I spent about 100 quid which covered me for the whole meeting. A couple yankees and an e/w super heinz for a sporting interest.
One of those super heinzes was 15p each way, costing £36, (this was actually my largest bet), and it looked promising when Franciscan Rock, (66's) Kyntara, (25s) and Sa Furuer (8's) all placed with still a few runners to go. I needed one more placer for a decent three figure return, or two more for a four figure return, which I would have been delighted with.
It was definitely achievable as well, but I wasn't clinical enough in the end. The execution for a healthy profit turned out to be simply not there. Yes I got my stake money back but it was an opportunity missed.
Protectorate for example. I was looking at weeks ago for the Ryanair. He would have done nicely for my bet, anything around 12's, 10s or 8s gets me a nice return on a relatively small investment.
Why I chose the handicapper GA Law instead, on reflection, and yes..with the benefit of hindsight, I just don't know.
Golden Ace winning the mares novice was another one that got away. I looked at doing her in my heinz several times, I really did, as I remembered her from earlier in the jumps season, where she was an eyecatcher.
Sometimes I really am guilty of overthinking things. Or just downright sloppy.
Djelo was another one where the each way side of the bet would have helped a lot for this super heinz. I mentioned him for the Turners a couple months before.
I did La Patron instead. Enough said. Poor choices overall. Even though the horse ran so bad, that I really wish Gary Moore had not bothered to run him in the first place.
Anyway, I bet what I could afford, and didn't lose too much in the grand scheme of things.
I'm 38, which is young enough for this sport we talk about, but I need to learn from poor choices. There's plenty time to start making the meeting pay though I hope.
Onwards and upwards.
And have actually done a fair bit to revive them having now raised enough through donations to sponsor seven hunterchases this season with more planned for next. It’s been a great idea as those who donate get the chance to go racing and be looked after as sponsors all day. I went to the Taunton one and we had a great day out especially as it was won by Macklin who’s owned by Porlock Bays Owner. I even judged the best turned out!
