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I tend not to follow this thread midweek so didn't see this big winner for Placebacker until just now. Very well done, PB. Hope you had the BOG.

On to Saturday for me...

Sandown 2.25 - Willmount 9/2 in a couple of places. The greedy bastert in me was hoping for better but since I reckon - if it's trying - it might just be a good thing then 9/2 is more than fair. If it is trying it could go off at half that price. It gets in here off 130 but was only 9/4 second-fav for the Challow on its last appearance (PU, lost a shoe, possible didn't stay) and the principals from that race are now rated 142, 137 and 148 as novice hurdlers so likely to have become 10lbs better still into their second season over hurdles. Willmount was presumably thought a mid-140s novice so potentially mid-150s into its second season. The stable has a good record in the race and their last winner, Brain Power ended up running in the Champion Hurdle that season. My only worry is whether it's trying as it might just be prepping for the much more valuable Ascot race in a fortnight and a wee run down the park here could see it dropping a pound or two when the weights come out on Tuesday so I've also taken it at 20/1 (4 places) for that too.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2687937" data-attributes="member: 65242">I tend not to follow this thread midweek so didn&#039;t see this big winner for Placebacker until just now. Very well done, PB. Hope you had the BOG.On to Saturday for me...Sandown 2.25 - Willmount 9/2 in a couple of places. The greedy bastert in me was hoping for better but since I reckon - if it&#039;s trying - it might just be a good thing then 9/2 is more than fair. If it is trying it could go off at half that price. It gets in here off 130 but was only 9/4 second-fav for the Challow on its last appearance (PU, lost a shoe, possible didn&#039;t stay) and the principals from that race are now rated 142, 137 and 148 as novice hurdlers so likely to have become 10lbs better still into their second season over hurdles. Willmount was presumably thought a mid-140s novice so potentially mid-150s into its second season. The stable has a good record in the race and their last winner, Brain Power ended up running in the Champion Hurdle that season. My only worry is whether it&#039;s trying as it might just be prepping for the much more valuable Ascot race in a fortnight and a wee run down the park here could see it dropping a pound or two when the weights come out on Tuesday so I&#039;ve also taken it at 20/1 (4 places) for that too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2687937, member: 65242"] I tend not to follow this thread midweek so didn't see this big winner for Placebacker until just now. Very well done, PB. Hope you had the BOG. On to [B]Saturday [/B]for me... [B]Sandown 2.25 - Willmount 9/2[/B] in a couple of places. The greedy bastert in me was hoping for better but since I reckon - if it's trying - it might just be a good thing then 9/2 is more than fair. If it is trying it could go off at half that price. It gets in here off 130 but was only 9/4 second-fav for the Challow on its last appearance (PU, lost a shoe, possible didn't stay) and the principals from that race are now rated 142, 137 and 148 as novice hurdlers so likely to have become 10lbs better still into their second season over hurdles. Willmount was presumably thought a mid-140s novice so potentially mid-150s into its second season. The stable has a good record in the race and their last winner, Brain Power ended up running in the Champion Hurdle that season. My only worry is whether it's trying as it might just be prepping for the much more valuable Ascot race in a fortnight and a wee run down the park here could see it dropping a pound or two when the weights come out on Tuesday so I've also taken it at 20/1 (4 places) for that too. [/QUOTE]

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