Not sure what Whelan was trying to do there on Dottie Lottie, but it made for pretty painful viewing from where I was sitting. There was a gap to his left or he could follow the winner through, but he was intent on pulling the horse to its right where, yep, he ran into trouble

Had he stayed where he was, luckyme, it would have opened up for him - typical! Not saying she would have won, but she would have pressed for a place at least imo. Best just move on

Well the profits for the month have just about been wiped out, and the less said the about the BFSP / ISP stats the better. Fair to say I ain't looking forward to publishing the updated figures

It will turn George

2-50 thirsk

Energia Flavio interesting,fahey managed to get him down almost a stone in the short time had him.Hoping the quicker ground and inside berth will see him go from near the pace,travelled well in his last race,around 13/2,has he found his level?

GL ALL

looks an interesting race that one Nocturnal, Koukash moved that horse to Fahey from Botti's and was gelded and then looks like Fahey was getting it ready for another koukash chester runner, certainly looked like he didn't see it out so drop back in trip and 2lb less certainly gives him a chance on that windsor run. Fahey may even get some improvement out of it. This Taysh could be one of those Appleby ones that keep improving now and that Torrid looked quite an eyecatcher last time, held up a few lengths off the field and keen and then just allowed to come through once the winner and 2nd had gone, he certainly looks like he has plenty of that ability he had when with Perrett just depends what the Easterby plan is. You'd have to be disappointed if EF doesn't go close though. GL with the bet.

Two for me today

Manatee Bay
Doctor Parkes

Gl today

Good luck mackies

George I fancied Racing Knight last time agree with what you say but haven't looked at the race. Mackies I fancy Manatee Bay quite strongly and am keen on Alpha Delphini the current Betfair market looks a bit strange to me but I've got enough on already. GL with the selections today lads

Particularly Bridey's Lettuce with George Wood taking a free 7lb off. SDS was booked and there was money around for the horse on its debut for Furtado at Windsor, but he didn't get much of a run as they congregated against the stands rail, though not entirely sure he looked straightforward.

Viserion looks interesting trying 12f; and Cosmic Tigress was picked on this thread on her second run having shaped well on her Flat debut, but maybe they'd decided she was going to be a handicap project.

Smiling Emily, 1pt EW @ 25-1, 4.30 Navan

I selected this filly the other evening when she ran at Tipperary; she had one standout effort last season when going close against improver Niven at Cork, but had shown little since until shaping well from a poor draw at Gowran last month (did not finish far behind Sister Blandina who has since won at Bath); on the back of that I selected her at Tipperary at a big price despite her being 8lb out of the handicap, as I thought at the weights with Niven she could still be given a chance; as it turned the ground was quite testing (race time nearly 25 secs above standard) and having done enough from the front (it's possible she's best when waited with), she faded out of it.

She's making a quick return here which is a bit of a worry, but she's back down in grade and can run off her correct mark (which is 9lb below her standout effort), plus the return to better ground should suit. Kieren Fallon takes over in the saddle.

Can't find any standouts over here today and wasn't going to bet but your write up has peaked my interest so going to have a look at this race

You're a brave man Fl given the form I'm in and that losing run is starting to look ugly!

The good run against Niven last season came on soft ground, but that was something else at Tipperary the other night, hopefully it hasn't left its mark.

Good luck to us both.

Thanks for the vote of confidence Fl

FL......Just thinking the same

Energia Flavio.....,ran ok but was hoping it would lead,whether it needs a few more off is debateable,distance is about right,left handed ok and handles sharp tracks,there were gaps in the home straight if required,no surprise to see him rock up at the owners favourite track later in the year.

3-35 ripon............Last two winners contest this fillies handicap,dominated by older brigade last few years,market leaders both 3 yr olds.

At the prices Love Island around 7/1 appeals,eyecatching run just 4 days ago at york,plenty of rowing would be an apt description.
Won this race 2 yrs ago in a quick time,similar mark,Gran Canaria Queen is a danger,the draw in 5 favours the selection,trainer has the top one too which always tempers enthusiasm.
Current price underestimates his chance imo,we will see.

