Quixall Crossett
Amateur Rider
What floats your boat ?
I do like a bit of craic on a forum and its nice to know how we all work.
I was thinking about this last night after the second race at Sedgefield and i thought i would like to hear peoples preferences and share them round. I'll tell you exactly what i mean.
My plan was to study four or five races at Sedgefield but by the time i had finished the second of them, i thought i had a decent chance of making some money by backing Ashington. As it turned out it was a very small profit but i'll take that any day of the week.
But the first race i did was the 5.48 race, the 2m 1f chase. I narrowed it down to Tropical Talent and Augharue.and as it turned out, they finished first and second. But if i had been forced to have a bet in the race, i would have backed the second. For starters, i dont usually touch anything under 8/1 and nearly every one of my bets is each way. The second was available at 16/1 at one stage and ended up 10's. But thats the one i would have been on and i would have missed the winner. I know its form figures of PFP5P would have put nearly every punter off but they are the sort of horses i look more closely at. Prior to those runs, he did have some half decent bits of form a) on the ground, b) at the track, and c) off higher marks. Plus the stable are not averse to having a touch now and again and it was yet another pointer towards the horse.
So i would have missed the winner but would have ended up nicking a few quid from the place.
Yes, i know we all know the result now. But are you the type of punter who would have plumped straight for Tropical Talent ? Or are you the type who gets a kick out of finding something like Augharue ?
Have a good day all.
I do like a bit of craic on a forum and its nice to know how we all work.
I was thinking about this last night after the second race at Sedgefield and i thought i would like to hear peoples preferences and share them round. I'll tell you exactly what i mean.
My plan was to study four or five races at Sedgefield but by the time i had finished the second of them, i thought i had a decent chance of making some money by backing Ashington. As it turned out it was a very small profit but i'll take that any day of the week.
But the first race i did was the 5.48 race, the 2m 1f chase. I narrowed it down to Tropical Talent and Augharue.and as it turned out, they finished first and second. But if i had been forced to have a bet in the race, i would have backed the second. For starters, i dont usually touch anything under 8/1 and nearly every one of my bets is each way. The second was available at 16/1 at one stage and ended up 10's. But thats the one i would have been on and i would have missed the winner. I know its form figures of PFP5P would have put nearly every punter off but they are the sort of horses i look more closely at. Prior to those runs, he did have some half decent bits of form a) on the ground, b) at the track, and c) off higher marks. Plus the stable are not averse to having a touch now and again and it was yet another pointer towards the horse.
So i would have missed the winner but would have ended up nicking a few quid from the place.
Yes, i know we all know the result now. But are you the type of punter who would have plumped straight for Tropical Talent ? Or are you the type who gets a kick out of finding something like Augharue ?
Have a good day all.