Frustrating Horses.

[graysonscolumn]

I’ll beat Happy Jack and Adrian to it here – Quality First and Hot Plunge have to go down as the two most prize pigs in a point-to-point arena not short of them.

You may have seen the former revert to sulk mode at Folkestone on Thursday evening having been deprived of an early lead, and his form figures in points of 1P1P prior to that say pretty much the lot about his dual personality.

At least he generally consents to start – Hot Plunge planted himself twice at Higham this season having both set off and run perfectly acceptably previously. A horse who has variously refused, gone off like stink and departed through the wing of a fence in his long hunter chase career (as well as winning several), I’ll go potty before I successfully second-guess the appalling rogue.

Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>

(Edited by graysonscolumn at 1:59 am on May 19, 2007)

Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.

[Lingfield]

<br>I’ll throw in three maidens which are or were connected with the Hannon yard:-

DANAWI , now sold to a small trainer ,gelded and beaten in a seller<br>Record 19 starts 0 wins 6 seconds 1 third

BALTIC BELLE,filly with a record of 13 starts 0wins 3 seconds 4 thirds

MISS SAAFEND PLAZA , filly with a record of 17 starts 0 wins 7 seconds 3 thirds

All these have managed to defy an assortment of jockeys in various company at short odds.<br>Think punters have lost the faith but the owners dream on

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