Crio’s Racing: Final Day

Crio reckons Saturday’s fixture looks to be too long in length and too short in class. Still, he’s prepared to make a couple of suggestions. Anyone else ready to help keep him in the black?

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Interpol have asked the Footy Almanac for assistance with identifying this man. Recent sightings have been reported at Flemington, Warrnambool, Kardinia Park, Galle (Sri Lanka), Augusta Georgia (USA) , Madison Square Gardens (USA) and the Windsor Castle Hotel in London (UK).

Crio’s Racing: The Cup – a punting proposition?

Crio relives an epic ride on Saturday and ponders the true meaning of the Melbourne Cup, the tipster’s nightmare.

Almanac Lunch trifecta and other futilities

And a good time was had by all in picking this trifecta.

Melbourne Cup Preview – Enjoy the Great Race

Sal Ciardulli found the Hotham/Saab/QuikEze winner at good odds on Saturday. Now he turns his laser vision to Tuesday’s Cup.

The Selkrig Sequence

A classic racing yarn from debutant “Once a Punter”. Remember those days (or weeks, never months) when you had it sussed. You had cracked the code, and winners fell like leaves from an autumn sky. OAP does and he tells it in style.

Cocks Plate

Daryl Sharpen offers a look back at the Big One. And the title is not a typo. This is a must read for the needy, the greedy and anyone with a funny bone.

Sal’s Flemington Formguide

Sal Ciardulli gives Punter a whack, on the way through to helping punters sort out a mammoth Flemington racecard. “The winners are well concealed” (racing cliché #426) but Sal has been doing a lot of digging to find them for you.

Crio’s Racing: Derby Day Decisions

The bookies got the biscuits last week. Good for Crio’s boss if not his cadres. You can’t keep a good punter down, and there will be tips galore from the Goolwa gallops to Budge’s bolter and Cowshedend’s curse down the Straight Six.

Crio’s Question: Trust the tea leaves?

Was one of your best wins the result of something other than picking the form? Who’s prepared to admit to the success of a whim, a mistake, or dumb luck?

Book launch: Aborigines and the ‘Sport of Kings’

Almanackers are invited to attend the launch of the third edition of Professor John Maynard’s fabulous books about Aboriginal jockeys.

Crio’s Racing: Cox Plate

Crio urges tipsters to wait and check out track conditions on Saturday afternoon…but is prepared to make a few predictions regardless.

Money Value Carnival Preview – And so the end is near!

The Salmeister previews the Cox Plate and other Money Valley mayhem. He reviews the ascension of the Almanac’s own St Ange to the Socceroo’s gig (well he is on ABC Insiders, and so is our glorious leader, so Ange is as good as family).

Footy Almanac Melbourne Cup Eve Lunch to Talk Nags and Pick the Trifecta

JTH explains the Almanac Melbourne Cup Eve Lunch at the All Nations on Nov 4. Check it out – and bookings are essential.

Evoking Avoca

Our rural racing correspondent Glen Davis journeys to Avoca for Cup Day.

Caulfield Cup Day Preview – Who is that third person in the room!

Sal Ciardulli’s mind is on the Caulfield Cup. But his heart is at Upton Park this weekend, where his lad will be witnessing his Hammers take on Manchester City. Sal’s forever blowing bubbles.

Crio’s Racing: Thousand Guineas Day

Crio: bouncing back from last week’s setback.

Guineas Day at Belmont (North)

Peter Baulderstone heads for the golf course, but finds that horses are never far away.

The Mug Punter: Manangatang Cup Day

A very scratchy Mug has a look at today’s Caulfield program and finds a handy Shehu Shagari Special.

It’s Guineas Day – but we are still trading places!

Sal Ciardulli sorts out the AFL trade week; cricket broadcast rights; decision referral system; and all the big group races at Caulfield and Randwick. If he lands the Melbourne quaddie, Barrack Obama is flying him to Washington DC to sort out the US budget impasse and resolve the Syrian civil war.