Quixall Crossett
Amateur Rider
As i go thru the racing each day, a horse or two always jump off the page at me and scream "future gamble". The hard part is knowing when connections have in mind but keeping a close eye on them pays dividends. As i said on a different thread the other day, sometimes i time them right and other times they just laugh at me and win when i'm not on. It happens but the next one soon comes along.
The one i am going to put up now is trained by someone who did me a very good turn at Market Rasen last August with a horse i had been watching and this time i got it right when i/we were on at 16/1 and it ended up winning at 11/2. The trainer is Daragh Bourke and the horse was Game Beaaa. That mare is actually entered at Perth on Thursday and i will look to see if she runs.
Bourke is a trainer who i watch closely. He and his owners like a touch and i think its only a matter of time before they strike with this one. And this horse has a very, very colourful history.
The animal in question is called I Doubt That. It started life in Ireland trained by Andy Lee and was well beaten in all three runs for him at odds of 40/1, 150/1 and 250/1.
The horse then moved to Kieran Purcell and had three runs over hurdles for him and was well beaten every time. He went off at 250/1, 300/1 and 33/1 on those three starts.
He then moved over to this side of the pond and joined Jimmy Fox and lo and behold, he won on the AW on his very first outing for him and was gambled on down to 11/4 fav. What a transformation !![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Then came the bad news. Due to an irregularity in the ownership details, the horse was disqualified. He then had three more runs for Fox and won again at Kempton in between getting beat twice at Lingfield. (Note to self - Possibly better going right handed
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Some of you are thinking that this is looking a bit shady.
I would never suggest such a thing.
But as Jimmy Cricket used to say, "come here, theres more"
He then moved to Daragh Bourke and was tailed on his first start over hurdles for him and pulled up in the other. They were at odds of 66/1 and 125/1. He was then off the course for nearly a year before finishing a fairly close up sixth at Newcastle in February beaten only 6L. He was then off the track until last week when he finished last of five at Ayr over a totally inadequate ten furlongs ridden by that fine gentleman, Paul Mulrennan.
And now the horse runs in the last at Perth on Wednesday night (note - going right handed) and over an ideal looking trip of two and a half miles.
Will it win ???? -- I havent got a friggin clue. Will i back it ???? I very much doubt it unless the fraudsters want to go a silly double figure price. Its possible that i might miss the boat with this one but it was good fun going thru it all and at least it has kept you all entertained for ten minutes.![Laugh :LOL: :LOL:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The one i am going to put up now is trained by someone who did me a very good turn at Market Rasen last August with a horse i had been watching and this time i got it right when i/we were on at 16/1 and it ended up winning at 11/2. The trainer is Daragh Bourke and the horse was Game Beaaa. That mare is actually entered at Perth on Thursday and i will look to see if she runs.
Bourke is a trainer who i watch closely. He and his owners like a touch and i think its only a matter of time before they strike with this one. And this horse has a very, very colourful history.
The animal in question is called I Doubt That. It started life in Ireland trained by Andy Lee and was well beaten in all three runs for him at odds of 40/1, 150/1 and 250/1.
The horse then moved to Kieran Purcell and had three runs over hurdles for him and was well beaten every time. He went off at 250/1, 300/1 and 33/1 on those three starts.
He then moved over to this side of the pond and joined Jimmy Fox and lo and behold, he won on the AW on his very first outing for him and was gambled on down to 11/4 fav. What a transformation !
Then came the bad news. Due to an irregularity in the ownership details, the horse was disqualified. He then had three more runs for Fox and won again at Kempton in between getting beat twice at Lingfield. (Note to self - Possibly better going right handed
Some of you are thinking that this is looking a bit shady.
But as Jimmy Cricket used to say, "come here, theres more"
He then moved to Daragh Bourke and was tailed on his first start over hurdles for him and pulled up in the other. They were at odds of 66/1 and 125/1. He was then off the course for nearly a year before finishing a fairly close up sixth at Newcastle in February beaten only 6L. He was then off the track until last week when he finished last of five at Ayr over a totally inadequate ten furlongs ridden by that fine gentleman, Paul Mulrennan.
And now the horse runs in the last at Perth on Wednesday night (note - going right handed) and over an ideal looking trip of two and a half miles.
Will it win ???? -- I havent got a friggin clue. Will i back it ???? I very much doubt it unless the fraudsters want to go a silly double figure price. Its possible that i might miss the boat with this one but it was good fun going thru it all and at least it has kept you all entertained for ten minutes.