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QUON FAMILY TRIATHLON - RACE PREVIEW
Saturday is looking spectacular. 26 degrees. No rain. Sunny skies predicted. Perfect BBQ weather. The racing should be good clean fun. Old Skool mixed with New Skool. Draft legal racing in Speedo's.

We should all remember that Saturday's racing is for valuable DOUBLE POINTS. With Ironman Australia also double points, the Baby Jesus, the Uber Ginga and Bruce Almighty are the only other likely contenders for the QUON Championship. A strong guessing display on Saturday could be what is needed to take home the fabled urn come season's end.

Bruce Almighty and Mrs Almighty have really set the bar high, predicting a 25 minute race. This has given them the number one seeding; but the bookies don’t like their chances of going close and there has little money in the ring for them. They are currently at 50-1 on the Freeman tote.

The Skin and Bones clan has been the big movers of the day; coming in from 50’s early in the day upon the announcement that Nicole will be partaking in the race also.

Smuppy and his princess started the day as favourites, but punters have shied away from the Smith clan due to a rumour floating around that there is a Bollywood movie afternoon and that Paul may not even show up for the race.

No one can really predict what Zany Terra is going to do when he shows up; and as a result there has been no money on him at all; other than a single unnamed better who has laid down a motsa on him. Maybe this mystery better named “Frank” knows something that we don’t.

The QM and his sponsorship deal have been plagued with injury rumours during the week, but the QM has quashed any doubts about his fitness and is aiming to be on song for the big day.

Betting has been solid all day for the Thompson clan; they have a good foundation in an Olympian and Dietician. However, there is some concern that Simon may be a little sluggish after he received his internet download bill where he had racked up over $1,000 worth of red-tube videos. Word on the street is that Joseph and Mary are thought to be involved.

Punters still like the pairing of Mr Smooth, Rads Nads and his Uber runner wife, Kristen. They have predicted a 32.20 time that looks right on the money.

Gagel and Charli are my dark horse pick for this one. Gagel will be riding his weight for age bike and is known to get it going if you make him angry enough. He will like the draft legal racing style and will probably yell and scream for no apparent reason.

The big surprise has been the lack of money in the ring for the Preston boys. Young Jack spent all last winter building his base fitness on the home trainer and Brodie has been seen doing endless laps in the Dam on the farm. However, it appears that father Scott is the big question mark. One punter commented on his form “dun nothin all year in the crits, don’t expect nothin on satdee either”. It appears that history and good blood lines counts for nothing these days.

The smokeys in the race are the Rock and his pebbles; who have never completed a triathlon. Seeing rock in Speedo’s is sure to draw a big female following though.

On news that the sun was going to be out and that Gatorade would be served; there has not been a single dollar laid on Uber and his dogs.

ODDS AT SPORTSBET.COM
3-1 Rads Nads
8 -1 Baby J
10-1 Skin and Bones
15-1 QM
15-1 SWP (QAOM)
15-1 Smuppy
20-1 Zany
20-1 Gagel
50-1 Almighty
90-1 The Rock
1000-1 Uber Ginga

PARTICIPANTS (and times) CONFIRMED:

#1 Bruce Almighty and Mrs Almighty (25.00)
#2 Baby Jesus and Sam Thommo (27.40)

#3 Rads Nads and Uber Kris (32.20)
#4 Paul Smith and his Princess (32.29)
#5 QM and the Sponsor (33.00)
#6 Gagel & Charli (35.00)
#7 Skin and Bones; Olivia, Nicole and Lexi (39.28)

#8 SWP (QAOM); Brodie and Jacko (41.16)
#9 Zany Terracini and BellaT (41.00)

#10 Carl Fellows; Barley and Bella Fellows (his Labradors) (50.00)
#11 The Rock and his pebbles (51.20)