That man Outsider keeps tempting me in, you. No sooner have I decided to not even look at the Punchestown form than he draws me in with his 'Long Shot' post. Damn his eyes.
It's a flippin' minefield, innit, the 6.35 handicap hurdle? You know I won't have a bet but I have cast my form eye over it, for what that is worth, not being an expert on either Irish or hurdle form in general.
Yes, of course, Mullins has the favourite, blah, blah, blah, but I like to look for value in these races and I could see reasons for nominating a couple. Firstly, Sequestered, who, I see, Chaumi has named in Outsider's post. I wrote, in response:
I might also write that the run when he beat Stuzzikini could suggest he's well handicapped horse. Another who I could see running well at big odds (also 40/1) is Hands Of Gold. Now, this is only the third handicap run he's ever competed in. The second was over 2m 4f at Cork where jockey Ricky Doyle might well, aptly, have been given the soubriquet 'Hands Of Stone' since, for most of the race, they were motionless as he ambled along at the back of the field. It was only around the last two flights that they were called upon and what movement there was only suggested that this was a run to give the horse a good blow out. The distance would have been too short for this son of Shantou and today's 3m looks much more the ticket. I notice that in his first handicap, over 2m 4f, he was noted 'running on'.
On a last, slightly odd, note I noticed a horse in the 7.00 at Chelmsford, Qeyaady, who looks like he might a lively outsider over a new distance for him in this poor staying race. Only a sneaky suspicion FYI. No bet but I'll be watching to see how it gets on. Jockey Egan has +£18 record when riding for the stable (in 165 rides)
It's a flippin' minefield, innit, the 6.35 handicap hurdle? You know I won't have a bet but I have cast my form eye over it, for what that is worth, not being an expert on either Irish or hurdle form in general.
Yes, of course, Mullins has the favourite, blah, blah, blah, but I like to look for value in these races and I could see reasons for nominating a couple. Firstly, Sequestered, who, I see, Chaumi has named in Outsider's post. I wrote, in response:
I might also write that the run when he beat Stuzzikini could suggest he's well handicapped horse. Another who I could see running well at big odds (also 40/1) is Hands Of Gold. Now, this is only the third handicap run he's ever competed in. The second was over 2m 4f at Cork where jockey Ricky Doyle might well, aptly, have been given the soubriquet 'Hands Of Stone' since, for most of the race, they were motionless as he ambled along at the back of the field. It was only around the last two flights that they were called upon and what movement there was only suggested that this was a run to give the horse a good blow out. The distance would have been too short for this son of Shantou and today's 3m looks much more the ticket. I notice that in his first handicap, over 2m 4f, he was noted 'running on'.
On a last, slightly odd, note I noticed a horse in the 7.00 at Chelmsford, Qeyaady, who looks like he might a lively outsider over a new distance for him in this poor staying race. Only a sneaky suspicion FYI. No bet but I'll be watching to see how it gets on. Jockey Egan has +£18 record when riding for the stable (in 165 rides)
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