Blatant after-timing ref, Definitly Red.
Blatant after-timing ref, Definitly Red.
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
My appeal to the red-card-rescinding panel will be predicated on the following quote:
I accept the opening wording is ambiguous though.The outsider of the field for me is Lord Windermere (33/1). He looked a natural for this course last year in the RSA and although he’s been disappointing this season, the way the stable’s Spring Heeled skipped round the track yesterday reminded me that Culloty is more than capable of getting them ready for this meeting.
Unfortunately, I absent-mindedly over-wrote my piece on the previous year's RSA and saved the new item by mistake under the old title. I don't do that so often these days.
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I don't believe Colin was trying to crash the thread, Danny. It was merely a pun.
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I'll throw Alpha Tauri up for tomorro. Alpha Tauri is a course specialist at Southwell recording 11 wins all at this course and distance. Runs off 72 tomorrow having won off 74 a few months back, I'm happy to take a modest ew punt on him being on the mood tomorrow. I love this horse and 50-1 is too tempting to pass up on betfair. Hopefully the veteran brings home the Christmas ham tomorrow.
Desert Orchid (10th December 2017), PRICEWISE2008 (10th December 2017)
Not my kind of race but I like the case you've put forward, NNIF. I'm in.
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Yeah mate I got that..I was merely being daft and silly and joyful.
Anyway time to try and break my curse on this thread and throw out a winner and I'm also dabbling at Southwell as we all have to get our hands dirty at sometime.
In the 3.00 at Southwell tomorrow Showdance kid 25/1 makes his debut at the track. I had him clocking a good time for the grade at Wolverhampton behind Glenn coco a couple of runs back (Glenn Coco won again since). He then just bumped into one at Leicester but beat the rest of the field well. Last time out he looked a bit disappointing but was tried in first time blinkers raced too keenly and faded badly. Switched yards since and first try for a new trainer who has decided to step him back up to a mile. He has tried the mile previously but that was before he'd gone to Neville Bycroft and before he went to him all his form was terrible regardless of trip.
In 3 runs over 7F prior to his try in Blinkers he earned comments of kept on, kept on well and stayed on same pace so although that's not screaming for a step up in trip and I'd much rather read something along the lines of "hurtling last 100yards" it does suggest that he might well be able to see out the mile for new trainer Kevin Frost.
New trainer,new track, new..ish trip so obviously not one to be going mental on but his figures are right up there with the best of these and with excuses for his latest effort which was poor but he'd been in good form before that. At 25/1 generally he might be worth a shot.
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Desert Orchid (11th December 2017), PRICEWISE2008 (10th December 2017)
I'm not greedy, so I've split my stake and settled for an each way double on this pair.
Cheltenham 3.05 My Hometown 33/1 e/way - Out of the handicap but was only 13L behind stablemate Josies Orders at Punchestown l/t/o on first attempt at cross country. Selection is now 12lb better off with fav Josies Orders today, so should finish a lot closer to him? If stamina not an issue? Trained by the master of these races and hopefully will improve.
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Only one qualifier today:
John Constable 28/1 Chl 3.05
This one does owe me, I have to say. I was all over him like a rash for the 2016 Schweppes off something like 139 but he didn't run. I then backed him in the County, the Scottish Champion and the Swinton and he was awful in every one. He continued to run badly the following season until suddenly showing his true form off 129 at Aintree National meeting when tipping when a close second at the last. Then off 135 he hacked up by 14 lengths in the Swinton. That was the horse I thought I was backing in the previous season's Schweppes. He then won the big Market Rasen hurdle off 150. Those last two runs were technically this season but to all intents and purposes they were the back end of last season. He had a jog round Newmarket in the Cesarewitch, seemingly having been told he was carrying some of my money...
I think John Constable's chance is on a par with The New One's but I think The New One is far too short in the market.
All the money seems to be for Melon but I can’t help thinking he needs to be taken on. He beat zip last time but is entitled to be a lot better this season having run a fine second in the Supreme. My Tent Or Yours has the form in the book but the ground might be a concern - as it might be for JC - so with The New One looking vulnerable at shortish odds I’m looking at Ch’Tibello and John Constable at decent prices with preference for the former but the latter has to be backed at the price.
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Although the first leg of this was somewhat marred by the loss of Starichitect and is no way a circumstance that someone likes to gain from it does leave me in quite a situation. Should by some miracle the second leg come off after looking at the bet properly its worth 24k for the win and £1300 for a first 3 finish. The field as Des pointed out earlier doesn't look to be cutting up as Badly as I'd quite hoped and the Inclusion of Whisper who was supposedly at the time I placed the bet on his way to the Cotswold chase and the fact Disko looks like lining up (the only gigginstown entry I was worried about) has made any sort of return look less and less likely.
Still we live in hope and if by some miracle he can pull it off it might not be the strangest thing about the bet as at the time the King George goes off I believe I'm booked to be on some sort of Yellow Submarine somewhere off the coast of Lanzarote . If ever I wanted a gambling story to tell the Grandkids then this would be it Doubt I'll get much signal at the bottom of the ocean and I'm yet to come to any solutions to this problem that don't involve upsetting the Mrs
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Belated congrats on Guitar Pete, Danny. As you know, he was on my radar ahead of the Mackeson but I interpreted his run there as a negative plus his price was nowhere near as attractive for the other day. I thought he had a chance of sorts but would need others to underperform. Didn't think it would take the gut-wrenching Starchitect incident for it to happen but very well done indeed on a 33/1 winner - a credit to the thread!
As for your double with Double Shuffle, I'd seriously tempted to lay it off to the full amount but there's no way I'd have that kind of money in my Betfair account to enable me to do it
Let it ride and see how it goes. My wife still reminds me of the time I was waiting on the last leg for the ITV7. If Carlsberg did schadenfreude...
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Nice one Danny , what kind of cash out if any are you being offered out of interest.
I wouldn't be tempted to lay it off or cash out for even for a second Des. Although most would scoff at his chances as most do with unlikely outsiders I do think if he lines up and if getting a decent surface to go on he's capable of running a very big race. I've spent a bit of time watching the replays of his runs at the track last year and also his run behind Top Notch lto and I think he's capable of a fair bit more. I certainly think he's capable of running to 160 around here whether or not that will be good enough to frame remains to be seen. I think if you looked at the likely line up at least you'd have to question how Bristol de mai will fair if facing better ground, you'd also be hard pressed to fancy Thistlecrack after how he blew up LTO although not beyond the realms he could bounce back but it didn't look good to me and I wouldn't exactly be shitting myself at the prospect of beating Fox Norton here as I've seen better 2 milers than him turn up here and disappoint. Might Bite and Whisper do look pretty solid and I would have rather seen the latter out of the way. But If you give those the first 2 spots on the podium I think that leaves 3rd spot open for the likes of Disko, Tea for Two and Double Shuffle to battle it out for and at £20 layout for £1300 I'd let that stand all day long.
Prayer mat is out
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Actually had a single on him at 25/1 once he made the Decs on Monday so its not as if I hadn't made a few quid from the situation anyway. Its not within my spirit to do such things anyway I'm a true gambler. I've always been of the opinion a few hundred doesn't make that much difference in the great scheme of things I'd still have to turn up for work tonight and it certainly wouldn't elevate me to another level in my punting. I've had a lot better opportunities than this down the years to win the ever elusive 5 figure sum all have fallen by the wayside and at least 3 have done so by a hairs breath one would include Sunnyhill Boy being beat in the National after being matched at 1.02 in running but never for a second do I regret ever letting the money roll.
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Good luck, Danny.
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
Danny (18th December 2017)