Originally Posted by
barjon
EL PICADOR
Beverley 12 August 2020
Churchill Tyres A Great British Brand Handicap
1m2f, Class 4, £4,690.02
Going: Good To Firm
Well, here I am, Joe Fanning, sitting third on El Picador on the rails with a couple of furlongs to go, he feels good and I’d better get moving. In front of me is Bit of a Quirke on the rails with Jaaizah on his hindquarters. There’s a gap between them. GO! El Picador does go, but I have to snatch him up as the gap slams shut. Ok, that leaves a gap on the rail, GO! Damn, have to pull him back again as that one shuts. Wait, they’ve rolled apart again, GO! Double Damn, that ones gone before I even got going for it. No choice but to pull him back and round four horses now, but there’s only half a furlong to go. In the clear at last we pick up half a length but it means nothing. Where would we have finished? Well, it’d have been better than fifth, hope Keith’s not too upset.