chaumi
Rookie
Mount Ferns 1.05 Hunt
Ran OK, I would suggest outpaced, though a mistake around 3 out didn't help. Maybe a two and a half handicap.
Locked On showed up for a bit. Class 5 handicap in the summer?
Mount Ferns 1.05 Hunt
Belargus 2.45 Hunt Best 22-1 in enough places easy to find
Drops down to a Class 4 for the first time since Dec 20. The yard have run him in several Class 3s and higher since, and Belargus showed a little something in his last race that suggest he's still got a race left. Conditions look OK, 3 miles on likely GS, right-handed. If he does have one race left, he won't be getting many more good opportunities than this.
NG's Aworkinprogress won well a few days back, other recent runners have bombed due either to age (getting on) or age (too inexperienced). If River Tyne runs well in the first, that will suggest the yard is in good nick.
Belargus 2.45 Hunt
HISTORY OF FASHION. 100/1. Irish National
3rd over c/d 3 races ago.might be susceptible to younger unexposed horses but 100 to one is worth a pound ew.
2.20 - Spirit D'Aunou 33/1 (if you can get it - I can't) - well fancied for the Betfair but could go close if back to its best. Not my main bet (that's Kateira) but strikes me as overpriced.
I take it someone 'of influence' has put up Kateira? I was a bit annoyed yesterday that the best I could get was 8/1 when better was available but it's into 4s-ish.
Wainwright 2.00 Kelso 66-1 generally
Scottish National - Inis Oirr 20/1, 5 places - Frustratingly, I discovered something on Saturday morning while out and about, namely that I could access bookies (don't know how many yet) via my mobile phone, something I never attempt at home as I'm always using my laptop. Today I had a look at the five day decs and saw Inis Oirr at 20/1. I haven't done any figures yet but I'd been intending to back this since it won for me at Musselburgh earlier this year, when it absolutely hacked up. The stable had the 4/1 joint-fav last year in Your Own Story but I see that ran on Monday (but still engaged although 33s this time). YOS was clearly highly thought of last year and IO is probably also quite well regarded - it looked a long way better than its mark at Musselburgh - and is a first-season novice. It did go up 14lbs for the win and will need to be some way better again to win this but I'm encouraged by the fact they've held on to it, presumably to protect its mark. It jumped the fences at Musselburgh like they were hurdles and shot clear when the jockey let out a half-inch of rein. Being trained in Scotland by a dual GN-winning trainer, the chances are it will be a popular choice through the week and will probably halve in price. To be honest, I'd thought Apple Away was being plotted up for it but she's not in it.
One to watch for the future: Navagio - nothing went right for it [in the Lincoln].
Turn off WiFi, use your own data and go via websites and not the Apps. I travel all over Europe with my job and have never had an issue ever. My main books are B365, Ladbrokes and Paddy Power.Runs in the Spring Cup on Saturday but only 10s tops.
I see my hopes of being able to bet more widely here in Spain have been shattered. When I tried to back this one this morning I wasn't allowed to via my phone. I wonder if the difference is that last week I was out and about whereas today I was trying from the hotel. I'll try again when I'm out and about later just to see. I wanted to take the 10s but it's only 17/2 with Unibet.