Another winner for the string and my betting form is still very solid. Prince Ary won easily and posted the best time of the night – he finished tired but he appeared to stay the slightly longer distance. Hernando Royal was a well backed and easy winner. The bet that got away was Potentiale in the last at Beverley, who …
Ratings
Winker Watson, recently top of the Racing Post 2yo ratings with 92 has slipped to fourth – Major Eazy is joint seventh on 88. Achilles of Troy tops the list with 100. Call me a pedant but I don’t like the name – Achilles was Greek and he fought against the Trojans, not with them. Shawhill has been raised from …
Daily Double
Tight for time today. I haven’t got any runners today, and not much later in the week. I was very impressed with Achilles of Troy yesterday – Winker Watson may go head to head with him in the Coventry which looks like a decent challenge. I’ve gone through the cards, and hard to find anything compelling to bet on. Amanda …
1,000 Guineas
No luck in the 2,000, in fact quite an annoying result. I backed Cockney Rebel twice last year, losing out both times – it’s one of those occasions where I often have a saver for sanity’s sake, but this time I didn’t. It’s the 1,000 today, but I won’t be having a bet. I think the favourite will go extremely …
2000 Guineas
Captain Hurricane only beat a couple home, but I was happy with the run. He didn’t settle for the first couple of furlongs and he was well out the back. He showed he still retains ability and maybe one day he’ll win another race. It’s the 2,000 Guineas today and I think it’s a strong renewal. There is enormous confidence …
Eazy Rider
Major Eazy finished fourth after Jamie Spencer found trouble in running. We were pretty happy after the race – when the Major saw daylight he shot through, and if he had had a clear run earlier we think he would have won. He’ll probably go for the National stakes now. Captain Hurricane runs on Friday – we think he’ll need …
The good the bad and the ugly
Three runs down and a mix of results. Master of the Race ran poorly €“ we were expecting a strong showing but he was never in the hunt. He finished lame but it looks fairly minor. I€™m disappointed but not entirely surprised €“ he€™s looks to be a bit of a rogue and I shouldn€™t have trusted him. Thunderbolt Jaxon …
Hotting up
Mick and I went down to Lambourn early on Thursday to catch up with a few trainers. We started with Tom Dascombe, and watched all four horses in light work. Conservation has recovered from the gelding operation and also from an accident he had on the horse walker – he’s still a while away from a run though. Master of …
Lying low
It’s looking like King’s Head won’t run at Punchestown now, and I’ve decided not to travel over – I’m feeling a bit travel weary a the moment and it’s nice to have a quiet week. My good betting form is continuing – I had a decent bet on Fong’s Gazelle last night. He beat Shawhill last time up – I …
Back to earth
It was a bad day on Saturday – I had four bets, one of which won at around 16-1 (Bustan at Thirsk) but still finished well down on the day as I had such a big bet on Dutch Art. I made some amends today by having a chunky bet on Missis Potts who had impressed me when she beat …