It's, i- it's, it's racing's time to shine.

No, absolutely, Mark.

And, uh, Randwick's a sellout tomorrow, which doesn't happen often in our game.

Um, and the statistics about young people going tomorrow are what's really exciting.

There's a lot of, uh, there's a lot of good feeling in the air about The Everest.

Uh, and, uh, it'll be interesting to see how it pans out tomorrow on the track.

Is that true?

Yeah, Levy.

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Um, yeah, sorry.

Where, where to look? Um, let's go to Melbourne first.

Caulfield Cup day.

Um, the Thousand Guineas, the Guineas for the girls.

The boys ran last weekend.

Uh, two in the market here.

Mm.

Uh, Piggy, will you be watching this on Sunday? Do you have a thought about this, a, a prediction, anything, nothing, or what have you got?

L- L- Luke, I do- I don't on, on Bathurst, but I'm, I'm not a massive car racing fan.

But what I will be doing on Sunday is sitting down and watching it.

It's, it's...

I actually watch it every year, funnily enough.

I'm not a-

Ah, so true.

Right.

Uh, Piggy, will you be watching this on Sunday? Do you have a thought about this, a, a prediction, anything? Nothing, or what have you got?

Well, Luke, I do- I don't on, on Bathurst, but I'm, I'm not a massive car racing fan.

But what I will be doing on Sunday is sitting down and watching it.

It's, it's...

I actually watch it every year, funnily enough.

I'm not a-

Oh, that's so true.

Right.

Sully, where will you be watching the game? Will you be in a corporate suite or will you be at home having a barbecue or something?

No, I'll be at home by myself.

I don't do company on Grand Final Day.

We've got too much risk happening and even in my mellow years now, when we've got that amount of risk on the screen, I'm not very sociable.

LAUGHTER My great mentor who taught me bookmaking, he was the biggest bookmaker in Brisbane, Brian Ogilvie, and he was one of the best blokes you'll ever meet.

But on a race track, he was a tyrant.

And the minute he walked off and he was in the pub at 5.30, he was the best bloke in the world.

Sally?

And the fact that they're into the preliminary finals, potentially one went away from a grand final, in what, their fourth year of competing? Mate, it's a credit to you for supporting the club in the early stages.

Yeah, well, we've always, as I said, I like the boys there.

And, of course, Wayne going there the first couple of years was, you know, a good indicator for us.

We knew that they were going to get a lot of publicity in Brisbane because of Wayne and because they're a new team on the block.

And the Broncos have had that all to themselves for a long time.

And, look, it's just great that they've got as, you know, as far as they've got.

I mean, that game when they beat New Zealand in New Zealand, that was a tough game of football.

Plenty of racing to look forward to, but I suppose the spotlight's on Sydney tomorrow.

How's your week been, great man?

Yeah, look, it's been very good, thank you.

I've been pretty moderate this week.

I just had my head down, going really hard, and then looking forward to Sunday, Levy, because of all the things my great companies have sponsored over the years, and, you know, it's the Brisbane Broncos, the Penrith Blue Bet Stadium, the Cox Plate, the At the moment, the Mighty Dolphins fins up.

But on Sunday, we're the major sponsor of the Galo Pie competition.

And in my 35-year career, I think this has taken me to a high that I never thought I'd reach.

It's the time of year you want to be a racing fan because you get all the good horses going around.

They're all coming back, Levy.

Sully, good morning to you.

Good morning, Levi.

Good morning to your listeners.

Well done, Tina.

Oh, you beauty.

Do you think Tina was a bit excited there, Michael? She's entitled to be.

It's one hell of a prize.

Who are the punters keen on, Michael?

Now, Sully, would you like to let the listeners know where I spotted you last Saturday night as I was leaving Allianz Stadium?

Oh, well, Levy...

Yeah, good.

Give up.

Look, I was just enjoying a little plastic glass of red wine after watching the mighty dolphins take care of the roosters down in some public bar area.

What about the racing, Michael? We've got a big day at Ram Week and a terrific meeting at the Valley at Sandown as well.

Yeah, it's the Moyer Stakes.

Of course, the valley is being renovated, so it's at Sandown.

How are you, great man?

I'm really well, thank you.

I don't know what happened last week.

I mean, now that the Laundies are in there, they've got more money than the whole country, surely.

They're good people.

Surely they'll spend a few dollars, won't they?

Are they keen on anything tomorrow, great man?

Yeah, well, two states, they're going off tomorrow.

Good morning to you.

Levy, good morning to you.

Morning to you, listeners.

None of those exotic places.

I was in my hometown of Brisbane at a school reunion and it would be fair to say that some of my colleagues from school have had tougher times than others.

I

What are the punters like tomorrow, mate?

Yeah, back to Rose Hill.

Can you believe it?

Mate, you are group one on Derby Day, Levy, and the other blokes still going around are Maiden of Kembla Grange.

Hey, you leave Kembla Grange alone, please.

I don't want to jeopardise your box once a year.

Sally, we probably can cinder on those ones, eh?

Yeah, well, Rose Hill will be on a heavy track, Mark.

A couple of longer odds today.

Race five, number two, sounds unusual.

Just before we talk about the game, is there a market on what's happening with the coaches next season or are we a little bit too far ahead of the curve?

No, you're a bit ahead of yourself there.

Yeah.

But no doubt that will come out.

But, yeah, I mean, a lot is going to rest on the result

But if they're not favourites at the moment, I'm not sitting here, surely.

Yeah, look, they've been heavily backed and it all leads to there, doesn't it? I mean, Queensland's got a wonderful record at Suncorp and there's so much on the line here.

So this is the market.

Did you get to France? Where were you?

No, I was in England.

England.

The poor old Poms, once it gets past 30, it's a national emergency.

Yeah.

They just can't handle it.

And what are the people at bed are telling you here, Michael?

Yeah, to be honest, Luke, it's a bit thin on the ground, the racing.

Are you running a market on who the next Dragons coach will be? And at any stage, was there any support for Mark Piggy-Riddell given the demise of poor old Flannery?

Yeah, we had the suspend betting, massive move, massive move for the pig stuff.

We used to bet on it, but then, well, I suppose now that it's happened, I thought it was distasteful to bet on it before the sacking.

Yeah.

You know, we've got to have some morals around the place.

Exactly.

But, no, I'll see if the boys can put together a market.

Eight races, the first one at 12.45. Mate, who are the putters backing in the racing tomorrow?