Close but no cigar

Almost a great start to the month but not quite.

One account bet today. Azaday, 3pt win @ 5/2. - The 5/2 only lasted 10 minutes after our message was sent so we have recorded it as 9/4.
She was fancied to run a big race today after running well all season, especially last time out when she came second, finishing a long way clear of the 3rd horse home.
The drop back in trip wasn't expected to be a problem with the stiff uphill finish expected to suit.

The price went quickly but this was more due to the fact that it was only available with Bet365 than anything to do with us.
She was backed right up to race time though and went off 15/8 favourite.
She was dropped in at the back and never travelling particularly well but started to make ground on the outside with a couple of furlongs to run. She continued to make ground all the way to the line but never quite got there in what looked like an agonising slow motion finish!
She was beaten a head, finishing 5 lengths clear of the 3rd horse home. A similar run to last time out.

Slightly unlucky with her not getting up but these things happen. The main thing is that the information from the yard was spot on, as it was on Monday with Plaisterer.

Elsewhere there were a couple of mightly gambles landed.
Am I Blue was backed from 25/1 into 5/1 before winning by a massive 19 lengths.
Dean Coleman (apprentice) was due to ride this one but allegedly couldn't make the ride due to a dentist appointment. He was replaced by Richard Johnson who guided home a huge gamble.
Scott Ferguson has written a good blog post about this one... http://www.sportismadeforbetting.com/2010/09/english-racing-mockery-again.html

At Lingfield, Paphos was backed into 10/1 from 20/1 before leading all the way.
Again, a huge improvement from his previous form was on show here from this horse from a shrewd yard.

It's a difficult situation with racing currently.
Many lower class horses are running for such poor prize money that the only option available to some yards and owners is to try to land a nice touch to pay the fees.
It's just a shame we weren't aware of any of these or they would have been an account bet!

There will probably be a bet tomorrow.

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Perfect Plaisterer

One account bet for us today, another nice winner.

Plaisterer, 3pt win @ 4/1 was sent out early as we expected quite a big gamble on her today.
The 4/1 went at around 9.15 (20 minutes after our message) but as it was quite early on a Bank Holiday we have recorded the price as 7/2 in our results.  Its totally reasonable that some members weren't up in time to get the price! - She returned 10/3

Connections kept her in training this year with the hope of getting some black type. That is now looking unlikely but with the drop in the weights and ground that suits she was well fancied today.
There was a good word for Resurge in the same race but our Chris Wall info is usually second to none so we stuck with what we know.

Come race time Plaisterer was kicked out in front from the start and never really looked like getting beaten in all honesty.
She was given a great ride by Alan Munro, who gave her a breather with around 4 furlongs to go before kicking on again and winning by a comfortable length.

We are now just over 37 points in profit for August which is nice, especially considering all the rain we have had.

There is a fair chance of a bet tomorrow but we will know more in the morning.

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