Great result in the Manikato, winner Quinella ($84) Trifectas (1140) Exacta etc. so heres a hope for a repeat today. Yesterday was a bit strange. Our everydya ratings came up without the scratchings or track consditions even though we loaded it all up by 9.30 a.m. Of course, yes those foolls in Racing NSW dony provide Catnerbury night meeting scratcnhings until after 10 a.m. but why the rest didnt take we dont know. The site was reposted at 1.30 but when I checked this morning (I was on a plane all aftewrnoon yesterday) still not right so sorry about that but it is a minor difficulty. The biggest difficuty is that I though I had already placed my bet on Brave Smash but on checking today it had not happened, thats a problem with travel I suppose. I got all the losing bets on but missed the big winning one. Down $1200 on the day but would have got it all back and more. Today there is no Queensland Racing. I just wish punters vould do the same thing as the Trainers and owners did today. If they dont get action from the governmnet then no races on Me;bourne Cup Day either. Itd all about the multi millions Qld Racing will make form the new 15% tax from Jan 1st. Okay well about us punters. This tax affects us, all of us, but what is th echance of everybody refusing to bet for the day? NIL@!!! Punters generally, well 97% of them, are simply too dumb as Peter Vlandys famously said, if not in those exact words and repeated over the years, that they would bet anyway beacuse, well I guess punters are punters. Have a great day today, and you Queenslanders, well go for a swim. Cheers and Beers everybody.