Today was one of those days which leaves you tearing your hair out. My first selection of the day cruised to the front two from home only to fall at the last and that pretty much set the tone for the rest of my day.
Next on the betting slip was the so called Max Bet which looked more like a donkey than a race horse. To be fair he was too keen early on, and clearly didn't handle the easing ground, the jockey didn't give up but the horse was clearly short of what was required.
My second info selection in the 3:50 did give me hope before the off, as expected it was heavily punted and ran a great race but was headed in the final 100 yards to finish second. The third info horse was completely friendless in the market but ran a good race to finish third at 16/1 and I was quite happy with that.
My personal e/w fancy of the day Mister Dillion ran a similar race to my punt in the opener but instead of falling, he found absolutely nothing once in front and ended up trotting home in second place. My attempt at a saver in the lucky last at Southwell didn't quite go to plan either, as once again I manage to land another 2nd place. At the end of the day this game is all about near misses and those 3 second places and the first place faller could have so easily turned into a nice four timer. Tomorrow is a new day and I'm currently getting my teeth stuck into the Newmarket card, plenty of very smart horses going to post and the hills camp have no fewer than 7 runners.
Let the fun begin!
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