Mad busy at Points To Points Towers so sadly little time for a write-up at present.
Todays bets:
15:40 Aintree - 1pt ew Frankie Figg @ 14/1 (Bet365 - 5 places)
15:40 Aintree - 1pt ew Ballyholland @ 22/1 (Bet365) - 5 places)
17:25 Aintree - 1pt win Baby Shine @ 9.4 (Betfair)
17:25 Aintree - 1pt ew Baby Shine @ 8/1 (Victor Chandler)
Good luck to those betting today
Stake: 3pts (excl. todays bets)
Profit/Loss: -0.5pts
Friday, 8 April 2011
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Thursday 6th April
Confessional ran well enough at Beverley in the sprint and Duran Fentiman got him over to the favoured inside rail very early on, he faded close home and a drop back to a less testing 5f can see him reap rewards.
The Aintree Foxhunters (15:40) is one of my favourite races of the year and the horse I like in this is Denis Fagan's Irish raider Kanesh, he's relatively lightly raced in terms of track form with just the three runs so far including top two performances at Tipperary (2nd to the very useful Mossey Joe) and Downpatrick (beat good yardstick Island Peak) thus far in his career but two starts back he chased home Grand National fancy Backstage at Kirkistown in a good time and prior to that had taken out an Open at Tyrella in impressive fashion. He still appears to be very much on the upgrade after what can only be described as a patchy start to his pointing career (didn't break his Maiden until his 10th start) and he has the assistance of leading amateur Jamie Codd in the saddle. He jumps well, will appreciate the good to soft ground and at 25/1 looks worth an each-way interest in a race that often throws up one or two surprise places.
Advice: 0.5pts each-way Kanesh @ 25/1 (General)
Stakes: 4pts
Profit/Loss: -1.5pts
The Aintree Foxhunters (15:40) is one of my favourite races of the year and the horse I like in this is Denis Fagan's Irish raider Kanesh, he's relatively lightly raced in terms of track form with just the three runs so far including top two performances at Tipperary (2nd to the very useful Mossey Joe) and Downpatrick (beat good yardstick Island Peak) thus far in his career but two starts back he chased home Grand National fancy Backstage at Kirkistown in a good time and prior to that had taken out an Open at Tyrella in impressive fashion. He still appears to be very much on the upgrade after what can only be described as a patchy start to his pointing career (didn't break his Maiden until his 10th start) and he has the assistance of leading amateur Jamie Codd in the saddle. He jumps well, will appreciate the good to soft ground and at 25/1 looks worth an each-way interest in a race that often throws up one or two surprise places.
Advice: 0.5pts each-way Kanesh @ 25/1 (General)
Stakes: 4pts
Profit/Loss: -1.5pts
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Wednesday
The slow early pace didn't suit Arlequin yesterday and though he finished well he could manage only fourth. He still looks capable of winning off this mark in a similar race with more pace on, will be one to look out for in the coming weeks.
Beverley stage a nice 5f sprint tomorrow (15:10) on the famous straight course with more non-runners than anywhere else, at least if reports are to be believed. I remember being up at Haydock on Sprint Cup day when seeing Confessional romp home in a good sprint handicap from some useful opponents off a mark of 88, that was a better race than this and though passed over by stable jockey David Allan he looks more than capable of going well at a big price, the Haydock was race 5f on good to firm and I recorded a speed figure of 84 for him that day, a decent performance when compared with how others in this race have done in their most recent starts. He had two more starts following that, one being in the Portland where he showed up well for a long way before fading in the final half furlong with the other coming when probably over the top again at Doncaster in October. He ran well on his seasonal debut last season and I expect a bold show from him tomorrow in spite of a somewhat poor draw.
Advice: Confessional 0.5pts each-way @ 16/1 (William Hill, Bet365)
Stakes: 2pts
Returns: 0pts
Beverley stage a nice 5f sprint tomorrow (15:10) on the famous straight course with more non-runners than anywhere else, at least if reports are to be believed. I remember being up at Haydock on Sprint Cup day when seeing Confessional romp home in a good sprint handicap from some useful opponents off a mark of 88, that was a better race than this and though passed over by stable jockey David Allan he looks more than capable of going well at a big price, the Haydock was race 5f on good to firm and I recorded a speed figure of 84 for him that day, a decent performance when compared with how others in this race have done in their most recent starts. He had two more starts following that, one being in the Portland where he showed up well for a long way before fading in the final half furlong with the other coming when probably over the top again at Doncaster in October. He ran well on his seasonal debut last season and I expect a bold show from him tomorrow in spite of a somewhat poor draw.
Advice: Confessional 0.5pts each-way @ 16/1 (William Hill, Bet365)
Stakes: 2pts
Returns: 0pts
Monday, 4 April 2011
Tuesday's Racing
We've racing on both sides of the Irish sea today with three meetings in the UK and a second in three days and first of the flat season for Limerick in Ireland. Disappointing to see that the two horses I was most interested in backing tomorrow have already been supported in the markest at Pontefract:
16:10 Pontefract
It's good to see flat racing back at Ponte for the 2011 season and Arlequin is of interest to me in this race, with two big speed figures under similar conditions in 2010 (10f on good to firm ground) and coming off a couple of disappointing efforts on the all-weather at Cagnes-Sur-Mer earlier this year which should give him an edge over a couple of those making their season reappearances and ran well enough on his seasonal debut in 2010 off a very similar prep (2 runs on the AW at France) when a 40/1 6th of 14 in a good handicap at the Craven meeting. There's a possibility that he'll be seen to better effect off a lower mark but he looks worth taking a small chance with given his good runs in 2010 were off higher marks (89 and 92) and he has a decent chance of making a winning return to action in the UK
Advice: Arlequin 0.5pts each-way @ 15/2 (William Hill)
Stake: 1pt
Return: 0pt
Martin
ps. This will get better, harder than I thought putting what I'm thinking onto the screen
16:10 Pontefract
It's good to see flat racing back at Ponte for the 2011 season and Arlequin is of interest to me in this race, with two big speed figures under similar conditions in 2010 (10f on good to firm ground) and coming off a couple of disappointing efforts on the all-weather at Cagnes-Sur-Mer earlier this year which should give him an edge over a couple of those making their season reappearances and ran well enough on his seasonal debut in 2010 off a very similar prep (2 runs on the AW at France) when a 40/1 6th of 14 in a good handicap at the Craven meeting. There's a possibility that he'll be seen to better effect off a lower mark but he looks worth taking a small chance with given his good runs in 2010 were off higher marks (89 and 92) and he has a decent chance of making a winning return to action in the UK
Advice: Arlequin 0.5pts each-way @ 15/2 (William Hill)
Stake: 1pt
Return: 0pt
Martin
ps. This will get better, harder than I thought putting what I'm thinking onto the screen
Welcome
Welcome to my blog - I hope people will forgive the shortness of this first post and the waffle involved as I've never done one of these before. Basically this will be a blog about racing, tipping, point to pointing and other things (mainly sport based though).
It's the start of the flat season, the Grand National meeting is coming up and the various Classic trials are now underway with a couple in Ireland and France already so what better time to start blogging.
Martin
It's the start of the flat season, the Grand National meeting is coming up and the various Classic trials are now underway with a couple in Ireland and France already so what better time to start blogging.
Martin
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