More Jammy Than Jam...
Poor old Mighty Fine. No sooner had the trainer been interviewed by the loveable but inept tipster, Luke Harvey (excellent presenter, can't pick his nose!), than "Sedgefield's own Desert Orchid" was carried out by an early faller.
Tough luck on the old boy, but good luck for those of you who followed the lay selection yesterday.
The each way pick, Alfresco, travelled like a dream in a hot race run at a fast pace, but didn't pick up when Jimmy Fortune started getting frantic.
Maybe its the hangover impairing my judgement, maybe I'm just getting cocky after a couple of successful lays, but I've rowed in with two very short ones to oppose today.
Purple Emperor is the first. With Frankie Dettori and Godolphin both in fine form, this beast is going to be sent off around 11/10 (currently trading at 6/5) on betfair. But the form of his debut is only above average, and I think there are horses represented much stronger maiden form (notably Walking Talking, who will improve for the step up in distance today).
For all that, the Emperor will be tough to beat granted improvement from his initial run, which seems highly likely. I just can't help but take on skinny favourites!
My second choice is even shorter, currently trading around 4/7 on the exchange. Kavatcha is the mount of A P McCoy and is saddled by the Junior Pipe, who has made such an impressive start to his training career (could it ever have been another way?)
This is not a great race, despite there being four last time out winners and another three in the frame on their previous start. But, as a consequence, it is quite a competitive race.
The time of Kavatcha's win was sloooooooooow, and this race is likely to be run at more of a clip. It could find a few of these out, who won in slooooooooow races themselves last time, and I'll take a chance that Kavatcha is one of those that cannot handle the increased tempo.
Other news, and after a heated debate with my gym partner and betfair trader about the merits of Crouch and Beckham in the England camp, you can all rest assured that I've reminded him of their import in the game last night.
Regardless of the fact that we were 'only' playing Estonia, Croatia only put one past them, and England just had more life and desire with Beckham providing service, and Crouch terrifying small people in the penalty area.
There will of course be tougher games to come, but Beckham has made it very hard for the coach to turn his back on him now.
One other superstar returns to his metier today, with the long awaited (by me at least) seasonal debut of the one K Fallon, Esq.
He takes a couple of rides for Aidan O'Brien tonight at Tipperary (to where, incidentally, it is a very long way).
I have never made any secret of my love for this man's talent, and the fact that he suffers the same 'human' malaises of so many only makes him more endearing to me.
I don't condone drug use or race fixing, obviously, but I do know that if I have a bet on a flat race, I don't want ANYBODY riding my horse more than K Fallon. He and A P McCoy are simply different gravy, in terms of picking a horse up and carrying it the last furlong to the finish line.
Welcome back, buddy!
Finally, just a quick note to let you know that from tomorrow, I will be reviewing another lay product on the market in real time here. The guide is called, 'The Bank Vault Report', and has had some promising reviews elsewhere.
We'll be tracking its performance for a few days (possibly a week) on these pages, so watch this space from tomorrow.
Matt
p.s.Incidentally, if you haven't already, you can still get your copy of Racing Secrets [Exposed] by clicking this sentence..
p.p.s. You can sign up for automatic notifications of new posts to this blog, by sending a blank email to nag@getresponse.com, or by clicking the link in this sentence. You can unsubscribe again at any time, should you so wish. But why would you?! ;)
Tough luck on the old boy, but good luck for those of you who followed the lay selection yesterday.
The each way pick, Alfresco, travelled like a dream in a hot race run at a fast pace, but didn't pick up when Jimmy Fortune started getting frantic.
Maybe its the hangover impairing my judgement, maybe I'm just getting cocky after a couple of successful lays, but I've rowed in with two very short ones to oppose today.
Purple Emperor is the first. With Frankie Dettori and Godolphin both in fine form, this beast is going to be sent off around 11/10 (currently trading at 6/5) on betfair. But the form of his debut is only above average, and I think there are horses represented much stronger maiden form (notably Walking Talking, who will improve for the step up in distance today).
For all that, the Emperor will be tough to beat granted improvement from his initial run, which seems highly likely. I just can't help but take on skinny favourites!
My second choice is even shorter, currently trading around 4/7 on the exchange. Kavatcha is the mount of A P McCoy and is saddled by the Junior Pipe, who has made such an impressive start to his training career (could it ever have been another way?)
This is not a great race, despite there being four last time out winners and another three in the frame on their previous start. But, as a consequence, it is quite a competitive race.
The time of Kavatcha's win was sloooooooooow, and this race is likely to be run at more of a clip. It could find a few of these out, who won in slooooooooow races themselves last time, and I'll take a chance that Kavatcha is one of those that cannot handle the increased tempo.
Other news, and after a heated debate with my gym partner and betfair trader about the merits of Crouch and Beckham in the England camp, you can all rest assured that I've reminded him of their import in the game last night.
Regardless of the fact that we were 'only' playing Estonia, Croatia only put one past them, and England just had more life and desire with Beckham providing service, and Crouch terrifying small people in the penalty area.
There will of course be tougher games to come, but Beckham has made it very hard for the coach to turn his back on him now.
One other superstar returns to his metier today, with the long awaited (by me at least) seasonal debut of the one K Fallon, Esq.
He takes a couple of rides for Aidan O'Brien tonight at Tipperary (to where, incidentally, it is a very long way).
I have never made any secret of my love for this man's talent, and the fact that he suffers the same 'human' malaises of so many only makes him more endearing to me.
I don't condone drug use or race fixing, obviously, but I do know that if I have a bet on a flat race, I don't want ANYBODY riding my horse more than K Fallon. He and A P McCoy are simply different gravy, in terms of picking a horse up and carrying it the last furlong to the finish line.
Welcome back, buddy!
Finally, just a quick note to let you know that from tomorrow, I will be reviewing another lay product on the market in real time here. The guide is called, 'The Bank Vault Report', and has had some promising reviews elsewhere.
We'll be tracking its performance for a few days (possibly a week) on these pages, so watch this space from tomorrow.
Matt
p.s.Incidentally, if you haven't already, you can still get your copy of Racing Secrets [Exposed] by clicking this sentence..
p.p.s. You can sign up for automatic notifications of new posts to this blog, by sending a blank email to nag@getresponse.com, or by clicking the link in this sentence. You can unsubscribe again at any time, should you so wish. But why would you?! ;)
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