It's been a big weekend of racing and things are starting to hot up.

There is a bit of a trend appearing, with the organisers of the footy tipping, and alphabet racing on top of the leader board. We are all playing for second in the Melbourne Cup Sweep??

Hovecat is continuing to perform consistently and has a narrow one-length lead over Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater who has sprinted into second place after gaining good points with "S' and 'T'. The question is whether he can go on with it as he tiptoes into the never-never land of U to Z.

Barbarella occupies third spot but is not travelling that well. She has two other experienced mares Anne of Green Grasses and Wendy Winx breathing down her neck and poised to swoop past her as they turn the bend out of the straight.

Jumbo Jimbo is right behind the girls but he would be disappointed with his recent form after setting the world on fire last week

And watch out for Filthy Phil who has gone three wide and is now well positioned after earning himself 10 big points. He seems to be taking this race seriously which is a bit unusual. He is running alongside Graham the Groper whose jockey, in the famous black and yellow colours, is standing in the saddle and waving to the crowd as if he had already won the race. His actions will come under scrutiny by the stewards. I suspect he will receive a severe fine for it.

A few early pretenders have hit the wall after picking up no points. They are Steady Redding, Garfield the Cat and Vas O'Leen who promised so much early on.

And the old stager, The Club, has finally decided to get his act together and move forward. He was impressive with a 7-point haul. There's probably more to come from this dinosaur in weeks to come.

That leaves poor old Pristine Christine stone-motherless last. Is she being cagey? Will she start her run shortly? Or is she already out of petrol tickets? Time will tell.