Starstatz Racing 07 October 2011

With a deluge of rainfall and the absence of a calculator or "magic powder(Moreira is on a Brazil holiday) I believe the average Media Tipster will be hard pressed to score 3 wins tonight and I expect the top performer to have 4 wins and it would be sufficient to top the charts. Front runners and on pace runners will have a distinct double advantage in slow paced races.i suggest to play cautiously and until you are ahead and increase your betting in the 2nd half of the Race Card in the races marked "BIG"

Singapore Nap
07 October 2011
Powerful Tree
RACE 6 OPEN B97
1100M POLYTRACK
STAKES $95,000

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Top Media Tipster Honours form for 02 Octobber go to the normal battler and current wooden spoonist Meng Yew of Wan Bao with 7 wins including
a value bet on Tarankali ($53/$17) . Unlike the wooden spoonists of previous seasons I have a healthy respect for the battlers this season as they are specialists in
tipping value bets and longshots. On the current format it is by no means certain that Meng Yew will remain where he is and is involved in a 3 way dogfight
(refers to glorious air battles and has nothing to do with dogs!).There are only 4 points separating MengYew Jun Ru of Wan Bao and Winner21.However if we
include all the racing journalists from Victory Trail, the journalists on the STC website and the 2 Guys from the Straits Times advertorials I believe the
wooden spoon will either of these 3 . Its about time STC (a neutral party) should take charge of tallying this challenge and all internet/Media Tipsters inder strict
stipulated guidelines and conditions should be included. If journalists are not proud of their work how will there be improvements? We have seen 1st hand how the Straits
Times have improved from poor in the 1st half of this year to table topping perfomances in the 3rd quarter. I hope STC takes my cue and adopts the compilation of scores from next season!

Apologies are in order for Craig Brennan who posted the article on Clear For Action. With hindsight and no previous significant Handicap advantage and Speed Figures
Clear For Action almost put egg on my faces with a sterling performances which can be attrributed to his yearling price and the addition of blinkers.Luckily my pick
Better Than Ever saved me from total humiliation by beating(the barrier draw helped my cause as well) Clear For Action!
Apologies are also in order for Brian Miller whom I had earlier commented as a utility player ie journalist for the Newpaper as a benchwarmer. He has since beaten me on some race days and we actulally went toe -to-toe with Meng Yew for top Media Tipster honours for the day. In the end Meng Yew finished with a flourish and both of us had to settle for 2nd place with 6 wins each form 12 races (50% strike rate). Earlier in the season when I posted my comments I was basing it on the premise that Brian's knowledge of horse racing was at the level when we 1st met during the time when Yonex was the sponsor for the Singapore Badmintom Open. I must admit with hindsight that Brian though not in the top 3 is still holding his own with a credible performance in the 20-25% range must have improved with experience and the reading of books over the years.

Singapore Nap is still in the lead in the strike rate challenge with 33.75% (27 wins/23 placings from 80 selections. Andrew Frost is in 2nd with 235 wins from a maximum
of 755 races and Thean Loon is on 29.93%(226 wins). Startstaz Racing is in 4th with 9.15%(100 from 343 selections).Racing Guide and Winner21 sms
are in joint 5th with 29.14%(220 wins), In 7th is Hui Liang with 28.61%(216 wins) and Punters Way with 27.95% (211 wins).Xiu Fang is in 9th with 27.55%(208 wins)
and Larry Foley makes the top ten with 26.89% (203 wins).

I will be posting on starstatzracing on race day as I try to close the gap on Andrew with the use of the new Trackus sectional times!

PREVIEW OF RACE

With the posting by Michael Lee and Craig Brennan it would seem that this race is a 4 horse race between 2 Group 3 winners comiong back versus 2 seasoned 1100M
polytracj campaigners. They could be right but I would recommend to take a calculated risk between putting your faith ion Freedman's confidence in Dictator against 2 Group 3
horses running 1st up after a break of 82 days for 1 and 216 days for 4.I would take 5 and 3 to beat 1 and 4 despite the postings.In the reports 1 has been reportedly having dry
coat problems despite winning his trials. Although 4 has won at this distance overseas I rate him more as a 1400M/1600M type. Anyway I do fancy 1 to do better than 4 in this race.
I will not rule out 1 or 4 to win this race but I suspect thety will end up tryinh to keep the top 4 spots but I suspect 7 will edge both of them with 5 or 3beating this lot
judging from the confidence eminating from the Freedman Camp on the winning chances of Dictator.

The pace will be good to fast with 1 and 4 matching strides to contest the rails run with 4-7-3 stalking them till the home stretch. 2 and 6 will bring up the rear. While 1 and 4 have a track record of doing well 1st up I expect 5 with the 2nd best handicap after 7 and the best sectionals will swamp this field if fighting in earnest. If not and also if the pace is hot
then 3 will flash home brilliantly in the last 50M.The figurs are there for 5 to win this race but I advise caution as theis is Beasley's 1st ride on the horse and I would suggest an equal
cover bet on 3 in casr 5 is taking a day off!. I would rate 1 and 4 as place chances but with good recent form i expect 7 to edge both of them with 1 edging 4 for the last scrap in 4th spot!

IN ORDER MY SELECTIONS ARE 5-3/7-1///4-2.i SUGGEST A BIG BET ON 5#3-7 FOR FORECAST/PLACE FORECAST AND USING THEM AS KEY HORSES ION THE 2ND LINE WITH THE REMAINING CHOICES ON THE 3RD AND 4TH LINES IF YOU ARE ON A BUDGET. iF NOT i SUGGEST USIN4 AND 3 AS BANKER ON THE 1ST LINE.


Singapore Nap selects number 5: Powerful Tree
Supplied in Singapore by Patrick Khoo
Next Singapore Nap 14 October 2011

These are my selections

RACE 1 MEDIUM...6-7-3-11-2-1-12

RACE 2 MEDIUM 2-12-11-5-4-7-6...SUGGEST DUTCH BETTING AND COVER 12

RACE 3 BIG 3-4-8-5-1-2-9

RACE 4 SMALL...3-7-11-8-10-4-2...SUGGEST DUTCH BETTING AND COVER BET ON KAEPEEYAI

RACE 5 MEDIUM 4-9-6-7-3-5-1.....SUGGEST DUTCH BETTING AND COVER ON VALUE BET SHINKANSEN

RACE 6 BIG (UOGRADED FROM MEDIUM BET ON 7NAPS AND PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN ORDER FOR TIERCE SELECTIONS) 5-3-7-1-4-2

RACE 7 SMALL...8-6-9-3-11-4-10

RACE 8 SMALL 3-4-1-11-10-7-8...SUGGEST DUTCH BETTING AND COVER FRONT RUNNING DARK HORSE DARING SPLENDOR AND LIRA...LONGSHOT OF THE NIGHT

RACE 9 BIG ...1-8-2-3-4-5...BEST BET OF THE NIGHT

RACE 10 MEDIUM... 6-1-3-4-8-5-2...SUGGEST DUTCH BETTING AND COVER CLASSY 1 BUT 6 HAS SUPERIOR SECTIONAL TIMES COMPARED TO 1