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Here are my sporting predictions for Twenty Twelve.

I wrote it in words for a reason because my goal for this year is to stop people from saying Two Thousand and Twelve. I was born in Nineteen Seventy-Nine, not One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-Nine. Start in your homes and workplaces people, spread the word that next year is Twenty Twelve.

Anyway, rant over - here are the predictions:

1. SIMON WHITLOCK WILL BECOME A MORNING TV DARLING
Autralia's first sporting sensational for 2012 will be Simon 'The Wizard' Whitlock and the tools on Sunrise and Today will be all over him like a rash. I can see a truly cringe-worthy live cross with Mark Beretta going something like this:

Mark Beretta: Well, we've got the man of the moment, Austrlia's latest world darts champion, Gavin Whitlock. Congratulations Gav.

Simon Whitlock: Ahhh, actually it's Simon Mark.

MB: No worries mate, but I'll need you to call me 'Beretts' because the focus groups say it makes me sound like more of a 'mans man'.

SW: Right...

MB: So next time you're back home Simmo we'll have to catch up and have a pint of lager to celebrate hey mate?

SW: Well, darts might be British but I am Austrlian mate - so if it's all the same to you I'll just have a schooner of beer thanks.

MB: (Laughing almost sincerely) You are a dead set card Simmo. Great work you are the pride of the nation.

SW: (Shaking his head and talking to someone left of camera) Did he just call me Simmo? Thanks Mark.

MB: It's Beretts mate.

SW: Whatever.

2. PINKER PINKER WILL LOSE SECOND UP NEXT PREPARATION
As everything stands right now, at the beginning of 2012, Pinker Pinker is a perfect 3 from 3 when second up. Hands correctly found her after her fast up run last Spring and is rolling in pineapples as a result, but as a reigning Cox Plate Champion I'm potting her to keep the second up record in tact. She was 30-1 when she won the Cox and she was about 6-1 when she won second up at Flemington in the Let's Elope last September. Next second up run she will be a well tried favourite and every urger on TV from Alf Mathews to Richie Callander will be falling over themselves to tip her as a certainty. She will get rolled when well under the odds.

3. THE LOVE AFFAIR WITH CADEL EVANS WILL END
I don't want to be percieved as a Cadel knocker - far from it. I watch the mountain stages of the TDF every year and love it. I can't handle the flat stages but the rugged terrain of the Alps and Pyranese (no idea how to spell it...) makes for compelling viewing. Old Cadel has done it all this year. He's womn the big race, he's won over the Women's Day set courtesy of a great house and an even better wife and now he's hit it out of the ball park by adopting a starving little Ethiopian. But the big Victorian is not cut out to be a media darling and the pressure of defending the crown will be too much for him and he will blow up deluxe somwhere in the French country side and he will fade from the consciousness of the average Diurnal Australian.

4. RUGBY UNION WILL FADE BACK INTO INSIGNIFICANCE
In Twenty Eleven a local team won the Super 15 and all the Kiwi's around here kept the over-rated entity that is the World Cup in the News. This year:
- The champion Reds will start the year without their playmaker Cooper and will end it with a struggling Cooper returning from knee surgery. They will struggle.
- NSW are boring and will struggle to win a game.
- ACT are boring and will struggle to win a game.
- WA are pathetic and will be lucky to win a game other than those against equally pathetic Australian teams.
- I don't know much about Melbourne but I think I'm pretty safe in saying that they are boring.

5. GWS WILL NOT WIN AFL'S WOODEN SPOON
I'm going waaaay out on a limb here. I collected big time when the Suns won the spoon this year courtesy of a Port Adelaide win over Melbourne in the last home and away game of the year. I'll be working some spoon bets around:
- The Suns who are two key injuries away from being every bit as pathetic as GWS.
- Port Adelaide who are rubbish.
- Brisbane Lions who are rubbish.

6. MALTHOUSE AND BENNETT WILL BE PROVEN AS GENIUSES WHEN THEIR FORMER TEAMS STRUGGLE BIG TIME
Not much I can add to this heading, I think it's pretty self explanatory, but I will add one corollary. Without Bennett at the Saints, Soward will return to being an inconsistent hack and by the time State Of Origin rolls around the NSW selectors will be in disarray (again...) trying to find a 6 and 7.

