Crio takes a quick whirl around the country, then comes home with a scenario that some might consider unlucky.
Crio’s Racing: the 11-race programme
November 21, 2013 by 30 Comments
The Spring Carnival may be over, but Crio will be taking trip to the Valley on Saturday (plus a nod to Ascot) and be off to Ballarat for the Cup on Sunday. Get on it.
Crio’s Racing: The invisible weekend
November 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
Crio usually enjoys this weekend, treating is as a top notch country Cup Day rather than comparing it with Flemington’s fleshfest. Join him in embracing what the weekend has on offer across Victoria.
Group 1 Racing: Stakes day – Coming up Rosy & Grey
November 10, 2013 by 10 Comments
David Wilson has a virtual day at a virtual race meeting full of virtual people betting on virtual horses. He won a virtual couple of million on Boban, but you get the feeling that his heart was just not in it.
It’s 3/4 Time – just one more
November 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Last gasp from Sal Ciardulli; he turns his keen eye to the final day of Cup week and as usual is ready to share his insights (and a touch of indignation). How will a rain affected surface and headwind play out?
Crio’s Racing: Final Day
November 7, 2013 by 35 Comments
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
November 7, 2013 by 7 Comments
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?
November 5, 2013 by 15 Comments
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
November 5, 2013 by 4 Comments
And a good time was had by all in picking this trifecta.
Melbourne Cup Preview – Enjoy the Great Race
November 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
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
November 3, 2013 by 4 Comments
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
November 1, 2013 by 4 Comments
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
November 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
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
October 31, 2013 by 37 Comments
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?
October 28, 2013 by 5 Comments
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’
October 28, 2013 by 1 Comment
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
October 25, 2013 by 37 Comments
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!
October 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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
October 23, 2013 by 7 Comments
JTH explains the Almanac Melbourne Cup Eve Lunch at the All Nations on Nov 4. Check it out – and bookings are essential.
Evoking Avoca
October 21, 2013 by 5 Comments
Our rural racing correspondent Glen Davis journeys to Avoca for Cup Day.
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