Still early days gents,the notebooks need to be polished,crisp,covetted,kept under that favourite pillow,ready to be unleashed

GL

Thanks George

Do not always get the the time to look back through,noticed we both backed The Warrior last week,never nearer than finnishing position,he is work in progress.
Not looked at the 4-45,the 3yr old h,caps are a minefield,will watch  with later on in the year in mind.

The 5-15 had a peak earlier,had a dabble on Pearl Noir from Dixon yard,has the draw to get to the rail,will need to see off the jolly who front runs too.
Pabusar is interesting,he could well pick up the pieces if they go too quick,the pilot having her 3rd ride from rp website.

Gl with both,keep knocking politely,it will open

Well done with Pear Noir, nocturnal

Thanks both......limpet like to the rail was the guess,despite plenty right hand he still drifted toward the centre,definately had a little lady as the 2nd had to switch.

Going forward,the 5/6f does seem to favour the higher drawn beasts on faster ground,worth keeping onside future meetings.

Love Island ran his race,the 3 yr old angle broken,the 2nd looked a shade unlucky.

MFC....Doctor Parkes entered claimer windsor tomorrow night?

George....The perratt horse mentioned earlier,entered Goodwood thursday over 7f,RM booked,watching brief.

With confidence at a low ebb, I'm resorting to picking a relative shorty! Though that said, later in the week depending on entries, I'm planning on putting up a crackpot ante-post selection at an enormous price


Sonnet, 1 pt win @ 7-2, 2.50 Redcar

Sister to the Group 2 7f winner Dragon Pulse; strong in the market ahead of her debut at Wolverhampton in February, she did not find the race panning out her way as the first two controlled the race from the front, but she shaped with plenty of promise to finish fifth, putting in some good late work before being eased closed home, and leaving the impression she would benefit from the experience; that form has some substance with the third winning since, and the second horse going on to finish a close third to subsequent Chester handicap winner Ian Fleming and ahead of another subsequent handicap winner in Jordan Sport.

There's a suspicion given how she shaped at Wolverhampton that she may prefer a stiffer test in due course, but early days yet to be sure about that, and although it's a slight worry she's not been seen for nearly 3 months and is currently easy enough to back, hopefully she has gone forward for that debut experience and can be a major player in this fillies' maiden.

GL Mackies

6-40 Leicester

Quite like the look of the Fahey horse Bahamian C,major foul up SJB when he ran from 11 lb out of the handicap,and was never nearer 3rd beaten length and quarter in 0-95 at redcar last backend.No surprise to see the h,capper took a dim view of that,back down to 75 tonight,the claim puts him on 68,in  this 0-80,pretty much bottom weight.
Robust horse,think he will  need plenty stoking up the straight,stayed on nicely on his return 22 days ago.Arguably does not want it too quick,hoping the good ground is accurate,inside draw,if hes given his head,sound chance at the weights.

Trainer sent 3 down,hoping this is the boy,we will see.

The thread is still in profit (just) at the early odds, but fair to say things have gone a little t!ts up over the past week or so, therefore a change in policy for at least a day as I've decided to swing for the fences and indulge in a spot of the old dart throwing .
Some big prices here and a few speculative ones, which come with risks attached, as you'd expect at these sort of prices.

Tamujin, 4.00 Lingfield, 1pt EW @ 16-1

Backing 36-race maidens doesn't sound like a strategy for success but Tamujin does make a little appeal at the prices, particularly with his yard in good form (winners under both codes in recent days).

He ran well in a classified stakes on his latest start at Brighton, running into an unexposed 3YO who has since gone close under a penatlty at Chepstow against another relatively unexposed one of Mark Johnston's.

Tamujin has run well the last twice he has run over today's C/D, losing out by just a nose after a sustained duel, and then not finding the race going his way on his last visit having been left with a bit to do.

Who's Shirl, 3.40 Newcastle, 1pt EW @ 25-1

And if backing 36 race maidens doesn't sound a shrewd strategy, how about 10 year old mares on their reappearance?

