The K M Links Game - November Week 1

[seekeerz]

Good morning everyone - typical Mad Monday in the seeks house, without warning our drive has been blocked off for the day, while they did a trench for who knows what and my laptop seriously thought about jacking it in when I need it most !! And I have no idea what to back in the Cup tomorrow and that is not good !!!

The links didn't help - remember I mentioned tricky on Saturday, well .....

Train Sets
Spear Head
Rough Diamond
Shoe Lace

Guess which one nobody picked !!

There were five players who were On The Ball and collected 3 points for their two correct matches - DANNYK13, DOOF45, ELSPETH, JOOLZ & MARGOTESTER ......a good start to the month, guys !!

A further 26 players picked up a single point each, so all in all not too bad in a round that wasnt easy .....the usual problem being far too many possibles when selecting a match.

All we can hope for is that Kate gives us a few gimmes in the next couple of weeks so the totals don't look too scruffy at the end .....or is that wishful thinking ??

Anyway, I'm off now to figure out my bets for tomorrow ... I think I'll try to get them on today, less of a rugby scrum ......our TAB is chock a block with ladies putting not very much on the entire field ...to be avoided at all costs!!

Till next Saturday, stay safe, cheers, Steff :)

[seekeerz]

^^^ that of course should read ...dig a trench ...

[kettledrum]

Oh dear! I hope you have better luck at the races than I do at the links. You deserve it after all your hard work.

[scorpiojo]

Marmelo
Muntahaa
Runaway

[seekeerz]

Definitely Marmelo & Runaway .....but I've also got Yucatan, Magic Circle (Strix's tip, and a good one ) and A Prince of Arran ....very brave on Saturday, but will the 3200metres be too much ??

You see my dilemma !!

OH wont let me back all of them :((

[scorpiojo]

....don't tell him ;-)
Ps. Finche...

[MargoTester]

Thanks Steff and fingers crossed you have a big win x

[BigMac]

Many thanks, Steff - I'm still firmly in the FFC!
As for the Cup, maybe this will help - the view from the BBC's racing correspondent? Best of luck in the 'race that stops a nation'... ...

Analysis of the field
◾Yucatan, likely to be the shortest-priced favourite in more than a decade, is joined by Cliffs Of Moher - known in Australia as The Cliffsofmoher to avoid confusion with another Aussie horse - and Rostropovich as Aidan O'Brien looks to emulate his trainer-son Joseph, who won in 2017 with Rekindling.
◾If successful, Muntahaa and jockey Jim Crowley - easy winners of York's Ebor Handicap in August - would continue the most stellar of years being enjoyed by John Gosden, trainer of Enable and Roaring Lion.
◾Likewise, Best Solution and Cross Counter look to continue the fine run of Sheikh Mohammed's Epsom Derby-winning Godolphin operation.
◾British hopefuls back for more after finishing down the field in 2017 are Nakeeta (who was fifth) and Marmelo (ninth).
◾A Prince Of Arran, trained at Newmarket by Charlie Fellowes, recorded a notable win in Flemington's Lexus Stakes on 3 November to ensure a place in the line-up.
◾Best of the 'home team' may be ex-French hopeful Avilius, a Godolphin horse based in Australia under the care of James Cummings. His grandfather Bart, who died in 2015, was the 'Cups King' having saddled a record 12 winners of the race.