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Lots of racing that's likely to be highly informative but not an awful lot of serious betting material.

Obviously I'm funning around with the longshots and I'd say there's really only one today I feel very strongly about (so it's probably a classic Skelton non-jigger).

Sandown 3.10 - My luck turned in this race in the last two years, finding Green Book both times so I’m hopeful the run can continue. As ever, I’m looking at second-season unexposed novices. Some of these novices have already improved a fair bit into this season so I’m less confident about how much more they can find. West Balboa doesn’t come into this category but she was backed into favouritism to win the G1 Long Walk Hurdle last time. She was never in that race – the jockey reported she ran free – but the first three got RPRs of 159, 159 and 154 for it and all three are now on ORs of 157. West Balboa was getting the 7lb allowance so could be a 150 horse or better if she was expected to beat them so 143 here could be very lenient. She holds two G1 entries at the festival (Mares’ and Stayers’) so is clearly highly regarded even if she is an outsider. I’ll probably try a nibble at both those G1s (NRNB) just in case she goes and wins this but I’ll also be backing her here.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2636433" data-attributes="member: 65242">Lots of racing that&#039;s likely to be highly informative but not an awful lot of serious betting material.Obviously I&#039;m funning around with the longshots and I&#039;d say there&#039;s really only one today I feel very strongly about (so it&#039;s probably a classic Skelton non-jigger).Sandown 3.10 - My luck turned in this race in the last two years, finding Green Book both times so I’m hopeful the run can continue. As ever, I’m looking at second-season unexposed novices. Some of these novices have already improved a fair bit into this season so I’m less confident about how much more they can find. West Balboa doesn’t come into this category but she was backed into favouritism to win the G1 Long Walk Hurdle last time. She was never in that race – the jockey reported she ran free – but the first three got RPRs of 159, 159 and 154 for it and all three are now on ORs of 157. West Balboa was getting the 7lb allowance so could be a 150 horse or better if she was expected to beat them so 143 here could be very lenient. She holds two G1 entries at the festival (Mares’ and Stayers’) so is clearly highly regarded even if she is an outsider. I’ll probably try a nibble at both those G1s (NRNB) just in case she goes and wins this but I’ll also be backing her here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2636433, member: 65242"] Lots of racing that's likely to be highly informative but not an awful lot of serious betting material. Obviously I'm funning around with the longshots and I'd say there's really only one today I feel very strongly about (so it's probably a classic Skelton non-jigger). Sandown 3.10 - My luck turned in this race in the last two years, finding Green Book both times so I’m hopeful the run can continue. As ever, I’m looking at second-season unexposed novices. Some of these novices have already improved a fair bit into this season so I’m less confident about how much more they can find. [B]West Balboa[/B] doesn’t come into this category but she was backed into favouritism to win the G1 Long Walk Hurdle last time. She was never in that race – the jockey reported she ran free – but the first three got RPRs of 159, 159 and 154 for it and all three are now on ORs of 157. West Balboa was getting the 7lb allowance so could be a 150 horse or better if she was expected to beat them so 143 here could be very lenient. She holds two G1 entries at the festival (Mares’ and Stayers’) so is clearly highly regarded even if she is an outsider. I’ll probably try a nibble at both those G1s (NRNB) just in case she goes and wins this but I’ll also be backing her here. [/QUOTE]

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