Our top two rated horses in the Ipswich Cup paid $5.5 and $16 for the place. The odds on favourite Tradesman just got the upper hand in the last stride. They were certainly good each way bets wouldn’t you say? But a place does not give us bragging rights. In the Weekend Feature Race we also got 2nd and 3rd, though these were much shorter priced runners. We had two maiden selections for one winner @ $2.9. and there were plenty of good winners along the way, we had the Trifecta in the top three race one at Moonee Valley, winner was $21. Th Highstrikers Last minute Mail had just one special and it won @ $3.80. Winners for the Last Minute Mail were @ 4.9, $6.6, $9.2, $5.5,$5.3, $3.5 , $1.95 and $5. 8 winners from 19 races and a small but greatfully received profit. A reasonable day overall with plenty of winners around. Nracoorte has been abandoned and Port Hedland, well no ones betting on that. A very windy and cold day today. I hope to watch the Knights and Storm game but I’ll do it from my office. Poor Mat , I have found, had a disease that while the symptoms have ceased, they usually reoccur within a few weeks and he is contagious for 12 weeks or more. We’re just hoping that we didn’t pick up anything, a bit unlikely though as we were all heavily clothed when we embraced. We only got the medical report overnight. Now we know why he was in a single room in a public hospital, it was to keep him away from other patients. Still, he will recover in time , just the usual good diet good hygiene and good attitude to life.