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Well….. after much betting and deliberation I am on Killyglen,Superior Wisdom,Montero and No Panic.
One of em placed will do!!!
How do top weights fare in this race ?
I quite fancy Killyglen and Halcon and wondered if anyone had any info regarding top weights in this race!!Also somebody has tipped me Superior Wisdom which I can’t have on my mind but if it goes and wins and I don’t back it I will never hear the end of it!!
A terrfic jockey who I will remember for numerous great rides on Guy Harwood horses!!
R.I.P Greville
Hi Richard
What has been your best days racing?
The best horse you have ridden?
In your opinion would many races have a different result if jockeys weren’t aloowed to carry whips? In if so what percentage?If I think of any more I will add them later.
P.S. Good luck this flat season
I have had lots of great days racing. My first big win on Group Captain was great because I loved that horse. I rode him out a bit at home and he was great to deal with. It was nice to show Mr Charlton that I could ride better horses and of course the 2 Group 2 winners took both mine and Tom’s careers to another level. I’ve ridden lots of good horses at home from Avonbridge to Patavellian and also Striking Ambition. Two are now sires who I’ve ridden the offspring of. I have also rode Muhannak to win an apprentice race when he was with Gerard Butler. A lot of the time the best horse wins but even some of the best horses need a smack to get into top gear and get racing or just to concentrate, so it would be very difficult to estimate a percentage.
I have worked for various bookmakers including Hills, Stanleys and several independent bookies and logging customers is standard practice. Obviously now with CCTV it is far more sophisticated than in the past.
The kind of customers the big boys want is the yankee.lucky 15 merchants and they hate sizeable win and each way singles.
I also worked for a well known credit bookmaker and every shop knew every one of us that worked there and some of the subterfuge we had to use to get on was laughable. Most ordinary punters have no idea of the difficulty getting on if you are even mildly successful.
I had my ladbrokes credit account closed because of a £30 e/w double!! And that is just the tip of the iceberg.It is actually fun sometimes to get on when you are knwn in a shop or to a bookmaker!! Its all part of the game!
Hi Fryern
You are entitled to your opinion and I hope the horse proves me wrong but I won’t be swayed from thinking its dodgy and the fact that its never fallen can be seen from two viewpoints
1 Its a sound jumper
2 The horse looks after itself and is never out of its "comfort zone".But like I say I am open to eating the humble pie!!
I am sorry but I just have to comment on this time thing!!
There is no way on this planet you can say that horse A is better than horse B because it ran a race years apart in a faster time!! I love stats and trends but clockwatching will get you in the poor horse because every race is run different and circumstances such as wind ground early pace and numerous other factors can change a race and a result!!
I know I am rambling but its one of my bugbears that people cannot and will not see whats in front of their eyes!!
We all try to predict results and how horses run and the main reason we get it wrong(some more than others) is because of jockeys,ground, wind,early pace,track etc.If we didn’t get it wrong there would be no bookies!! If Timeform was correct every race then every bookie in the country would soon go skint!!
Okay rant over and anyway its just my opinion!I still fancy the Tony Martin horse if it turns up!! Lochan Lacha by the way,it has form with Oscar Time (2nd Irish National) and Ballytrim but hey what do I know? Apart from the fact its 28 on betfair and I am on at 75.
But Mobaasher I am afraid has the dreaded squiggle in my book cos it regularly in good quality races runs on when the race is all over.I have followed this horse since it finished third to Katchit in the Triumph Hurdle and I think the horse is definitely dodgy!!
I agree TAPK. She ran like a stayer not a Guineas horse and come Lingfield we will see a different filly!!
To be honest I was at Kempton and backed Bellvano and I think it was just plainly not good enough!!!
As we have seen since Menorah is a tough nut to crack and I am not one of AP’s greatest fans but saw nothing wrong with his ride on Bellvano that day!What a bloody shame!!
But good to hear he went peacefully,he deserved it!!
We were only talking about him the other day on one of the Grand National threads!R I P Boysie
Have to agree with Moe on this one.I think AP gave DPI a very un-McCoylike ride!! He was sympathetic and calm and never asked a serious question until after the last really!! I am not a huge fan of AP’s but this was a terrific ride and one of the quietest I have seen him give.
But it does help if the horse is going particularly well!!And as for BA I think it has ran a great race and the jockey gave it a terrific ride and was probably the moral winner but Ladbrokes et al don’t pay out on moral winners unfortunately
