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My notebook runners

Back home again so able to pick up the threads.

2:37 Kelso Matata - went close in this last year and it’s an easier contest than the Shloer which is what I was looking for. Sean Bowen is up today which is hardly a disadvantage. 14/11 Matata ran a fine race in the Shloer and although he wouldn’t have troubled the winner he would likely have held onto second place but for very nearly unseating at the last. If he goes for an easier contest he’ll be hard to beat.
 
Bloody Hell. As if I’m not in enough trouble, I’ve just bitten into a slice of toast and broken one of my front teeth clean off.

Anyway, jumping wasn’t up to it for Matata, but better jumping would only have only got him a bit closer in third. Nothing today.
 
12:35 Hereford: Rock Sensation makes her hurdle debut having caught the eye in a Listed bumper at Cheltenham - 15/11 raced second last until push came to shove when she found herself stuck behind the pack with nowhere to go. She eventually found a route with little over a furlong left and finished strongly then, but couldn’t do better than fourth. - Assuming she jumps well enough, she should at least give the Henderson odds-on favourite something to think about.
 
Rock Sensation jumped sharply right at the second hurdle on Wednesday and unseated, so we’ll never know.

1:15 Cheltenham: Fortune De Mer has run some nice races in good company and showed he can handle his handicap mark last time - 21/11 on handicap debut raced at the back until two out when made a strong challenge through the field polishing off all but the winner. Jumped very nicely as well. - This race has a few sharks lurking in the waters, though.

1:50 Cheltenham: The Doyen Chief was a notebook horse after his Bangor run - 12/11 2nd. He had moved through to lead before the last, but made a clumsy jump and took a bit to get going again, which probably made the difference. He was 7/4 favourite. - Next came the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury where the farcical start put paid to his chances, so this one is something of a recovery mission. He’s drifted like a barge, though, so I doubt I’ll play.

12:15 Doncaster: Top Target ran a decent race last time on his chase debut - 1/11: led over the last until last fifty when ran out of puff. Should have tuned him up for next time. - He tackles 3m for the first time under rules today, so should be just a watch really.
 

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