Saturday Catch up

Apologies, we are running slightly behind.
It's quite busy at SimpleBet HQ as we prepare for Cheltenham with lots of preview meetings up and coming.

Anyway...

One account bet for us on Saturday.

Minella Four Star, 2pt e/w @ 6/1 ran a great race for us last time out when an account bet and finishing second at a big price.
Still thought to be well handicapped, the yard were expecting a place at minimum.

He went off a 5/1 chance and was disputing for much of the early part of the race.
Unfortunately of us, Presenting Forever fell with 5 to jump and badly hampered our selection who was pulled up almost immediately after.

To be fair he would have been unlikely to win given how he was travelling at the time but a place was still a distict possibility.

In other news, a couple of our ante post bets have started to shorten up.
We look to have some decent value at the moment. Lets hope that value is turned into decent profit come race day.

Cheltenham is just over a week away and things are really starting to get exciting.
Lots of information flying around and we are hoping for a really profitable week.
We are looking at a couple of strong bets including one at a very big price. We won't be releasing them until the day though as there is rain forecast towards the end of the week so we will be keeping an eye on the going.

There is also the probability of a plot horse running during the week at one of the lesser meetings, while all eyes are on the big one...

We will be taking a week off after the Festival, our first holiday for well over a year!
Members will of course have that period added to their membership.

The good news for non members is that they can join now and, with the week off after Cheltenham to be added, their membership will also cover Aintree.
They will also get our two ante post bets for the Festival as well as our bet for The Grand National of course.

Everyone is a winner!

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The big one is coming!

One account bet on Saturday, hitting the bar again.

Minella Four Star, 2pt e/w @ 10/1 had been off the track for a long time but was fit and ready to do himself justice. A place was the minimum that was expected.

Going off a 9/1 chance he quickly took the lead and jumped well in the main despite a bad mistake at the 10th.
He was joined for the lead with 2 to jump by Blazing Bailey but rallied well.
The Alan King yard thought the steep rise in weights for Blazing Bailey might stop him and we were hoping they were correct but he stayed on better than our selection in the run in to win by two lengths.

Another good run and a profit on the day but again it could have been so much better.

Walkon, Sebastiano, Kingsmere and now Minella Four Star have all run very well in the last couple of weeks without quite winning.
With a bit more luck we could have been at least 50 points better off!

We certainly have the feeling that a big day or two is just around the corner though. Lets hope we are right...

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