A day to forget when both our recommendations were in effect beaten before the start – when horses from big yards drift in excess of 50% without there being a significant gamble on the opposition, the fete of the wager is pretty much consigned to the loser column.
Blue Secret is not ready for the trauma of the racetrack , exemplified by her rearing as the stalls opened and being very edgy in the preliminaries.
Theonewedreamof was given a ride that suggested she was not primed for the race and this was one of those poor errors of judgement on my part.
In both cases the races were dominated by outsiders with the winners returning at 22/1 and 18/1 which is a degree of comfort as it proves our assessment of the main opposition in the markets was correct.
Sometimes these days happen and missing the win of Gemirande from our go to NH yard the great Venetia Williams in the December Gold Cup was probably the biggest blow of all. I decided not to back it based on the lack of market support in the build up to the race and on the morning. The money arrived 10 minutes before the off ?
Quite simply it was one of those days !! Although i can’t remember two consecutive bets drifting so alarmingly before the off.
However, its not a days racing to forget as there were many pointers that will have bearing on the main festival races in March
On Sunday i really like the look of Tanganyika 1.55 Windsor who faces out of 4 largely out of form rivals. Its been backed from 11/8 into odds on which is outside our minimum odds rules so i will let it win.
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