #12)
8th) King Of Rome #4 & Antinori #6 (alt. #7)

R1: 6 Sovereign Remedy / 8 Al Arab (alt. 1 Ceremonial Jade)

R2: 10 Stoic / 4 Mutheeb (alt. 3 Khor Dubai)

R3: 2 Mr. Crazy Boy / 6 Olympic Danz (alt. 1 Musir)

R4: 7 Tartan Gigha / 1 Aspectus (alt. 5 Soy Libriano)

R5: 7 Mac Gille Eoin :tro: / 6 Alo Pura (alt. 1 Sir Gerry)

R6: 9 Naval Officer / 6 Front House (alt. 2 Oiseau De Feu)

R7: 2 Age of Reason / 6 Sabotage (alt. 8 Red Rock Canyon)

R8: 4 King of Rome / 1 Hot Six (alt. 7 Team Victory)

NAP :tro:

Race 1.- Liberation alt Soberigh Remedy

Race 2.-Skywards alt Al Khaless

Race 3.- Perscusionist alt Olympic Danz

Race 4.- Soy Libriano alt Lucky Ray

Race 5.- Terrific Challenge Alt Classic Blade

Race 6. Frozen Fire Alt Front House TAB :tro:

Race 7. Age of Reason Alt Mojave Moon

Race 8. Captain Webb Alt Dancourt

2/4 picks
 

R1 - sovereign remedy, ceremonial jade
alt - commander cave
R2 - lovelace, stoic
alt: mutheeb
R3 - musir, olympic danz
alt: frozen power
R4 - war monger,tartan gigha
alt: pascal
R5 - alo pura, sir gerry
alt: thors echo
R6 - (NAP)front house, naval officer
alt: oiseau de feu
R7 - titurel, estrella anki
alt: mojave moon
R8 - hot six, team victory
alt: capt. webb

Race 1 #7 Taqdeyr #2 Abbashiva alt #11 Masaalek
Race 2 #1 Lovelace #12 Fares alt #7 Capricorn Run
Race 3 #12 Frozen Power #2 Mr Crazy Boy alt #11 Black Snowflake
Race 4 #5 Soy Libriano #1 Aspectus alt #3 Walzertraum
Race 5 #6 Alo Pura #5 Thor's Echo alt #3 Montpellier
Race 6 #5 Crowded House NAP #6 Frozen Fire alt #7 Front House

Race 7 #2 Age of Reason #3 Pompeyano alt #10 Montaff
Race 8 #4 King of Rome #8 Cadre alt #12 Dancourt

1) sovereign remedy
commander cave
alt world ruler

2) khor dubai
mutheeb
alt across the rhine

3) musir
el amarillista
alt astonishment

4) war monger
tartan gigha
alt mr brock

5) global city
thors echo
alt montpellier

6) crowded house
black eagle
alt naval officer

7) record breaker NAP
age of reason
alt red rock canyon

8) cadre
king of rome
alt captain webb

Making my picks by the listed #s off Emirates Site (not the gate #s in parentheses):

R1-2 and 6
R2-5(alternate nap) and 2
R3-12 and 9
R4-5(nap) and 2
R5-9 and 3
R6-3 and 7
R7-1 and 2
R8-4 and 10

:eek: I'm going with NO alternates today.