7. CARTWRIGHT'S SIGNINGS AT THE TITANS WILL PROVE THAT THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT TRULY MATTER ARE 1, 6, 7 and 9
The Titans won the wooden spoon last year in a performance that would not have been out of place in the history of the Giants, Seagulls and Chargers. The shining light for fans was that they recuited heavily. They signed:
- Luke Douglas, a very good, honest prop forward.
- Nate Myles, an excellent forward who can cover every position from prop to lock.
- Jamal Idris, the jury is out on him altogether.
- Beau Champion, another centre.
Not one of these players will address the Titans issues in the 'spine', positions 1, 6, 7, 9, so they will continue to struggle big time.

8. INTERNATIONAL HORSES WILL REPEAT THE TRIFECTA IN THE MELBOURNE CUP
Save yourself the trouble of even remotely considering a local horse in next years cup and when you pick up a form guide on the Sunday after Derby Day put a line stright through them. That includes every winner of every Oaks and Derby. In the cases of Sangster and Mosheen though, I am not exactly going out on a limb.

Have a good new year!!

The Tramway Stakes, run over 1400m at Warwick Farm a couple of Saturday's ago, looked a high quality affair. Stradbroke Handicap winner SINCERO held off a flying SECRET ADMIRER, herself a G1 winner at a mile, with a clear margin to THANKGODYOUREHERE in third.

2.0L away from the quinella pair was the Joe Pride trained NEESON. He led them at a good tempo and raced away from the rail up the short WF straight. He was collared at about the 200m mark and had every right to drop right out. He didn't, and held off all but the very classy trio mentioned in the opening paragraph.

He'll lead again in the Cameron Handicap this Wednesday on a track where it is generally an advantage to be up on the speed. The track is currently a Slow 6 which won't worry him in the slightest.

With SINCERO and THANKGODYOU'REHERE both nominated to run in the G1 George Main Stakes this Saturday against, among others, the Chelmsford quinella of MY KINGDOM OF FIFE and TRUSTING, it would be nice to get a lead on the form at Newcastle this Wednesday.

Four G1's for the day:
Sydney Cup for the stayers
Champagne Stakes for the 2yo's
All Aged Stakes for the sprinters
QEII for the plodders (seriously... look at the field!!)

Good luck.

This Saturday sees the running of the AJC Oaks and the Galaxy both at G1 level.

Good luck.

Tip away...

AJC Derby, Sires Produce and the TJ Smith. Tip away.

Five group 1's at Rosehill for Golden Slipper Day - Queen Of The Turf Stakes, George Ryder Stakes, BMW, Vinery Stud Stakes, and of course the Golden Slipper itself.

Tip away and good luck...

Not sure what they call the two G1's in Adelaide these days... They seem to change the names for these races every year or so.

Latest results will be up soon.

Race 7 - FLINDERS LANE ROSEHILL GUINEAS - 2000m - 04.10p.m. Form
RHIL GNEAS. Starter Subsidy: $200 for non-prize earning runners.
Of $500000 and $2500 trophy. 1st $300000 and trophy of $2500, 2nd $100000, 3rd $50000, 4th $25000, 5th $10000, 6th $5000, 7th $5000, 8th $5000.

1 11-706 ANACHEEVA w 1 Peter G Moody Glyn Schofield 56.5
2 101111 JIMMY CHOUX (NZ) dw 6 John Bary Jonathan Riddell 56.5
3 01-805 PRESSDAY w 10 Chris Waller SCRATCHED 56.5
4 213-27 RETRIEVE dwt 11 Peter Snowden Kerrin McEvoy 56.5
5 753-64 MASQUERADER t 4 David Payne Hugh Bowman 56.5
6 32-056 PRAECIDO (NZ) 13 David Payne Corey Brown 56.5
7 2-2141 DOMESKY d 12 Michael Kent Nicholas Hall 56.5
8 125309 HE'S REMARKABLE (NZ) w (BLKS(FT)) 9 Roger James Michael Rodd 56.5
9 23-773 LIGHT BRIGADE (BLKS) 5 Gai Waterhouse Nash Rawiller 56.5
10 387-54 ABSOLUTELYAWESOME (NZ) 7 Michael Moroney Glen Boss 56.5
11 59-649 SHOOTOFF (NZ) w (BLKS) 3 Graeme Rogerson Rod Quinn 56.5
12 9593 DON'T PUT IT THERE (NZ) 14 Jim & Greg Lee Brad Pengelly 56.5
13 99484 DUCARIUS 2 Paul Perry Christian Reith 56.5
14 302-41 SHAMROCKER (NZ) 8 Danny O'Brien Damien Oliver 54.5


