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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Two account bets for us today. A profit on the day but could have been much better.
First up was Sebastiano, 1pt e/w @ 20/1
This horse had started to be come frustrating and connections were hopeful the cheekpieces would work the oracle and spark him back to life.
Going off a 16/1 chance he race wide and up with the pace throughout.
Arguably going the best of all he was badly hampered going round the last bend by the loose horse, losing about 8 lengths as well as vital momentum.
He rallied well and still looked a possible winner but could only manage 3rd, beaten just 4 lengths.
The official form line was "raced wide in touch, headway to chase leaders when badly hampered and carried wide by loose horse after 3 out, rallied to 2nd and every chance 2 out, no extra and lost 2nd last"
A profit on the bet but could have been much better with some luck. There is no question in our mind he would have won with a clear run.
Our second bet was in a race where the setting sun caused many of the hurdles being dolled off and turning the race into a virtual NH flat race.
Rudanphast, 1pt e/w @ 14/1 was expected to put up a better show today after some extensive work at home.
He went off a 10/1 chance and although he was always in the front rank he was never travelling the best.
When asked to pick up with half a mile to run he did so moderately but only plugged on at the same pace to finish 4th, beaten about 6 lengths.
Five of our last six bets have run very well including Walkon, beaten just half a length at 12/1 and todays runners.
Ironically, the only one of those that ran poorly was Desert Icon who ran a cracker today, getting beaten by just a nose in second place.
We feel that we are close to another massive day happening soon as the luck does generally equal itself out. Hopefully that day will be soon, possibly tomorrow...
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