Good morning all: as I sit on my balcony down at Rainbow Bow the lure of the beach is nearly strong enough to pull me away from my form guide BUT never fear I have come up with a couple of bets today that I hope will reap rewards for regular followers of “Shumpty’s Punt”.

It is Ipswich Cup Day and to say it looks like a difficult day would be the understatement of the century.  It is a funny old track Bundamba and can always throw up an upset.  That being the case, I will be limiting my bets (well my declared bets) to only a couple and will spend the rest of my afternoon on the punt just watching the racing.

So today I have three tips only: in the first, the Cup and the lucky last at Ipswich.

Race 1: Telesto Warrior (5)

Can not go past the favourite in the first: loves the track, gets the claim and, for mine, wins.  Nothing wrong with kicking the day off with a favourite to fill up the bank.

Race 6 (the Cup): Mr Light Blue (7)

I am going off the favourite (Ginga Dude) here principally because of the weight and the fact that anything can and will happen in the Cup.  Mr Light Blue is another one of the “Ipswich Specialists” running today and I reckon he can get the job done in a race that is so often a lottery.

Race 8: Vacallo (4)

Has the gate and the jockey to win the lucky last but again this race is historically a lottery so if you still are square on the day I would be putting my money in my wallet and heading for the exit (or the rum and coke queue).

I hope you find a winner our of the foregoing and promise that we will be back to a full program of tips next week.

Good luck and good punting.