I had an enjoyable weekend even forgetting the destruction of the Storm at the hands of the Sea Eagles.

The Albion hotel provided many hours of entertainment with a few winners and many laughs had. A feared pretender proved to be so with the not so mighty Weekend Hussler capitulating in the straight at Flemington. It was a tough run where he was forced to sit three wide most of the way. He did his best and I am not counting him out of the Cox plate but as I suggested in a previous post, anyone willing to smash him at low odds is taking a pretty big gamble in my estimation. If anyone wants to back him at less than the $5.00 mark in the Cox Plate you are a braver man than I.

On to the cash register.

Blacks a Fake is the greatest pacer in the history of the world, as far as I am concerned. I mean you see he is running, you walk up to the cash register, ring the bell and collect the freaking CASH!!!! It is that freaking simple. I made the short walk from the Breaky creek hotel after a luscious steak to watch Blacky go around and I must admit I was a bit excited. I was even more excited as Blacky dominated a small three horse field to turn my $100 into $200. If you ever see him on the board and think that $1.70 is to short just remember two things. Blacks a Fake is a cash register and Weekend Hussler is a pretender.