Daily Dabble, 26th May 2013 The change in luck I pleaded for yesterday never materialised as Maarek was withdrawn from his race, meaning we only had an E/W single on Aye Aye Digby. In fairness, he gave a reasonable account of him and led inside the final furlong before being outstripped by two rivals late [...]
Stat of the Day, 26th May 2013 No joy on Exning Halt’s debut over hurdles, I’m afraid. We got on at 3/1 and he took a real hike in the markets during the course of the day and the layers were proved correct. He didn’t jump fluently at all and it was only his flat [...]
Continue reading …SUNDAY 26/05: (full racecards here) Fontwell: FONTWELL NH DETAILS FOR 2013: Number of races at Fontwell: 59 Favourite stats: 28 (47.4%–includes joint and co favourites) Odds on ratio: 11/15 (73.3%) Leading trainers of winners at Fontwell in 2013: 3–Lawney Hill (9/2-11/4*-5/1) 3–Charlie Longsdon (5/2-4/1-4/6*) 3–Gary Moore (4/5*-6/4*-12/1) 3–Paul Nicholls (3/1-9/4-7/4*) 2–Vic Dartnell (10/11* & 7/2*) [...]
Continue reading …Daily Dabble, 25th May 2013 I just can’t quite get this Daily Dabble right, as I seem to be finding placers (and the odd winner) with regularity, but rarely do we get two on the same day. That, unfortunately, happened again yesterday, as Tinseltown ran a really good race to finish 3rd at 15/2, despite [...]
Continue reading …Stat of the Day, 25th May 2013 See The Storm was 4th yesterday having been well backed from our 9/4 into 7/4 favouritism at the off. He seemed to have every chance well into the final furlong, but didn’t have the kick on that the three horses alongside him showed late in the contest. We’re [...]
Continue reading …SATURDAY 25/05: (full racecards here) Chester: CHESTER DETAILS FOR 2013: Number of races at Chester: 21 Favourite stats: 7 (33.3%–includes joint and co favourites) Odds on ratio: 1/1 Leading trainers of winners at Chester in 2013: 3/7–Charlie Hills (12/1-9/4-4/1) 3/13–Tom Dascombe (7/1-13/8*-9/2**) 2/2–Luca Cumani (10/3* & 11/8) 2/4–Aidan O’Brien (10/11* & 13/8*) 1/1–David Barron (9/1) [...]
Continue reading …A huge day this Saturday with the C4 cameras heading to Haydock, Goodwood and York, plus they are taking in the Irish 2,000 Guineas over at the Curragh too.
Continue reading …Daily Dabble, 24th May 2013 Another damp squib yesterday, as firstly Chandlery never looked returning to his old form, nor did he ever look like getting involved in the shake up, finishing 9th of 10 and a good 20-plus lengths off the winner. Back to the drawing board for the connections of that one, I [...]
Continue reading …Stat of the Day, 24th May 2013 The booking of Richard Hughes to ride Levi Draper was pivotal (in my opinion anyway!) yesterday as he delivered a near perfect ride to take the race late on. The horse had run well enough and when switched out left for a final push, took up a great [...]
Continue reading …FRIDAY 24/05: (full racecards here) Catterick: CATTERICK DETAILS FOR 2013: Number of races at Catterick: 22 Favourite stats: 5 (23.8%–includes joint and co favourites and a Non Runner) Odds on ratio: 1/1 Leading trainers of winners at Catterick in 2013: 2/2–Ann Duffield (3/1* & 10/1) 2/8–Ruth Carr (4/1 & 13/2) 2/8–Brian Ellison (8/1 & 16/1) [...]
Continue reading …Salisbury Preview/ Placepot Picks, 23rd May 2013 Aargh, more banker issues, though with a very thin perm yesterday that was always possible. In truth, I could have gone much longer and still not had the last leg – 20/1 winner, 33/1 second in a novice hurdle, only two places – so we at least kept [...]
Continue reading …Daily Dabble, 23rd May 2013 In what now seems to be becoming a daily tale of frustration and woe, so yesterday followed suit. I really fancied the chances of Gilzean yesterday, but he was withdrawn less than 2 hours before his race leaving us with a straightforward 1pt E/W bet on Intomist at 13/2 BOG. [...]
Continue reading …Stat of the Day, 23rd May 2013 A bit of a stinker from At A Clip yesterday. She never got close to the action and was struggling from an early point in the race before being (sensibly, in my opinion) eased down to trot home last of ten runners. The race was already lost and [...]
Continue reading …THURSDAY 23/05: (full racecards here) Goodwood: GOODWOOD DETAILS FOR 2013: Number of races at Goodwood: 14 Favourite stats: 5 (35.7%–includes joint and co favourites) Odds on ratio: None to date Leading trainers of winners at Goodwood in 2013: 2/2–Sir Michael Stoute (6/4* & 6/4*) 1/1–Patrick Chamings (6/1) 1/1–John Gallagher (8/1) 1/1–Brett Johnson (8/1) 1/1–Stuart Kittow [...]
Continue reading …Worcester Preview/ Placepot Picks, 22nd May 2013 Problems with my bankers again yesterday, and my sole win single bet of the night – Marodima – was given a plain stupid ride. Under no pace pressure for the lead, his jockey, Tom O’Brien, decided to charge 25 lengths clear on him. Unsurprisingly, he was knackered at [...]
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