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One down!! But had to fight for it.

On the plus side, one or two of those that were just out for the run are likely to land a valuable handicap sometime. Can we find them, though? Raglan Road might be one.

Tough day, Yorick. If it turns out to be a Venetia Williams benefit day you'll likely have two winners at least and I suspect there will be several happy faces come late afternoon. Good luck with yours, all look great on paper.

Fast Work 11.42 Newcastle 100-1 You'd look at this initially and totally dismiss the chances of Sue Smith's maiden against several (on paper) useful-looking types. But... Two or three opponents may need the experience. Two or three may not be up to this level anyway. And Fast Work is an...

Kim Bailey's had yet another two winners today, neither at properly backable odds in the contexts of the two races. Though, arguably, Matty's Getaway shouldn't have been left totally alone on the Exchange in what was effectively a 3-horse race. I'd say that was a mistake, Chaumi! But it does...

28th Nov Have to give a mention here to an old warrior. Don't you love it when they come back... Old Romeo Brown finally won another race. Sue Smith's persistence rewarded. 10.2 ten minutes before the race, I nearly wet myself. Galloped the 3 rivals silly from the front, just like the old...

2.32 Thurles 27th Nov Won by a Mullins hotpot as easily as expected. One of the big-enough outsiders took the eye pre-race as a potential improver for the future, going well enough that a big price win might be on the cards later in the season (or next)... Philip Rothwell ran two, with the...

Surprise, surprise, all three Honeyball's have entries in the Newbury Spring Sales bumper (now known as the Goffs Hundred Grand) in March. As does Roximan. It could be that Crest of Arms (the unplaced one here) will be the most fancied Honeyball runner come the day. If it ends up with a...

12.35 Warwick 20th Nov A strong-looking 2 mile maiden. The expensive Crystal Ocean winner - Cristal D'Estruval - was well fancied by Harry Derham. But the one that looked 'pre-race interesting' for the future to me was the 200-1 shot Kerry Lee trained Ercall Fox - a Telescope-Kings Theatre...

See if you can dig up anything on these two, both have entries in the Newbury March bumper... Beau Speed And unnamed b g1 Jukebox Jury (IRE) - Fairy Tale (FR) (Spanish Moon (USA)) And a photo of No Drama would be great!

Yeah it was clearly a strong performance. Although I fear it won't go under the radar any time soon. There's a chance the Soldier won it on class in spite of it only being 2 miles. I'm thinking 2 back-to-back Coral Cups in the next few years! We should get a reasonable price in those...

Yep. 6.2 on the exchange, nice enough in the context of the race. The 'false' Skelton odds on shot made the price, if Skelton hadn't been winning everything recently, you'd have made the first 3 home not much bigger than 2-1 each. There will be a lot of losers to come out of this thread, so...

17th Nov Leicester 3.10 A two-and-a-half class 3 maiden run on close to heavy. Although only 6 runners, and 2 had zero chance, this was interesting. At first look, the top two in the market had it between them, with the rest half a mile further than nowhere. But... Kim Bailey's Island...

The Crystal Ocean runner - SureSureSure - might have something in the bumper that'll help get near-enough to the frame. Appeared to run himself out at Ballinrobe first time up - maybe the hood today will help with some settling. Wouldn't want to be risking it at wildly less than 3 figures (or...

First one up, only three more to go. Good luck, Yorick.

With those looks, I'd only have been going 25s Edit Oh wait, that might come across the wrong way!!

Fully expecting Search For Glory to nigh on jump this lot ragged. Best fresh, ignore last spring's efforts. I took all the 20s on Betfair, but it might reappear.

Fiercely Proud looks interesting. Been 25s for a while, bits of blue and 28 currently with 33 365. Looked like early season target was Ascot a couple of weeks ago, but didn't run. While looking best fresh, reportedly also takes a lot of work to get ready. One interpretation might be that BP...

What a great day! From that first step through the entrance, with the course stretching out in front, the misty clouds over the hill, the shivers down the spine, and that feeling of anticipation... To the Ian masterpiece that was the Hungmeister... To backing Hung twice on Betfair because the...

4 tee shirts,3 jumpers, a jacket, a coat, hat, and scarf….and all I really needed was my pants! …and that’s just to throw them in the air when the Hung/Hoe double comes in! The cell for the night next to Danny would be worth it!