Race 6 - SCHWEPPES OAKS (REGISTERED AS AUSTRALASIAN OAKS) - 2008m - 04.10p.m. Form
Schweppes Oaks. For Three-Years-Old Fillies. Set Weights. (GROUP 1).
This race carries a SABOIS bonus of $30,000 for qualified horses.
Of $350000 and $1000 trophy. 1st $222500 and trophy of $1000, 2nd $60000, 3rd $30000, 4th $13300, 5th $6700, 6th $3500, 7th $3500, 8th $3500, 9th $3500, 10th $3500.

1 223-22b PLACEMENT (NZ) (BLKS) 5 Danny O'Brien Ben Melham 56
2 11172b SOUTHERN SPEED t 7 Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Clare Lindop 56
3 111 LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (NZ) 6 Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 56
4 048-84 PRECIOUS LORRAINE t (BLKS) 8 David Hayes Steven Arnold 56
5 0-1221 SHYLIGHT t 9 David Brideoake Dwayne Dunn 56
6 22-633 ABSOLUTELY 15 Michael Kent Brad Rawiller 56
7 613-47 SEAN BAILE MOR 4 Todd Balfour Simon Price 56
8 11-474 JETER (BLKS) 1 John P Thompson Paul Gatt 56
9 502-35 COUNT YOUR FINGERS 2 John P Thompson Chris Symons 56
10 16-440 OUI SI ATTITUDE t (BLKS(FT)) 3 Jon O'Connor Todd Pannell 56
11 5-1270 SECOND DRAW w (BLKS(FT)) 14 John P Thompson Craig Newitt 56
12 10-510 LALLA ROOKH d (BLKS) 13 Leon Macdonald & Andrew Gluyas Chad Lever 56
13 85-975 QUEEN'S FASHION (BLKS) 12 David Hayes Mark Zahra 56
14 976130 TUREEN (BLKS) 11 Barry Brook Troy Baker 56
15 -98331 LITTLE BLUE DRESS (BLKS) 10 Cliff Murray Jarrod Todd 56


Race 7 - SPORTINGBET CLASSIC (REGISTERED AS ROBERT SANGSTER STAKES) - 1200m - 04.50p.m. Form
Sportingbet Classic. For Fillies and Mares. Standard Weight for Age. (GROUP 1).
This race carries a SABOIS bonus of $30,000 for qualified horses.
Of $350000 and $400 trophy. 1st $222500 and trophy of $400, 2nd $60000, 3rd $30000, 4th $13300, 5th $6700, 6th $3500, 7th $3500, 8th $3500, 9th $3500, 10th $3500.

1 91-221 AVENUE dwt 12 Peter G Moody Luke Nolen 56.5
2 3-2-13 BEADED dw 11 Peter Snowden Mark Zahra 56.5
3 103-74 RESPONSE 10 Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra Dwayne Dunn 56.5
4 -202-1 DUBLEANNY dw 2 Mick Price Craig Newitt 56.5
5 910194 IMPRESSIVE EAGLE dt 1 Danny O'Brien Chad Lever 56.5
6 11-124 VARENNA MISS w 5 Tony Noonan Steven King 56.5
7 1260-2 I'M A HUSSY dw 9 David & Scott Brunton Michael Guthrie 56.5
8 7153-2 VALENTINE MISS d 4 Mark Kavanagh Steven Arnold 56.5
9 12125- MISS OCTOPUSSY d (BLKS) 8 Tom Hughes Brad Rawiller 56.5
10 243613 HAPPY ANGEL w 7 Dale Schmitt Daniel Schmitt 56.5
11 -20-52 CRYSTAL LILY dw 3 Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra Stephen Baster 54
12 030-91 PANIPIQUE w 6 Peter G Moody Ben Melham 54
13 389-87 DANCE OF THE OCEAN dw (BLKS) 13 John P Thompson Paul Gatt 54