STARSTATZ RACING 01 JULY 2011

BREAKING NEWS!!! STARTSTATZ RACING HITS 6 WINNERS IN HIS COMEBACK POSTING ON 26 JUNE 2011 INCLUDING A VALUE BET ON OUR HEIR APPARENT AT $31/$12 TO SHARE TOP TIPSTER OF THE DAY WITH TAN THEAN LOON,XIU FANG AND ANDREW FROST.

On a countback on winning dividends as a tie-breaker the winner was Thean Loon. On a heartening note the Meng Yew managed 4 wins including 2 longshots Storm Chispazo at $122/$29 and Brudder at $101/$34.My Starstatz Racing strike win rate is now 36 wins from 129 races for a percentage of 27.91 to be 6th and Singapore is barely in 1st with 16 wins/16 placings from 50 races for a percetnage of 32.0% compared to Andrew Frost with 149 wins from 478 races for a percentage of 31.17% and Tan Thean Loon is 141 wins from 478 races for a percentage of 29.5%

On a more serious note I have lodged an informal complaint with STC regarding the posting of no hoper " Dont Tell The Wife" with the headline "KEEP THIS ONE QUIET"(Is he implying he is tipping you a longshot?) by Craig Brennan on 26 June before the start of races in my Starstaz Racing posting. I am not asking for perfection for tipsters with no room for error in tipping(Even the top tipsters like Andrew Frost, Tan Thean Loon , Racing Guide and my fellow blogger Larry Foley and myself have suffered bad hair day with a zero result on the win line. I take issue with Mr Brennab making DTTW the headline especially in the light of pre-race comments by the Trainer Clements "we had a few minor soundness issuesthat we had to nurse him through"....followed by "He comes into this race on the underdone side . I can't say that he is tuned up for it and race fit". Everybody is wise after the event but I have the moral authority to flag the yellow card as I stated he will not likely make the top 4 becauese of the chasm in handicap ratings.In the light of the trainers's pre race statements Clements comes out of this interview with his reputation intact. After knowing from the Trainer that his condition was off why did Mr Brennan still chose to make DTTW the headline instead of Better Than Ever? By the way DTTW ran a dead last by approximately 16 lengths. Is Craig Brennan trying to live up to my tagline that the Straits Times advertorials are a grayeyard for dead horses(notice not only is their win strike rate poor but their place rates are just as pathetic)combined strike rates are one of the worst if not the worst in all media publications ...whether in print or internet media. I will be formally writing in after the weekend and asking for an explaination and rationale behind the writers's thoughts when he made those decisions. Making an incorrect choice is only human but the writer has compounded his poor judgement by ignoring the Trainer's input and making it a double whammy by making the choice his headline for the day. Should these journalists be allowed to rule the roost in their individual fiefdoms with no checks in place and no regard to individual performances(in this case disastrous). Even if one single racegoer were to put $5 on DTTW the advertorial would have done the damage and give a poor impression of racing in general. What are the Departmental Managers doing about this as the culpability lies with them as well for not addressing this issue and letting this sorry state of affairs to continue unabated as this column has been highly critical of theirI find it also performances since the start of the season. Up to now STC has not heeded my advice by putting up strike rates so standards can improve! I hope to hear an explaination. If these expats can't cut the mustard they should be reassigned to post race interviews which they seem to be pretty good at. If their performances continue to dip below 20% after been given a caution it is time to reassign them and give local staff a chance to helm the advertorials.

MY SELECTIONS FOR TODAY WITH QUICK USE OF HANDICAP RATINGS ONLY FOR ANALYSIS:-

RACE 1 MEDIUM...10-4-9-7

RACE 2 BIG.....8-5-2-4

RACE 3 BIG....1-4-2-8

RACE 4 SMALL....12-7-10-9....WILD LONGSHOT OF THE DAY....TOKEN BET ONLY AS THE SLOW PACE MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO HIS WINNING CHANCES BUT HAS BEST HANDICAP RATINGS OF 53.4 PUTTING HIM AHEAD OF THE FIELD BY 10 POINTS.CAN CONSIDER COVER ON 7.

RACE 5 MEDIUM....7-5-3-2...CAN CONSIDER COVER ON 5.

RACE 6 MEDIUM....1-11-3-4...MUST COVER 11 AS SLOW PACE WILL SUIT 11 BETTER BUT 1 HAS CONTESTED HIGHER CLASS RACES IN COMPARISON TO 11

RACE 7 BIG....10-8-3-2....LONE FRONT RUNNER ADVANTAGE WITH GOOD HANDICAP IN VERY SLOW PACE RACE

RACE 8 SMALL....7-5-3-9...CAN COVER 5 BUT 7 HAS SUPERIOR HANDICAP RATINGS

RACE 9 BIG....8-1-2-3-7-9-5....NOTE UPGRADE TO BIG WITH CONFIRMATION BY TRACKWATCHER ON 8.....PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN SELECTION FROM SINGAPORE . SUGGEST STARSTATZ RACING WILL DO BETTER THAN SINGAPORE NAP

RACE 10 BIG ....3-7-5-2...LONE FRONT RUNNER IN VERY SLOW PACE RACE