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The 2025 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle

This jury is out on whether LC was there to win today. It looked quite keen all the way round, still looking so turning for home but Skelton never made a move thereafter. Maybe it just ran out of steam but he certainly looked after it.

Losses will be recouped, I reckon. It's just a question of when.
 
As for me as I'd put on the Antepost thread I'm on Wilful at 9's and he holds his chance but is probably the right sort of price. The fav is possibly thrown in but he can make a mess of his hurdles at times and I wouldn't be with him at short odds. If I was looking at anything that might be a bit of value on the day then Helwein is about 10's now can see him drifting out a bit from that due to being unfashionable. Last 2 runs a decent 2nd in the Swinton hurdle and 2nd in the Greatwood. Gets a 9lb pull with Alexi for 6 lengths but add to that Alexi was race fit and that was first run of the season for Helwein. Only really faded after the last travelled really well coming around the last bend looking to be going even better than the winner was at that point, a slightly shorter trip, hopefully less testing ground and the benefit of race fitness this time makes any sort of double figure price look like a bit of value to me.
good shout
 
Again, I allowed two things to put me off:

1. The jockey
2. The price

That Chepstow form is looking really good.
Was the SP of 15/2 too skinny or big for you, DO?

I looked closely at Wilful a few days after Danny's post, but the ante post price of about 9/2 I thought was really punitive. The SP of 15/2 made more sense.

Thankfully I saw bigger prices today and had a saver on.
 
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It was 6/1 on the notes I took on Thursday.

That was on the skinny side for me especially in the light of my strength of feeling for Live Conti.

If I'd thought about it I might have backed it in a match bet v Alexei but that's easily said in hindsight.

I do think my aversion to the O'Neill operation played a huge part in my decision making.
 

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