THIS IS NOW CLOSED – WE’VE DRAWN THE SWEEP AND ARRIVED AT AN ALMANAC TRIFECTA. CHECK IT ALL OUT HERE.
Hi Punters
Hopefully you’re cashed up after a favourable Derby Day. M. Zahra does handle expectation very well.
The traditional Almanac Cup chat (via Microsoft Teams) is on Monday night at 8pm EDST, 7.30pm Barossa time, 7pm Queensland time, 5pm in The West.
We’ll run a sweep or two, and decipher the form guide in the interest of investing in the annual Almanac Cup Trifecta.
Grab as many tickets you like. You don’t need to join the Teams meeting to be involved. Just get yourself a ticket/s and email me your selections. Please note – that’s FOUR RUNNERS IN ORDER. PLEASE MARK THEM FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH.
Tickets are $20 each.
$10 will got to a sweep – every ticket will secure a runner.
The other $10 will go towards the trifecta. We’ll decide on what to do with those proceeds on Monday night.
EFT (with your name and the word ‘Cup’ – please don’t forget!)
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Here’s the Microsoft Teams link:
John Harms invited you to a Microsoft Teams Meeting:
Almanac 2025 Melb Cup tipping
Monday, 3 November 2025
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm (ACST)
Meeting link: Almanac 2025 Melb Cup tipping | Microsoft Teams | Meetup-Join
If you need to, just email me [email protected]
Feel free to leave your thoughts on The Cup in the comments section. I have no idea at this stage.
Here’s the field:
| No | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
| 1 | AL RIFFA (FR) | Joseph O’Brien | Mark Zahra | 19 | 59kg |
| 2 | BUCKAROO (GB) | Chris Waller | Craig Williams | 12 | 57kg |
| 3 | ARAPAHO (FR) | Bjorn Baker | Ms Rachel King | 15 | 56.5kg |
| 4 | VAUBAN (FR) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Blake Shinn | 2 | 56.5kg |
| 5 | CHEVALIER ROSE (JPN) | Hisashi Shimizu | Damian Lane | 5 | 55.5kg |
| 6 | PRESAGE NOCTURNE (IRE) | Alessandro Botti | Stephane Pasquier | 9 | 55.5kg |
| 7 | MIDDLE EARTH (GB) | Ciaron Maher | Ethan Brown | 13 | 54.5kg |
| 8 | MEYDAAN (IRE) | Simon & Ed Crisford | James McDonald | 22 | 54kg |
| 9 | ABSURDE (FR) | Willie Mullins | Kerrin McEvoy | 4 | 53.5kg |
| 10 | FLATTEN THE CURVE (FR) | Henk Grewe | Thore Hammer Hansen | 17 | 53.5kg |
| 11 | LAND LEGEND (FR) | Chris Waller | Joao Moreira | 16 | 53.5kg |
| 12 | SMOKIN’ ROMANS (NZ) | Ciaron Maher | Ben Melham | 11 | 53.5kg |
| 13 | CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE) | Kris Lees | Tim Clark | 24 | 53kg |
| 14 | HALF YOURS | Tony & Calvin McEvoy | Ms Jamie Melham | 8 | 53kg |
| 15 | MORE FELONS (IRE) | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 23 | 53kg |
| 16 | ONESMOOTHOPERATOR (USA) | Brian Ellison | Harry Coffey | 6 | 53kg |
| 17 | FURTHUR (IRE) | Andrew Balding | Michael Dee | 7 | 52kg |
| 18 | PARCHMENT PARTY (USA) | William Mott | John Velazquez | 3 | 52kg |
| 19 | ATHABASCAN (FR) | John O’Shea & Tom Charlton | Declan Bates | 1 | 51.5kg |
| 20 | GOODIE TWO SHOES (IRE) | Joseph O’Brien | Wayne Lordan | 20 | 51.5kg |
| 21 | RIVER OF STARS (IRE) | Chris Waller | Beau Mertens | 14 | 51.5kg |
| 22 | ROYAL SUPREMACY (IRE) | Ciaron Maher | Robbie Dolan | 21 | 51kg |
| 23 | TORRANZINO (NZ) | Paul Preusker | Ms Celine Gaudray | 18 | 51kg |
| 24 | VALIANT KING (GB) | Chris Waller | Jye McNeil | 10 | 51k |
Wet track . Adjust premonitions accordingly.
What did the learned punters decide last night?
Sorry I couldn’t join in.
Hope the trifecta includes all the rain lovers. Wet as I’ve seen it for quite some time in Melbourne.
Dips
We had a robust and fruitful exchange. Three trifectas
1. Al Riffa presage nocturne river of stars valiant king
2 replace river of stars with torranzino
3. Field .
Smokie reckons Kembla grange race 4 no 5 our huntress
Couple of hotties ex Liverpool plains Randwick race 4 maid of moolah ( love the name) and race 7 no 16 tavroa
Also Peter fuller reckons maracourt in race 7 at morphettville
Also Flemington race 8 a roughie sir Kyla
Race 9 gumdrops.
Re the wet track it might favour those with wider draw if it is dead set slow .
I’m getting flashes about half yours . Might add it into mix as a good story
Sorry sir myka in Flem race 8