Beverley 3.20 Baby Strange Win and place. ( Currently 20/1)
The fact that nothing hit me after 15 minutes of looking at race, means I should simply ignore it. It's one of the few races were I have struggled to put lines through many of the runners, but I am hoping the majority have "targets" later on.
With the rain forecast, I thought it would make sense to get on early, but although most of the field have solid enough credentials, they all have lay off/ trip issues. There are a few I have been following, but's a gamble simply knowing what the prices of today's runners will be with possible non runners.
If there are any fully wound up, it may well be an easy opportunity.
Baby Strange is no token bet, but does get the vote by a matter of elimination and gets a small win and place bet, odds permitting. Trainers turf record for last three turf seasons has been 1%,4% and 5% and that is typical of his style.
However, Baby Strange does look a better turf horse and these conditions look ideal, assuming the rain does come.
The Sandown race he ran in over 5f with cut is working out reasonably well when he had a poor draw and met trouble.
Trainer very rarely comes here but that comment applies to most turf tracks.
Jockey's record pleasantly surprised me with 11/65 917%) this season and 4/16 925%) at the track.
With a few of these expected to attract money, I would be hopeful of a drift in price. Anything between 25.0 and 30 would be acceptable, but that price may be downgraded with n/r's, which makes the bet on the exchange for the place part important, as two runners will mean only three places with the books.