Today's Selections

Very good day for the blog yesterday as I recorded 4 winning bets resulting in 47.25pts profit and a starting bank for today of 539.25 points.

Today's Selections

3:20 Lingfield - Effistorm (3/1) - 10pt win - This horse is a claiming system qualifier and should take all the beating today. Conor Dore is presented by no less than 4 runners in the race but in my opinion this one definitely looks to have the strongest claims although it was a close call between him and the mount of George Baker. Like Yes Chef below I got on at much bigger prices last night (5/1+) but for the purposes of the P/L I will be using the highest available price at the time of writing.

4:30 Chepstow - Yes Chef (7/2) - 4pt win - I backed this horse LTO and it flopped, today it returns to a course where it has a great record and the horse is obviously starting to look very well handicapped. I actually managed to get on last night at 4/1 but the horse has already been supported so for the purposes of the P/L I will be using the highest available price at the time of writing which is 7/2. I strongly believe that this horse has been tee'd up for this race and although Sammy Alexander makes some appeal, the Millman yard very rarely leave their money behind.

5:00 Chepstow - Velvet Start (6/1) - 1.50pts e/w - This horse is very well bred and was disappointing last season where she was well beaten in 3 class 4 maidens. She makes her debut as a three year old today and it would be very frustrating for connections if she didn't show some promise today off a basement mark. She is taking a considerable step up in trip which is sure to suit her on the basis of her pedigree and that makes her of additional interest but obviously the current form of the trainer and the jockey's poor strike rate when riding 3yo's for the yard would temper my enthusiasm slightly.

6:25 Huntingdon - Festival Bound (2/1) -10pt win - This is a horse from my hunter chase connection. The horse has apparently been performing very well in PTP races and is expected to record his first victory in the hunter chase discipline today before targeting bigger things in the next 12 months. From what I can tell the horse has a nice hunter chase pedigree and the ground, distance and nature of the course will apparently be in his favour.

8:35 Ballinrobe - Native Son (11/2) - 2pt win - This is an info horse from my source in Ireland who has been quiet in the last few days. Although on the face of it Native Son looks to have tried and failed on a couple of occasions to win a bumper, better is expected today. He is race fit so that definitely won't be a problem and today's field looks very weak compared to the line up he met last time out. The yard have employed the services of McNamara who is one of the most talented amateur riders in Ireland, so if anyone can get this horse home in front then it's him. Connections will apparently be having money on this one to win and although there is a small bit of e/w value at the moment I will be going for the win as well. Obviously we are looking at a pretty poor race though so I would advise anyone having a punt to keep their stakes small.


That concludes today's selections for the time being although there may be a few more selections to come later in the day if I hear anything or something catches my eye.

Happy punting.