Almost better...

A slight improvement on Saturday in that both our selections ran well enough.

First up was Delegator, 4pt win @ 2/1
He won well four weeks ago and had come on a lot for that run which was his first outing of the season.
He was very well supported and went off the 6/4 favourite.

He travelled well enough early on and was switched to the outside with a couple of furlongs to run. He didn't get the clearest of runs from there but in all honesty didn't look to have the turn of foot that would have been expected from him to put the race to bed.
He could only manage 4th, beaten about 3 lengths.
In hindsight he was running on the slowest part of the track and this run wasn't as bad as it first appeared. He may now go to the Breeders Cup meeting.

Second up was Buxted 1pt e/w @ 20/1
This horse had a very hard race in tricky going at Longchamp in May and was given a long time off to recover from that race.
He was in desperate need of his comeback race and was in much better shape for this run.

He went off a 12/1 chance and was settled at the rear of the pack to try to ensure he got the distance.
He stayed on well inside the last half a mile and although he was never going to catch the winner he managed to get us the each way money and get 3rd.
The ground was softer than he would really want and hopefully if the ground comes up right we might get a winner from this horse before the season.

Overall a break even day and both horses ran ok considering different 'excuses' for their performances.

We have a few interesting runners lined up this season as a few trainers are desperate to get wins from certain horses before the flat season comes to an end.

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