Pot Luck 3

[greenasgrass]

+21.5
Pts staked 25.5

A good day. Looking forward to Bentham over hurdles. About as pleased with the EW for Magic Wand as anything else. She is a tough little cookie and always tries her best.

[greenasgrass]

Got to back my TTF horses but none have the best chance so lumped them all together

Fairyland/Pink Dogwood/Southern France win treble 676-1 0.5pt

More sensible bets
13.55 Curr Goddess 3-2 0.5pt win
14.50 Lon Star Catcher 9-4 0.5pt win
15.00 Curr Albigna 7-4 0.5pt win

[Venture to Cognac]

Well done today Grass, good stuff.

[greenasgrass]

Should’ve kept the faith with Fairyland alone
Star Catcher limits the damage so a couple more bets on Ireland’s last big Flat day:

Curragh
3.35 Arizona 8-1 0.5pt win
4.10 Southern France 12-1 0.5Pt ew
The former is a gorgeous big colt with scope for improvement.
The latter is a big boat but he’s my big boat.

[greenasgrass]

Great White Shark the rightful favourite in the mares hurdle at Galway but I am going to give her stablemate Dont Hesitate at chance too. I saw her at Down Royal last year and she was quite tiny but they must have thought a bit of her to pitch her into a G3 on her second start. Bred to go today’s trip on the ground too.

5.15 Gal Don’t Hesitate 11/2 0.5pt win w/o Great White Shark.

[greenasgrass]

+20
Pts staked 199.5

Don’t Hesitate didn’t hurdle very well, popping up like a cork at each one for the first half of the race. She was a bit more fluent after that but emptied out very quickly round about the second last and just went backwards.
Reckon GWS’ mistake at a crucial point cost her a lot of momentum, and likely she wasn’t pushed too hard with Newmarket in mind, but she may not quite have got to the winner anyway.

[greenasgrass]

1.50 Sligo Moskovite 5/2 1pt win

She has drifted a lot in the past few minutes; I’m no paddock judge but she doesn’t look fat to me anyway. Has run in a PTP and was good hurdler albeit may need the run and an extra half mile.

[greenasgrass]

Well she didn’t look like she was enjoying the ruck of horses- Le Hachette took her ground at one point too- but she was game enough when she got fresh air in front of her and got out of the pack to win over this unsuitably short trip. I had been looking at the 3rd horse Belle West when I opened the card half an hour ago and was thinking hmm why is she 66s in a 8+ runner race, what’s the catch? So I was watching her only previous chase start to check she isn’t a horrible jumper before I put on a place bet…when I had finished watching the video she had been knocked down to 18s. I always sulk when I miss prices like that so didn’t bet her…was just glad she didn’t beat mine!

[greenasgrass]

2.25 Sligo My Manekineko 7-1 0.5pt win

Never going to stun the world but ran well last time. Doesn’t have to give as much weight to Captain Cobajay as when they last met too.

[greenasgrass]

I should have considered the tightness for space in the track and the previous race before I backed a holdup horse. Ah well.

[greenasgrass]

Last of the adventurous big spenders:

2.55 Sligo
0.5 pt place only:
Thecraicisninety evs
The King of Brega 3-1

Former is a nice looking chaser, should do better back over fences
Later grand servant for trainer in form

Harrington horse could be good but some of her horses a little below par lately perhaps.
Good old Cliff House deserves a win! But enough risk of him getting done again not to back him.

[greenasgrass]

3.30 Sligo Ayr of Elegance 4/1 0.5pt win

14 beginners on a tight track- what could possibly go wrong?

[greenasgrass]

I’ll sit the next one out and just back the Mullins horse in the race after. Won a weird beginners where everything else fell over early on , then 3rd to two of “my” horses.

4.30 Sligo Pont Aven evs 2pts win

[greenasgrass]

+19.5
Pts staked 204.5

Hey ho, down 50p for the day. Should have quit after the first! Cap d’aubois jumped nicely out in front and just got a bit tired. Might keep an eye on him.

[greenasgrass]

Off to the inlaws in Wales today.
These can run for me while I’m on the ferry trying to control a crazed 3yo and a baby:

Downpatrick
1.35 Marine One 14/1 0.5pt ew
3.15 Star Adventure 7/2 0.5pt win
4.25 Ballybrowney Jack 2/1 0.5pt place

[greenasgrass]

+20
Pts staked 205.5

Marine One NR and Star Adventure also ran but Ballybrowney Jack obliged with the 3rd place to bring me back up to +20.

Nambour has finally resurfaced today, having kept some very good company before his injury. The trip might be a touch on the short side, and turning a 9 year old out hard fit after 3 years must be tricky, but he won his PTP, bumper, maiden hurdle and beginners chase after a break and if any of his class remains he should go well.

4.40 Nav Nambour 8-1 0.5pt ew

[greenasgrass]

Not good wifi or time here but a quick scribble down of bets.
The Like a Butterfly chase is usually a good race. Can’t think of any horse less like a butterfly than the Bull so have gone with Dandy Mag 1pt win at 8-1.
Also got 50p ew on
Magical
Pink Dogwood
Fairyland
in Paris.

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