The Pointing Thread

Didn't play in yesterday's Hunter Chase but today's event at Wincanton looks good.

Hoping the forecast rain doesn't materialise as think that Mr Satco has a cracking chance at 8/1 in this. Emma Oliver's charge finished runner-up to Parkam Jack in this event one year ago and made his return to action when finishing well beaten on ground too soft for him at Exeter in March. The son of Mr Combustible is still only eight and had a peak rating of 125 when with Donald McCain, albeit a mark he was never asked to run off in a handicap and though well beaten off 112 at Stratford on good ground at the end of May he looks more than capable of going well in this - assuming the rain stays away.

Martin
 
Irish Stamp said:
Didn't play in yesterday's Hunter Chase but today's event at Wincanton looks good.

Hoping the forecast rain doesn't materialise as think that Mr Satco has a cracking chance at 8/1 in this. Emma Oliver's charge finished runner-up to Parkam Jack in this event one year ago and made his return to action when finishing well beaten on ground too soft for him at Exeter in March. The son of Mr Combustible is still only eight and had a peak rating of 125 when with Donald McCain, albeit a mark he was never asked to run off in a handicap and though well beaten off 112 at Stratford on good ground at the end of May he looks more than capable of going well in this - assuming the rain stays away.

Martin
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Thanks Martin. Raining in Bristol at the moment. Looks like we'll get 2-3mm through the day.
 
It was lashing down in Bristol for a good few hours from around 7 this morning. A few intermittent showers recently too.
 
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Just going to repeat that as words fail me!
 
Just amazing, Martin, :adore:and yet another huge drop in price makes it look like you're influencing the markets as well.

But waiting till this morning to post was a good idea, the price held up while Slim was still in bed :D
 
Interesting race at Perth tomorrow with the first couple in the betting not really suited by the ground. There's no point me putting a selection up, let's just wait for Martin eh.
 
Molten Brown's latest outing marked a step forward from his previous Hunter Chase outings. He had the fancied Railway Dillon just behind him on that occasion when the pair were third and fourth to Monsieur Jourdain over course and distance here. Molten Brown's P2P runs this season in general are much better than in previous years and he might be returning to the sort of form that saw him take the Cartmel Maiden event three years ago. He finished runner-up in a Ladies Open to the prolific Sea Scout last month and looks a fair bet @ 15/2.

Edited to add that Mister Marker looks far too short and Railway Dillon should be clear favourite.

Martin
 
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Molten Brown's latest outing marked a step forward from his previous Hunter Chase outings. He had the fancied Railway Dillon just behind him on that occasion when the pair were third and fourth to Monsieur Jourdain over course and distance here. Molten Brown's P2P runs this season in general are much better than in previous years and he might be returning to the sort of form that saw him take the Cartmel Maiden event three years ago. He finished runner-up in a Ladies Open to the prolific Sea Scout last month and looks a fair bet @ 15/2.

Edited to add that Mister Marker looks far too short and Railway Dillon should be clear favourite.

Martin
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Thanks Martin. Taken 7/1 Molten Brown and a small saver on RD at 3/1.

Hopefully someone will price a w/o RD market later.
 
Thanks Martin and best of luck. Slim must be up this morning, PP a point shorter than anyone else on Molten Brown :)
 
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Grey said:
Thanks Martin and best of luck. Slim must be up this morning, PP a point shorter than anyone else on Molten Brown :)
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Or I'm I'm in bed and the PP monkeys respect a certain account taking their pants down and bending thrm over a barrel on hunter chases...
 
16:55 Blazing Whale @ 6/5. Opening show was around the 6/4 mark which was huge, this horse should be odds-on, has some solid P2P form and his Hunter Chase form is non too shabby when compared with the likes of Swallowshide and Curraigflemens who have bombed out or been winning in poor races. Star Of Massini looks best of the rest.

17:25 Session Or Ression @ 10/1. Maxi Chop obviously the one to beat in here but bookmakers are giving nothing away with the price (I made him 6/4). It was over 4 years ago that the selection debuted in the UK when looking a possible winner prior to tipping up at Folkestone over this trip and while he's had injury problems since a return to his Irish form or something like that would see him go close in this. He's probably better over this shorter trip so there's every chance he could reverse form with Swallowshide from when the pair met at Parham a few weeks ago. Not as confident about this one as some of the others but a very good jockey up and comes from a top yard.

18:00 Little Legend @ 6/1. Another who's not looked the horse of old in 2016. Ran a solid race behind the prolific Dabinett Moon at Whitfield three weeks ago and was a useful HC horse for Cynthia Woods in 2014. Most of these have doubts surrounding them with Gauvain's age and physical issues, Polisky's inconsistency, KOA needing quicker ground and Mister Bricolage probably isn't the soundest so LL looks to have more going for him than some relative to his price.

18:35 Little Chip @ 11/2. Should be favourite IMHO and while the big prices have gone he's still value. Won a staying P2P at Charing earlier in the season and won against a fair horse a few weeks ago at Larkhill also. Claire Hart riding for Richard Bandey is another positive and the pair have done well with another in these colours in Alskamatic, LC is a tough sort who stays well so should be well suited to this and with major doubts about Carruthers ability and jockey and Join Together's attitude it's not hard to see LC taking this contest.

19:05 Joker Choker @ 9/2. Not a race I'm that keen to get involved in at the moment, would want to see a bit of a drift on him which might well happen given the support for the favourite. He went close to winning at Stratford over this trip last year and at the moment looks about the paciest of the genuine 2-2 1/2mers in the race (bar the fav). He often improves for a run so there's every chance they're using this to put him right for next Friday which is the big worry.

19:40 Flying Gnu @ 2/1. Personally think she should be favourite, this is a typically poor mares event and she won in an older horses event at Upper Sapey last time out. Her two wins in 2014 both came in May and she's generally a much better horse in the spring so it's no surprise to see they've saved her for this time of year after her UR in a three runner contest at Larkhill in December and she should go well in what looks a match.

20:15 See U Again Son @ 2/1. Travels from Wales for this and saw off the useful Rosies Peacock in an Open race last time out on quick ground. He finished runner-up to a nice looking horse of Tom Weston's at Chaddesley on heavy ground in December having filled the same berth on his P2P debut at Barbury earlier that month. He's stepped up on those efforts and has now won his last three, including over 2 1/2m in a Hunt Members conditions event at Ystradowen in March and though Brice Canyon had shown solid (120ish) form in France he will receive limited assistance from the plate whereas SUAS has a top Welsh jockey in Bradley Gibbs up.

I'll be down there tomorrow, sadly with no Barney running but hopefully he'll be at Stratford next week.

Martin
 
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