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I am a staunch advocate of Tiger Roll in the Cross-Country today. Seems significantly over-priced to me at double-figure odds.
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SlimChance, March 2018
Shitter..I can safely write off a future crack at The Trophy after that! He looked really uncomfortable racing today, (jumped the first hurdle so awkwardly), and did well to finish fourth in the end. Maybe something like the Martin Pipe handicap hurdle at the festival over 2M4F in March.... but he needs to really improve before then.
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The best bet tomorrow might be Doncasters 12:00 - The lightly raced Pumaflor having his first run in handicap hurdle off 100. He won a class 3 on the flat off 78. He's changed trainers three times and was formerly with David O Meara. Someone's invested some time, money and effort into getting him into the right trainers hands. He's now with Phillip Kirby. He surely won't find any better opportunity to exploit the rating in what is not the most competitive hurdle ever seen. He could easily be 10-15 pound higher already based on his novice hurdle runs. He's pitched in the race off a low weight of 10:6 and 8/1 is worth taking.
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Doncaster 12.30 Speed Company 12/1 BOG e/way - fits into a system of mine that throws up a few surprises.
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Good luck Chef, can't possibly run any worse than mine! Another kick in the goolies for me. Maybe Foxtail Hill will cheer me up, maybe not.
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I like a couple today (apart from those mentioned elsewhere):
Chl 1.20 Sire De Grugy 10/1 - Sire De Grugy was well off form behind Sir Valentino last time in the big Ascot handicap he’d won last season. He previously ran moderately in a hurdle race, his first outing since unseating in the Desert Orchid at the King George meeting. I think those two runs may be forgivable. He’s now a pound lower than for that big handicap win so they’ve maybe taken a real chance in dropping him 7lbs this season for effectively one bad run.
Don 3.20 Vibrato Valtat 12/1 - I can’t really split Virgilio, Kilcrea Vale and Sego Success so I’m going to take a punt on Vibrato Valtat. Backing Nicholls rejects might be tantamount to taking the Bullet Train to the poor house but the horse showed a lot more last time on his second run for Lavelle and I like Aspell in this kind of race. The horse is young enough to hold hopes of a revival for a new trainer and is ridiculously well-handicapped on his old form.
Illegitimi non carborundum
3.20 Doncaster
Virgilio can take this with the capable Bridget Andrews taking off 3lb. He proved 3m is now his distance last season and can win this with the times of the first two suggesting the ground should be ideal
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I've not cheered a horse home as hard as I did with Mustmeetalady at Donny there for ages.
I'm bloody over the moon, accidently backed it win only this morning and thought it probably had no chance with the luck I'm in. Well done Jonjo. What a hard-as-nails ride by Richie Mclernon that was.
I'm on something whose name I can't recall in the next at Cheltenham. It could give me a double.
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Gonna reinvest a couple bob on Fintry Flyer in 4:35 at Newcastle. Then I'm done.
The Micky Hammond trained INDIAN VISION, (Catterick 12:50), was third at 66/1 behind Level Of Intensity and Mick The Poser the last day. Level Of Intensity's current rating is 115. Mick The Poser's on 109. Indian Vision was three lengths (and a length) behind the two, so Indian Vision probably ran to 110+ on his first start over hurdles, which gives him an excellent shout. Most of his opponents have been running on the flat so have no experience over hurdles, (including the short priced favourite, who needs opposing at the odds). Indian Vision is fair value at 8/1 to win. I cannot see how he can get much bigger than that.
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Lingfield 12:40 Suhayl Moon wins on the bridle tomorrow, get your Xmas money
Exeter 2.40
Trans Express did me a favour last time he ran over this C&D and can repeat last years win in this race with the placed horses from that renewal now rated much higher. Two recent runs have been disappointing at face value but he doesn’t really seem to stay 2.5m let alone 3 and I’m hopeful of a much better performance at this trip. 6/1 taken last night
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