What are you backing Today? Part 2

Marb said:
There's several horses I know quite well running tomorrow.

Deep Cave (3.07) let me down at Cheltenham, but I thought the last day was an improvement. I was on the eventual winner Titan Discovery, but I saw this fella run really well. He tryed to make all, fading late on, so you'd think this distance tomorrow at Sandown will be perfect. I see him going very close.

The good Dr T J Eckleburg (2.00) may look outclassed, but he's been running quite well of late, and I'd just like to see more positive tactics tomorrow. He was held up too far back last time. I don't see him running well from behind tomorrow - certainly not against this class of opposition. He'll either be up with them running well early or absolutely blown away out the back. He's got a good cruising speed. I reckon they need to have him up there on the pace tomorrow making use of all that weight he receives.

The third horse over at Musselburgh, Traprain Law (2.50) has been frustrating to follow this season, although he does have a nice pull at the weights with my namesake Marble Sands for his first run of the season. He's dropped a few pounds in the handicap and it wasn't an awful run last time by any means against tough opponents.

I'll stick these in the Saturday afternoon each way yankee.
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So near with the Dr.

I wish Adam Wedge read this forum.

Too far back again.
 
Bulletproof said:
Mus 2.17 Freddy Robinson 11-1 2.50 Saint Segal 15-2, 4.27 Moonshine Man 9-1

Sand 3.07 What a Johnny 17-2
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I noticed Moonshine Man - now 6/1 - in the 4:27 race for Henrietta Knight. I read somewhere that it shaped better than the bare result at Aintree, and the maiden hurdle it ran in at Kempton on Boxing Day is usually a good race. That was its third qualifying run for a handicap mark ( 106 ), and the trainer's horses have been running better in the last month or so than for most of 2024. It's not the only long-distance traveller or horse running in a handicap for the first time. Diamond Egg is 33/1 and also trained by Henrietta Knight in the same race.
 
Marb said:
There's several horses I know quite well running tomorrow.

Deep Cave (3.07) let me down at Cheltenham, but I thought the last day was an improvement. I was on the eventual winner Titan Discovery, but I saw this fella run really well. He tryed to make all, fading late on, so you'd think this distance tomorrow at Sandown will be perfect. I see him going very close.

The good Dr T J Eckleburg (2.00) may look outclassed, but he's been running quite well of late, and I'd just like to see more positive tactics tomorrow. He was held up too far back last time. I don't see him running well from behind tomorrow - certainly not against this class of opposition. He'll either be up with them running well early or absolutely blown away out the back. He's got a good cruising speed. I reckon they need to have him up there on the pace tomorrow making use of all that weight he receives.

The third horse over at Musselburgh, Traprain Law (2.50) has been frustrating to follow this season, although he does have a nice pull at the weights with my namesake Marble Sands for his first run of the season. He's dropped a few pounds in the handicap and it wasn't an awful run last time by any means against tough opponents.

I'll stick these in the Saturday afternoon each way yankee.
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Couple of decent placers but the last one was a let down.

Jonjo's horse won easy and he was high up my shortlist. I just wasn't sure he'd back it up today, but he did.

I wonder is he qualfiied for the Pertemps?

Or maybe Coral Cup bound?
 
simmo said:
I was thinking much the same watching the race
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He made an error today at the third fence.

It's possible Wedge didn't want to push him too hard early on in case he made another bad error.

Either way, it was a hell of a good run, up in class too.

If he maintains that form there should be a race to win this season.

5lb out of the weights today aswell.

It'll be interesting to see what the handicapper does.
 
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