Tuesday's Lays

Back to work for most today, and an early post from yours truly due to an unexpected bout of insomnia. Nasty business: my sympathies to those who suffer with this regularly.

Anyway, enough of my woe and on with the show!

Yesterday I nominated Lacework who alas won at 5/4. She looked beaten but rallied well to get up in the last 50 yards.

The other pick was Medieval Maiden, who was (rightly) poohpoohed in this column yesterday. Sent off the 3/1 favourite, she finished last of 13.

For his part, Kris, the author of Racing Secrets Exposed, wanted to row in with Medieval Maiden yesterday, but felt the price was too big. So he instead sided with Karlani, who was beaten at 7/4. He is now 3 from 5.

Story so far:

Date	Course	Horse	Odds	Result	P/L to £20	P/L
23-May	Sedgefield	Cannon Fire	1.5	2	£20	£20
23-May	Ayr	Fitzroy Crossing	0.8	7	£20	£40
24-May	Goodwood	Bicoastal	2.5	5	£20	£60
24-May	Southwell	Gold Flame	1.25	1	-£25	£35
25-May	Stratford	Ingratitude	0.91	2	£20	£55
25-May	Pontefract	Grand Fleet	0.91	3	£20	£75
26-May	Newmarket	Right To Play	2	1	-£40	£35
26-May	Stratford	Helvetio	3.5	9	£20	£55
27-May	Newmarket	Transcend	0.91	1	-£18	£37
28-May	Redcar	Lacework	1.25	1	-£25	£12
28-May	Leicester	Medieval Maiden	3	13	£20	£32
29-May	Chepstow	Penang Cinta
29-May	Redcar	Monteboli

As you can see, today I go for the slow 2yo Monteboli (who is a very likely improver, but will have to be, and I think is underpriced), and Penang Cinta (who has been in excellent form lately but is on a career high mark now, has never run on ground this soft, has something to find on the clock, and faces stronger opposition - not a 2/1 shot in my book).

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A quick word of congratulations to Derby and their fans. I must admit that, due to a pathological hatred of Billy Davies (I hope he's not reading this!), I wanted the boom boom Baggies to win. However, Derby will take their chance in the big league next season and - despite obvious predictions that they'll call in the parachute payments this time next year - it pays to give promoted sides a second look. More on that in due course... (I'll say this though, they need to become infinitely better at defending set pieces or will concede wantonly next year!)

Only four more days to the weekend!

Matt