angeleyz

well having gone through tomorrows cards, i just dont see anything really worthwhile taking on at the odds on offer. for me it looks like more of a backing day. george benjamin should take all the beating in the first at southwell but the odds at the moment look a little cramped to say the least although he did touch 9/4 for a short time on here, but only for a couple of pounds. i thought he won with a fair bit in hand last time when beating munaawib by a length over course and distance.

munaawib re-opposes here and is only a pound better off as he has since gone on to beat lutine charlie(who also runs here) by just under a length over course and distance, and there should be little to chose between those two on the revised terms.

at exeter the 3.40 was a race i was hoping to have a go at. for me there are two that stand out here. firstly nick giffords tullamore dew has run in some top class handicap chases over the last few years, and in theory he should find this much easier. he comes here in pretty good form having finished 2nd to cloudy too at wetherby and there i don't think there is anything of that ones class in here. looking back to january of last year, tullamore dew finished 4th to katenko at cheltenham and if he ran anywhere near that level of form, he will be extremely difficult to beat.

unfortunately it seems many odds compilers agree and have installed him as fav. i was kind of hoping they would plump for pineau de rei, who i would have taken on at much shorter odds.

i do think there could be a bit of a dark horse lurking in this race too. david pipe's runner shaking hands is capable of a lot better than he has shown recently although i think he was in the process of running a much better race last time out when falling at newbury. i notice david pipe has three entered for the race and i do wonder whether he has kept junior in to keep the weights down for shaking hands and alderluck.

hopefully the weather will relent and wednesday will provide some better laying opportunities.

best of luck to anyone having a bet tomorrow.