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 [...]

Stat of the Day, 22nd May 2013 We hit the crossbar yesterday, as Zarosa was sent off as the 4/1 fav, but could only manage 2nd place in what was a close run affair after a two-mile trek around the Nottingham course. She finished a neck behind the winner whilst still staying on. The competitiveness [...]

Stat of the Day, 21st May 2013 Another good day yesterday as Sofia’s Number One defied the hike in the weights to comfortably win by a good couple of lengths whilst easing down! He’d been raised 4lbs for yesterday’s run, so we shall see where he goes next. His next mark may well be a [...]

Stat of the Day, 20th May 2013 A strange one yesterday,as (in the words of a fellow Geegeez subscriber) we went from hero to zero as we followed up back to back victories with a last place finish as the highly regarded Hoodna failed to fire. The way she suddenly folded and weakened was quite [...]

Stat of the Day, 19th May 2013 Back to back winners for SotD, as Ballinahow Star gained a fairly comfortable victory yesterday, despite giving plenty of weight away all round. Nick Scholfield came her a really good, patient ride and when she was asked to quicken before the peniltimate hurdle, she duly obliged easing into [...]

Stat of the Day, 18th May 2013 The switch of jockey worked a treat for Semeen yesterday, as Richard Hughes used every ounce of his considerable talents to get the horse home after an exciting battle for the lead over the final two furlongs. The winning margin was a mere head and the SP was [...]

Stat of the Day, 17th May 2013 A hit and miss performance yesterday, as Al Qeddaaf ran well enough until he was headed 3 fences from home. Once headed, he seemed to have little fight in him and he fairly quickly regressed. He did jump a little awkwardly at the last, but that wasn’t the [...]

Stat of the Day, 16th May 2013 Nothing special from Samarkand yesterday, as he seemed to struggle from a long way out and eventually only beat one other horse home, finishing 7th of 8, over 50 lengths off the pace, so we’re off chasing North of the border today in the…. 4.40 Perth: Donald McCain’s [...]

Stat of the Day, 15th May 2013 The Village was a disappointment yesterday, I’m afraid. He finished 5th, some 20+ lengths off the pace and the less said about it, the better! We backed him at what I thought was only just about fair at 5/2, yet he went off as 7/4 fav and looked [...]

Stat of the Day, 14th May 2013 Well, we got the week off to a cracking start yesterday, as jockey William Buick proved what a great reader of race pace he really is. He kept Moma Lee at the rear of the field for what seemed like an eternity and when he finally switched her [...]

Stat of the Day, 13th May 2013 Yesterday’s selection pretty much summed up my whole week here at SotD. The selection looked very good on paper, but quite poor in reality. Handsome Buddy was never in contention yesterday, he was held up towards the rear of the field and when finally making progress in the [...]

Stat of the Day, 12th May 2013 For the second day on a row, we managed to be on a horse that got caught late on. The Dark Wizard wasn’t as close to winning as Friday’s selection, but led inside the final furlong before being overhauled by a couple of runners to finish third. It [...]