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Minus 6 now. However, the horse plugged on for a fourth and some ew money. He actually drifted to 10/1, and in the best traditions of an after timer, I lumped on. £2.50 ew. Say it quietly.

1:20 at Leicester tomorrow. The obvious contender here is Tightly Bound, with Henry Callan (1-1) jocked up. New trip and a tongue-tie. Two points win at 9/2.

“The first words out of your mouth are the right ones”. I love THAT drunk. No f$%*er can argue with you.

And both lose! Minus 4 points.

The placed Elliott horse meant we made half a point profit on the race; running total is minus 2 points. And there’s the 12:50 at Newbury today, where our man Eireann Cagney is on the favourite Made All. Fletcher Yarham - a recent winner - rides the second favourite Expressionless. Both one...

Hi Outsider - yes, and HC Swan on the favourite. That’s where my one point each will be placed. And JH Williamson who is riding at 2-6, gets the EW money at 16/1 (a GE Elliot horse) - 0.5pts ew. I fancy Gordon Elliot to have a big day at Cheltenham tomorrow.

Pooroldmackley is now a NR. No bet today, but there’s an amateurs’ race at Cheltenham tomorrow.

Thanks for this, Ian. I think it’s a classic example of shortcuts having their limitations and eventually coming undone. I suppose it’s in my nature to go looking for a few shortcuts. But, tbh, I don’t think I have the level of curiosity in me to seek out the extra layers of detail that ekes...

Morning all, There’s an amateur race today at Ludlow at 16:37. Only four horses, sadly, but Eleanor Williams is the only jockey with recent form in the book (1-3, over the past 14 days). Two points win on at 4/1, Pooroldmackley.

Thanks for that, Ian, and of course you’re right. But for the purposes of this thread, I’m sticking to the ‘14-day’ rule, as published in the RP.

From the past 14 days, yes. The thread looks for the ‘shortcut’. I don’t know these jockeys of whom you speak. I just back the horse whose jockey has relevant form over the previous 14 days.

No relevant jockey form to assess, for tomorrow’s amateur race at Exeter. Next race is a steeplechase at Ludlow on Thursday.

Beaten by a few horses too good for him. 1.5pts ahead. Hurdle race at Exeter tomorrow!

13:55 Bath tomorrow. Only one real qualifier: Fletcher Yarham, with a 1-1 record in the last 14 days. The horse is a 22-race maiden - can our boy eke out the necessary improvement to push and shove WANNABEAWALLY to his first win? 2pts win at around 4/1.

Thank you, jinny - very informative.

Both losers. It actually looked like a poor ride from our crack amateur jockey, but he would have been under trainer instructions, surely. The horse went off too quickly, and finished last. Innse Gall was never involved. The field finished strung out like the washing - it was a typical amateur...

Would an inspection of horses in the parade ring pay dividends here, jinny? Look out for the horse looking “well” in their coat, sort of thing?

That shimmering geetar - magnificent! Absolutely beautiful song.

Obviously, we’re punting on our man Eireann - 2pts win at 5/1. A point ew on Innse Gall.

I was at school around that time too, Ian. There was also a mini-revival of the mods v rockers (or “grebs”, as they were now known), spurred on by the film ‘Quadraphenia’. I flitted between the two, before finding my landing ground as a New Romantic/ Indie fan.