I would have passed on this given it's her first run of the year, but the trainer did have a filly run really well at Donny on Saturday evening at 50-1 (albeit she'd had a run this year), and a case can be made for Who's Shirl if she 's fit (and she did run well on her reappearance in 2014).

She has fallen back below her last winning mark, and two runs on Tapeta at Wolverhampton last October suggested she still has something to offer, on the first occasion putting in some good late work have been forced quite wide on the bend into the home straight, and when last seen not disgraced in a better race than today's won by big improver Supersta.

She's yet to win at this trip but seems to stay it perfectly well, and this course could suit her run style better than Wolverhampton, as long as there's not a bias towards front runners as the track beds in.

Gurhka Freind, 1pt EW @ 22-1 , 4.10 Wolverhampton

GF had been a big disappointment since winning a conditions race at Leicester early last season but the signs this year have been a lot more encouraging, looking a shade unfortunate not to win at Ayr two starts back, and last time out putting in some good late work at Catterick having found the track sharper than ideal.

The downside to his chance today is that he's up in grade and 2lb out of the handicap (a 5lb claimer has been booked to try and offset this, and he is 6lb below his peak rating), and he has to prove himself on Tapeta (likely the run was needed when he made his reappearance at Wolverhampton), but at the odds a chance is taken EW.

Fleurtille, 1pt EW @ 33-1, 4.40 Wolverhampton

Only ever had one start on a synthetic surface and didn't offer much, but she seems to handle all surfaces on turf (has won on heavy and gone close on good to firm) so may be worth chancing at a big price, with her reappearance run behind her and headgear enlisted for the first time.

She didn't shape too badly at Doncaster on her comeback run, keeping on after not having had the clearest of runs, to finish just over 4l behind a bang in form mare who has won again since.

All three of Fluertille's wins having been over 5f, but she hasn't had many chances over 6f and definitely seems to stay 6f and further, her two best RPRs coming on the old turf course at Newcastle when finishing runner-up over both 6f and 7f at the backend of 2014.

Ruby Wednesday, 1pt EW @ 12-1, 5.20 Nottingham

RW has to prove her effectiveness on turf but is of interest at a double figure price moving back in trip; the notebook run came over 7f at Kempton in February when finishing strongly off a steady pace and just failing to prevail; she did go on to win over 7f at Lingfield before being held twice at that distance off her revised mark.

She's a half-sister to a 12f winner in Germany, and the one time she ran over a mile (at Chelmsford) she just lost out to one who has since gone on to win a handicap off 70 (RW is also now rated 70 and is marginally joint best in on the adjusted figures in this classified event).

RW may be open to improvement at the trip on both run-style and pedigree, so despite a small concern about the surface, a chance is taken at the odds.

Ziggy Lee, 1pt EW @ 33-1, 7.10 Wetherby

Lightly raced 10 year old who makes a little appeal at big odds on his return from a long absence;  he's an old notebook horse who had caught the eye on his return from a long break at Newmarket in 2012, when looking unlucky not have finished a deal closer having been denied a clear run.
He returned from a break of over a year in 2013 when winning at Beverley, and although he failed to go well fresh off a break in 2014, he did go on to post some fair efforts in defeat.

This is clearly risky on his first run for a new trainer, and at the age of 10 who knows what ability remains, but there is a history of running well or winning off a prolonged absence, and as his mark has dropped to a potentially favourable one, a chance is taken at the price.

Inshaa, 1pt EW @ 33-1, 7.40 Wetherby

Ex-Sir Michael Stoute trained horse who caught the eye over a trip (6f) possibly on the sharp side at Wolverhampton on his debut for Michael Herrington towards the end of last year; two runs since have been realtively disappointing, but one was at Southwell (not disgraced in third) and the other at Chelmsford over 6f (track and trip might not have suited).

Inshaa is returning from a 2 month break here and the draw has not been kind, but he may have benefited from a gelding operation since last seen, and no surprise is this well bred, scopey sort, comes good for his new yard at some point.

good luck with the multiple, mackies, this time next year Rodney...