Full preview of the $60,000 Greyhound Pick 6 here

$500,000 Te Rapa Pick 6 syndicate bet here

The Money Shot has the three best sports bets here

Formpro Ratings continue to find value winners here

Paeroa bet of the day, El Menear $4.00, wins well and a head to head multi here

Taranaki sectionals here

Bet of the day wins at excellent value here

The Money Shot's multi of the weekend here

Auckland trots bets of the day both win here

Early Saturday preview here

Auckland Harness preview here

Waverley sectional review here

Counties sectional review here

Waikato sectional review here

Auckland Harness review here

Hastings sectionals and review comments here

The Money Shot is keen on two very good sports bets here

Formpro Ratings find great value Riverton winners: Kid Columbus 1st $7.40, Mimado 1st $10.70, Copper Tap 1st $14.90, Patty Hearst 1st $6.70

Ruakaka sectional review here

Place all up returns $63 for every $10 and The Insider nails 3 from 3 here

Our $50 winner from the quinella comp, Jason, has $50 win on Rasteau in the last today- good luck. Thanks to the TAB for sponsoring this.

Otaki sectional review here

Ruakaka preview here

Waipa sectional review here

Te Rapa sectional review here

Woodville review here

$16,212 Masterton quaddie struck here

3 readers struck the quinella in the sixth race at Te Rapa- We will have a Pick off on Monday to decide the winner of the $50 free bet. I will email you with details.

The Money Shot is very keen on a two leg sports multi here

You forget how much heavy tracks make most races raffles. That was hit home again today when the track was hard going for many a long way out at Hawera. My only bet there was a small quaddie which went west after the first leg. I just can't get interested in races where the track conditions significantly influence the results. Even some of the trainers didn't know if their charge would handle it.

I'm always pleased to read or hear from subscribers who since joining the site, have learnt to bet with more care and leave races alone when the track gets like it did at Rotorua and Hawera today. The TAB won't like me saying that as turnover is the lifeblood of the business. But my view is that if punters can bet sensibly and give themselves a chance of making a long term profit, then they will be a customer a lot longer than the one who bets on most races and gives it away after he goes broke. In fact, the article I wrote about for this week's Informant article was about this very topic after speaking to a punter recently who felt he was a born loser. If you want to have any chance of becoming successful long term you have to have two skills:

•  Be a 'Good Loser.'
•  Be a 'Patient Punter.'

In the article I've outlined how to acquire those skills if you haven't got them already. The Te Rapa Pick 6 became a little more open with the scratching of Climbing High. I've started doing my homework on it and with a Dead track likely, we can at least get some fair contests. The syndicate closes Friday midnight and no late entries please.

Remember, no selections for Wairio tomorrow. But I will post an early preview of some Saturday races at 5.00 p.m. Friday.

It wouldn't happen too many times but greyhound commentator Brian Martin selected ten first pick winners from just twelve races today at the Wanganui Greyhounds. And what's more he finished off the day with an $8 winner when My Bad Johnny won. He certainly knows his dogs. Interestingly, in that last race, Flash That was a $2.50 favourite with bookies but those that use the Formpro Ratings would have bet against him winning as his best rating was 59 and four other dogs had matched that or bettered it. He was inexperienced and showed it when being slow away and missing a place.  The dog ratings are getting more and more hits so some of you must be enjoying using them. I mentioned recently that I use them to find false favourites which I'm sure many of you will be trying to find for the $60,000 Pick 6 on Sunday.

You can enter the $500,000 Pick 6 syndicate here. I will be going for a minimum payout of $100,000 if we get it by ourselves.

My selections at Ruakaka weren't up to the mark today although we got nosed out of a nice head to head multi when Jahanara $2.45 got beaten by Pegasus Mouton $1.50 on the line. I mentioned that I didn't agree with Jahanara's trial time by around 0.50 seconds which is quite a bit and it almost got us a very nice value bet. I check most trial times and all race times and that information itself can save you or make a lot of money.

The ratings had Apatchee Tute $16 second rated after adjustments, Chainedinalkatraz $9 rated on top after weight adjustments, and Nukumai $10 second best rated after weight adjustments and 6 points clear of the third horse. So those of you looking for double figure dividends, the inofrmation is there for you to find them, and remember, the Formpro Ratings site is absolutely free to readers with logins. Or you can ring the 0900 36767 number after 9 a.m. tomorrow morning and get the login for tomorrow and up till May 25th 9.00 p.m. and the call will cost $10 incl GST.

I have two pacers tagged that are racing tomorrow at Cambridge. I will post them tomorrow morning along with the Egmont selections where we have a Heavy 10 track. If you are using the Race Filter in the Formpro Ratings, remember it can take a few seconds to load as it is searching through over 80,000 ratings.  I've used it to see if we can find the winner of Race four and there looks to be only three runners that can win it in order: The Muffin Man, Turn On D'Light and Malachite. The Muffin Man needs a heavy track to show his best and after three runs back should be fit enough now. Turn On D'Light won fresh up last campaign and tends to sweat up a lot but has still won when doing that. A year older now but if there is a leader bias could pinch it. Might need one being a year older though. The one I do like the best out of the three is Malachite. Trainer Kevin Myers had him looking terrific at Blenheim when I was there but he was run off his feet on the Dead track. Then second up he kept on strongly at Riccarton in a handy field on a Dead track. He gets his favourite conditions here and is ready for a peak effort with David Walsh up again.

It was nice to have had a day off from racing today, although I did sneak in a look at a couple of races in amongst doing a few chores around the house and watching a good movie. Victory Dragon was punted heavily and was going very keenly for David Walsh on the fence and it took all of his skill to ease him out wide on the turn and soon put it beyond doubt. The weather was kind to the club which just makes the racing so much more enjoyable doesn't it.

I will be posting how to enter the $500,000 Pick 6 syndicate at Te Rapa this Saturday on Wednesday night. We will be going for a minimum $100,000 payout if we are the only ones to strike it by taking a minimum bet of 20%.

The dog ratings at Otago today started off the day with a couple of nice winners. Race 1 What a Dump $15 Fastest sprint rating and best of last 6 starts. Race 2 Opawa Blaze 1st $12 an best last start rating and a few other lower priced winners with 'Red Ink' which highlights the best ratings.

I'm looking forward to the Ruakaka meeting tomorrow. The weather forecast is for showers, thunder and gusty winds but we should get a Dead surface.

Do you take much notice of horses having the blinkers put on? When they go on for their fresh up run I especially take notice. They are a very handy piece of equipment that can help a horse concentrate on the task better and can improve a horse from just average battling runs into a winner. So when trainers put them on fresh up, I always ask myself, why is he playing a trump card now rather than waiting to see how he will go without them? Especially when most horses need a run or two before being fit enough to win. There is a such a case tomorrow. In race 7, Samer Way showed above average ability when winning well at Taurangs with a stylish finish, then ran seventh in a very strong for race at Ellerslie. Following that he ran second in a handy 3yo race then had one more start before resting. The trainer, Bruce Wallace, has not trialled him and he races in this over 1400m with the blinkers going on. He does rate on top in the Formpro Ratings and from the handy draw, with Leith Innes on, he should not be left out of quaddies.