Merc

A huge win by GOLD TRIP ($25.42 BSP) in the Turnbull Stakes has seen three tipsters share the Round 6 victory, pocketing $2242 in virtual cash – Worm, Rusty and Austin (with back to back round wins). All three had their $100 on GOLD TRIP and failed to back any Read more

Anyway, moving on, I have returned ‘alive’ from Kiribati, after shitting through the eye of the needle for the better part of a week and fighting off some sort of fever over the weekend. A big thanks to Snake for keeping everything running smoothly (or probably better) whilst I was Read more

Well after a slow start to the season, the comp well and truly went BANG on Saturday! BSP lost it’s shit and blew the comp wide open. The tipping day started brightly with THINK IT OVER ($6.12 BSP) beating ZAAKI in the 7 Stakes, before the ‘almost’ 10 million in Read more

After a week off, Round 2 resumed with a cracking edition of the Memsie Stakes with four horses duking out the finish. MR BRIGHTSIDE at $6.08/$1.51BSP (much to the despair of all Crows fans – I literally can’t enjoy the song anymore, fucking Jack ruined that for me!) held off Read more

Fangirl stormed stormed home for tipsters on Saturday to kick off a big spring of racing. BSP held up nicely to pay $5.93 and $2.20. Princess Grace ran a huge race for 2nd ($5.02) and with drifting Zaaki 3rd, somehow got to $3.11 for the place. Six tipsters had their Read more

They say chances on the outside are looking pretty slim. I feel so lucky on the inside! I feel I’m gonna win – Thin Lizzy Welcome once again to the esteemed competition that is Merc’s G1 Tipping Comp. Our ninth year! Firstly, we need to acknowledge Worm as the 2022 Golden Pony.  A dramatic end Read more

In an action packed and extremely open finish to the comp, Worm has somehow held on to claim his maiden G1 Tipping Crown. Surprisingly, all the major contenders going into the final round failed to land a significant blow, leaving worm on top by $224.50, despite losing $290 on the Read more

Worm is one round away from claiming his first G1 Tipping Title after a clinical display of tipping over cup week (Round 11). He scored a total of $3220 after having a $100 on Gold Trip ($20.60) in the Melbourne Cup, $100 on Rustic Steel ($13.20) in the Big Dance Read more