DAY 2 LEADERBOARD.....

Apologies for yesterdays post but it was written the night before when York was still going ahead. With the clerk of the course confident that there was no problems I didn't even bother checking before posting the blog. It wasn't until I reached work that I found out!

The Nag3 Tipping competition....Day 2

It seems I wasn't the only person caught out by the late abandonment as I received quite a few competition entrants containing York selections. In fairness to all, the first email sent in is the one I accepted so even if you re-submitted new tips only the original selections will count.

All York horses will count as Non Runners i.e. No win / No loss of points.

So after all the entries have been checked and the scores worked out the Leaderboard now looks like this:-

The Lone Ronger...........+18
Secret Squirrel...............+11
Shorthead.......................+6.5
bonnie fielder.................+5.5
poor choice....................+4.83
TheExperiment.............+3.5
KENSFANCY.................+2.95
The Pacing Roast..........+2.5
Tess the Dog..................+1
Derrylin..........................+0.75
The rest of the field......-0.25 or less

We have a new leader after The Lone Ronger picked 16/1 winner Al Sabaheya in the first at Brighton. This also means he now has the highest winning nap.
Once again, nice picking Sir - well done!

At the other end, there are 23 of you who have had 4 losers out of 4 with the appropriately named Whipper In alphabetically bottom of the pile.

After my 2 non runners I stay at -2 and my two selections for tomorrow are;

7:55 Folkestone Gentle Guru is an absolute must, he ran a cracking 2nd last week when 1length 2nd to my selection that night, Judge 'n Jury. This is a much weaker contest and he should easily break his trainers seasonal duck. The one eyed Drumming Party looks to be the biggest danger- he likes a strong pace but has done most of his running at 6f having started his career at 8f. The other one to mention is Dianes Choice who ran a good 2nd last time at Bath but doesn't seem to have he level of form of the selection.

4:15 Hamilton. Possibly the hardest and most competitive race of the day with 5 C & D winners and numerous mutiple winners amongst the, unlucky for some, 13 runners. I think its worth taking a chance on a horse who has yet to win this season.
Feisty Royale the only 3 year old in the field likes to lead and dominate which is no bad thing at Hamilton when its riding soft. I can see him making all the running in the gritty and gutsy fashion of a typical M Johnston horse. There are plenty of others in with a realistic chance including likely fav. Regent's Secret, his stable mate Wind Shuffle plus last time out winners King Of The Moors and Zabeel Towers.
In my opinion, the main danger may well come elsewhere though in the form of Dechiper who has been running well over 10f but was stepped up to 16f last time. The drop back to today's trip on soft ground and on a track that takes a lot of getting home on just might suit.

York's off again today but let's keep our fingers crossed Thursday & Friday get the all clear,

Good luck,
Gavin.