A good pancake day!

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) today and we had two account bets on what has been a pretty quiet month to date.

First up was Wheres Reiley, 3pt win @ 7/2 (B.O.G. paid 4/1)
We were close to putting this up as an account bet last time out as connections have felt he is on a winning mark for a while now.

He drifted slightly in the betting before the off as money came for quite a few of his opponents but broke very well and was in the front rank early on.
He led after a couple of furlongs and was pushed clear from there. Eased down inside the last furlong he won by a very easy 4 lengths.

A great start to the day.

Second up was Shaking Hands, 2pt win @ 11/2 (B.O.G. returned 6/1) in the Devon National.
This lightly raced horse won well last time out and was fancied to run a big race today if he saw out the extra distance.
Because of the doubt over the step up in trip we decided to go win only rather than each way.

Unfortunately the distance wasn't as much of a problem as the fences were!
He jumped badly at roughly half the fences and was never going to win with such a poor round of jumping.
He jumped well last time out, showing how important it is to get into a good rhythm early on. He never got into a rhythm and that really showed in his jumping throughout.

Fortunately a good decision to play win only there.

A decent profit on the day and we are now back in profit for the month. http://www.simplebet.net/11%20ResMar.htm

One week from now, Cheltenham will be underway. Can't wait!

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