A good day today but we were made to sweat for it.
We had two account bets.
First up was Summerinthecity, 3pt win @ 5/2 (returned 11/4.)
Thought to still be well handicapped he travelled nicely approaching two furlongs out and traded quite short in running when he hit the front. He was soon joined by the impressive winner, Kaptain Kirkup though and faded once passed. Maybe a drop back in trip will do the trip next time out. We won't give up on him just yet.
Our second account bet was Aviate, 3pt win @ 9/4. (returned 11/4.)
There was a very good word for this filly and we mentioned in our message that the 20/1 for the Oaks would crash if she won as expected.
She was working out of her skin at home and for the majority of the race it looked like we would be on another unlucky loser as she was trapped behind a wall of horses travelling nicely. However, she got a nice split on the rails but still looked to have it all to do. She proved what a good horse she is though and got up in the final strides. Revenge for Twentynineblack from Saturday already!
Aviate is now around 6/1 for the Oaks and that still looks fair value. She is 3 or 4 lengths better than this as she was denied a clear run a couple of times and the way she finished showed stamina won't be a problem.
More good racing tomorrow and we are expecting at least one account bet.
We have over a dozen horses we are waiting for who are expected to be out in the next fortnight. It promises to be a busy but fruitful period is all goes to plan!
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Very unlucky with our only account bet of the day today.
Twentynineblack, 3pt win @ 7/2 always travelled nicely and was sent for home with a couple of furlongs to run. The race looked all over but the long run in did us and he was caught on the line by Montoya's Son. Great ride by the jockey on the winner.
Twentynineblack traded 1.11. in running and to be honest its surprising it wasn't shorter than that.
Strangely thats the second account bet that has traded 1.11 in running and been caught on the line in two weeks. Lowdown was the other one.
Adding in the fact that we have had two account bets going lame in the last couple of weeks (Greylami and Signs In The Sand) we might consider ourselves a little unlucky.
Luck does come and go in circles though so we won't lose any sleep over it.
Elsewhere today there was a good word for Tombi in the 2.00 and Pyrrha in the 2.10.
Both were each way fancies and neither race had 8 runners so we didn't play. Tombi ran a poor race but Pyrrha battled on well from her good draw to win well.
Mahonia is fancied in the 4.10 and there is a good word for Mahaala in the 7.20 tonight. Word is out on that one though and the price has crashed but its one to keep an eye on.
Its unlikely there will be a bet tomorrow but there is lots to look forward to next week.
There is some great racing with York's Dante meeting, a sign that the flat season has really arrived. If we are involved in any photo finished there we hope they will go our way!
We have a plot horse that is lined up for the middle of the week as well. It will only run if the ground is ok but the weather looks favourable at this stage.
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