Tiny Clanger
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Agree on West Cork, just hasnt took to fences at all but took my money a cpl of times trying
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A few of us were on Gunsight Ridge when he won recently and over course and distance (but faster ground I imagine) he is worth a go in a weaker looking race this Saturday. Main oppo seems to be Frero Banbou who won a terrible race at Lingfield lto and some Skelton bottom weight.
I can't have this. I hope Frero Banbou franks the form of the last day myself. He may just blow his own grand annual mark while making Eclair D'ainay look well handicapped. That's my hope.
Ascot Chase:
Hitman the obvious bet here. King George not the race for him, GA Law continues to frank the Aintree run. Stablemate a danger, Fakir was all-out to beat Two for Gold last year. No interest in Shishkin.
Hitman is a mutt.
Pumpkin (I should have seen this coming) has put him in the Denman and thankfully my Ascot Chase possie was with Denise so I've managed to cash out.
He's 13/8 so obviously opposable with Eldorado Allen in at 7/2 and Fanion 9/2. The Tizzard has a hefty penalty to shoulder so I'm drawn to Venetia. I liked his run in the Rowland Meyrick and feel a small field Graded race over a track he loves suits. No bet yet though as she's got him in a handicap on the same day.
I think his main season target is the NH Challenge Cup (and have already hung my hat at 25s)...with the National next year. I believe they've deliberately kept his status for the long-distance Festival race.
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Without knowing the precise nature of the penalty structure, I am enamoured with Does He Know myself. The forecast ground will very-much suit him (Fanion D would want it softer, no?).
Market clearly doesn't expect Corach Rambler to run.
Greaneteen odds on this Saturday for the Game Spirit chase but I am tempted to take him on. All his big wins have come at right handed tracks such as Ascot, Sandown and Exeter.
So he does actually appear to be a right handed track specialist. I think he's a stone lesser horse on a left handed track so then I look at a horse like Malystic in the form of his life after a good win off top weight in a class 2 handicap at Doncaster last time out.
I was wanting to see him in this years Grand Annual but trainer Peter Niven says he doesn't want to run him at Cheltenham again as the horse doesn't like the place. Although he did scope badly after that Cheltenham run.
There's no reason Malystic can't improve again and he receives 6lbs from Greaneteen aswell. I will wait until Saturday to see if I can get 10 or 12s. I might be proved very wrong but you can't doubt I have a hypothesis on this race.
Today was balls. Eldorado Allen and Hitman both not strong stayers at the trip and the jockeys on both decided to fight it out for the lead - hence a shithouse handicapper wins.
Haven't looked yet at what's happened to Mister Coffey's odds for the long-distance race at Cheltenham (was 25's for a long time)...but today's effort had the look of a nice line up. First race out of the way, likely it's all systems go.