CD's ARE NOT JUST FOR LISTENING TO.

CD's ARE NOT JUST FOR LISTENING TO.CD. Compact Disc? Yes, but the punter immediately should think "Course and Distance".It was brought home to me on Thursday as I tinkered further with our Place concept.At Wagga, Happy Finish was a huge "neon light flashing" CD runner. He ran second and paid significantly better than even money.And in the Cup at Warrnambool, the winner (by a huge margin) Hissing Sid was a multiple winner, including of last year's identical event.In the big ju

CD's ARE NOT JUST FOR LISTENING TO.

CD. Compact Disc? Yes, but the punter immediately should think "Course and Distance".

It was brought home to me on Thursday as I tinkered further with our Place concept.

At Wagga, Happy Finish was a huge "neon light flashing" CD runner. He ran second and paid significantly better than even money.

And in the Cup at Warrnambool, the winner (by a huge margin) Hissing Sid was a multiple winner, including of last year's identical event.

In the big jumps race the winner Al Garhood had run a close second in the 2009 race. We don't have anything else over 5500 metres, so that was as near a CD as you're likely to get.

This weekend there are two "usual" tracks in the east, they being Flemington and Rosehill. However the Gold Coast also runs a big program. A quick count tells me that there's one CD in the first race, no less than six in the second, none in the third or the fourth, one in the fifth, seven in the sixth (three are reserves), three in the seventh and three in the final race.

There is also a pile of TD's, the next best thing in that department.

Anyway, all I'm saying at this stage is let's watch what happens with all these "qualifiers". Maybe nothing will, but then maybe we'll spot something that is worth taking a closer look at.

Meanwhile I'm trying to fine down those place possibilities as promised, and looking for an angle that will establish a basic criterion. Remember, it may not happen. That's always the challenge of our game!