Based on a series of plausible events in a regional Victorian town

Yes friends, another great day of Group 1 racing with the JJ Atkins for the 2-year-olds, and the time-honoured Stradbroke Handicap, the greatest race in Queensland, and it’s that time of year when we show the replay of Rough Habit winning the 1992 race in the almighty driving finish, knocking off a great sprinter in Schillaci:

Other meetings include the Winter Cup at Rosehill, Bunbury has to host another Listed race with Belmont still out of action for some time, this week it’s the Raconteur Stakes, and anything else it’s mundane Winter Saturday racing, especially at Sandown.

So it’s on to Crazy Craig, and you couldn’t believe it if you tried…. 2 winners from 2 picks, and it goes to show that Marble Nine pick combined with The Beatles was a real winner!

The Nationwide P(r)ick of the Day: Fawkner Park (No.1, Barrier 3) in Race 9 at Eagle Farm (BR9), 4:30pm AEST

2200m Group 2 HKJC Group 2 Q22

Trainers: Annabel & Rob Archibald, Jockey: Ethan Brown, 59kg

Hello hello folks it’s Craaazy Craig, TBFB, Scratchie King of Bairnsdale, and this week the scratchies and $50 notes were littered near mothers with prams in Bairnsdale, because we plucked out 2 WINNERS FROM THIN AIR!

It goes to show, even lunatics are right twice a month!

Now, this week we’re heading back up north of Tweed Heads to Eagle Farm for Stradbroke Day, and the race I want to look comes right at the end with the Q22, and it sounds like a cruise ship that Hyacinth Bucket (Pronounced Bouquet) would sail on, but alas it’s actually a Group 2 race that contains Fawkner Park, just about the Nationwide Pick of the Day after some solid runner-up finishes in the Hollindale and the Doomben Cup, and I don’t know anything about Fawkner, but here’s James Faulkner against England in 2014, when he pulled a Michael Bevan innings so great that even Michael Bevan couldn’t have surpassed it!

57 needed with 1 wicket to spare, 25 off 2 overs with 1 wicket in hand….

DON’T YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT!

The Merv Hughes Pick: Hughes (No.12, Barrier 8) E/W in Race 9 at Sandown (MR9), 4:35pm AEST

1400m Handicap

Trainer: Gavin Bedggood, Jockey: Logan Bates (a3), 54kg

MERV MERV MERV, GET HIM UP HERE I WANT TO BOOF HIM!

Stradbroke Handicap: Golden Mile, aka Underbelly Golden Mile… still, can Golden Mile win a 1400m race, given it is 209m short of where you want him.

J.J. Atkins: Grafterburners E/W… what a name

Enjoy your weekend folks, stay safe, stay negative, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD, and remember, I’m Crazy Craig, and that’s why they call me Craaaaaazy Craig!