Seconditis!

Second, lame, second, second has been the run of our last four account bets!

On Friday we backed Arrayan, 4pt win @ 7/4.
This one has improved for the switch in scenery and was given a fairly easy time on his first run for the yard. He was thought to be well handicapped.

Well backed, he was always travelling well and traded long odds on in running.
However, when asked to go after the leader and put the race to be he put in a couple of poor jumps and lost all momentum. He plugged on ok but could only manage second.

On Saturday we had two account bets.

Paquet Cadeau, 2pt win @ 5/1 was another one who was expected to put up an improved performance as lots of things weren't in his favour last time out.
He got the early lead we were hoping for and was travelling very well until hitting the 6th hurdle. From there he went lame and was eased home.

We also backed Summit Surge, 3pt win @ 7/4.
There was a bundle of money for this one before the off, seeing him go off the 5/4 favourite.
Of the three horses that finished second in our last four bets this is the only one we could really claim to be unlucky.
He was travelling well throughout the race but Fallon got him in a poor position on the bend and he was shuffled back. When he did get some daylight the winner was gone and although he made up some decent ground he was never going to catch the winner by this stage and wasn't given too hard a time.

Summit Surge will now go to Sha Tin and shouldn't be ruled out based on this result.

On Sunday we had another second placed runner.

Fine Parchment, 3pt win @ 7/2 is a runner in fine form at home and was hoping to get an early lead.
Another of our selections to be well supported he went off the 9/4 favourite.
He didn't get the early lead he wanted but travelled well enough throughout the race.
He was driven along to chase the leader with a couple to jump but always looked held and could only manage second.

A disappointing few days but all three of our second placed bets were very well supported and ran well. Its only a matter of time before the racing gods are smiling on us again and these second places are turned into winners.

There will probably be an account bet today but not certain at this stage.

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