Two account bets today and two poor runs unfortunately.
First up was a speculative bet on Magens Star, 1pt e/w @ 22/1 in the Supreme Novices Hurdle.
She could have done with a bit of give in the ground but was very much an unknown factor, having won both her races with ease to date.
Well backed into 14/1 at the off she didn't get the clear early lead she wanted as she was taken on by Dunraven Storm.
She led or disputed to 3 out where she weakened.
As we mentioned, a speculative bet but one that was worth a punt in our opinion.
Second up was Medermit, 4pt win @ 3/1 in the Arkle.
Alan King made no secret of the fact that he regarded this horse as his best chance of a winner at this years Festival.
The plan was to track the pace and try to take the lead up the hill.
He didn't jump too fluently and was never travelling as well as the leaders.
He finished a disappointing 4th, beaten around 10 lengths. We will try to find out the reason for this poor run as it certainly wasn't expected.
Annoyingly, Alan went on to win the next race with Bensalem under a great ride from Choc.
Day one didn't go our way but there are three more to go.
There should be at least one account bet tomorrow along with an ante post bet that runs.
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14 hours ago
Interesting that you didn't put up Mille Chief today guys? Obviously that was the right call in the end but do you mind if I ask why? It seemed he had the ground you were wanting a few weeks back?
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment.
Our heart was calling for Mille Chief but a couple of factors made the head say no, fortunately.
Alan thought he was possibly 10lb worse than the better horses in the race on what he had shown but would improve (up to 5lb?) on better going.
That and the fact he hadn't been round Cheltenham before put us off.
Fortunately it was the right move.
Shame about our other two bets on the day though. Hoping for better today!
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