G'day Jacki,
In 2016, I had a little bit of a win on the Cup which I " boasted " about on the forum. ( if you go to the forum tab & type almandini into the search field, you will be able to review that thread ).
In that thread, Barbaram relayed how she had invested an exorbitant amount of money on that years cup for absolutely no return so i offered to provide her with a tip for the following years cup.
My tip for the 2017 Cup was for Almandini to go back to back but unfortuneately he never came close.
This year, i tipped Marmello which could only manage second.
Then, the following week, in an attempt to amuse Ozziejack, i tipped a horse with an usual name " Veery Eleegant" but it also never threatened.
So when S.A.L. came up the next week at such attractive odds, i felt compelled to tip it as i was very confident of its wining chances & saw an opportunity to redeem my reputation as a competent tipster.
It is absolutely no surprise to me that you or probably anybody else bothered to back Santa however when she did win ( albeit very narrowly ) it occurred to me that i should create a new thread dedicated to my horse racing tips just to prove that selecting S.A.L was not just a fluke.
I have no idea how many " punters " are on the forum but i would like to think that even those that are not regular punters might choose to follow my tips, just for a bit of fun & have a dollar each way on my selections, i will try to ensure that my weekly " special " is always at each way odds.
Even if Holy Snow comes out tomorrow & runs stone motherless last, i will continue with my weekly special until the end of December, if i can not come with three winners during that period then i will delete the thread.