Darren Tyquin...does seem to have an EYE for a horse...is happy to pick against the favorites quite often..and is often right..he's the only one I take any notice of, particulately if they are horses I hadn't selected for my Q's & Tri's Cheers Zach ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Dymock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [racebase] Lyell Creek and the presenter
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Franklyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [racebase] Lyell Creek and the presenter > > >> >> Gil wrote: >> >>> Tuned in to the red hots tonight to watch Lyell Creek go around for the >>> last >>> time and heard this from George Simon about The Freak: "I'm sure he >>> knows >>> it's his last race tonight." >>> >>> And these guys expect to be taken seriously. >> >> >> And he selected him first pick ... he should stick to the gallops :-] >> >> Regards >> >> Neil F >> > > You're right. Lyell Creek was there for one reason only tonight . . . his > drawing power, especially as the club was up against an important S12 > match > at Eden Park. > > The ATC would have picked up all the tabs for the Creek team . . . and > been > happy to do so as he's probably got an extra 2000-3000 people through the > gate. > > But as for him winning . . . he was more a $50 shot than the $5 or $6 on > offer. > > I read some Don Scott stuff last year and he touched on commentators as > analysts. He described Ken Howard as one of the best, maybe THE best, > commentator he'd heard but completely dismissed his selecting abilities. > One > of the lesser commentators, forget who, he regarded as an expert tipster. > But in Scott's mind there was definitely no correlation between > race-calling > and selecting. I agree entirely. > > On the odd occasion I've listened to these blokes over the years I've > always > been struck by the shallowness of their thinking; sometimes by the sheer > loopiness of it . . . like Simon's Lyell Creek comments. > > The two exceptions are Tony Lee, probably because he's a bloodstock agent > as > well, and Darren Tyquin, who does seem to have undertaken some research. > Keith Haub was probably the worst . . . as shallow as a petrie dish and > far > less productive. > > Gil > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 06/05/05 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 06/05/05 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/racebase/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
