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George's 100 day, 100 points Profit Challenge
George's 100 day, 100 points Profit Challenge
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Got my races mixed up, it's BUCCABAY in your race..
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Cheers and good luck today, Billy
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Amazing George this soon be going a full year
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Wd 4th George
 Tough day today ....this time next year Rodney gl .... |
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Freddie, the 100 pts still feels a long way off, maybe I should have made it 1000 days.
Cheers Virgin. Disappointing from Starsong, who was keen early but soon got cover and was in a reasonable position to strike, but couldn't quicken for toffee turning in, so maybe Lingfield isn't for her. She's eligible for weaker / fillies' only races, and maybe taking the hood off might help. Nothing got into it from off the pace in Society Lion's race, so he wasn't badly positioned in a tracking position, however, he couldn't go with the principals when the pace lifted but did keep on to get the extra place that a few firms were offering. Running P/L: +78.91 Well, failed the calendar 100 days, failed the 100 days when selections were posted and then failed within a calendar year, but to put a positive spin on it, the thread ended the year with a respectable profit, which is a relief as for a lot of the year a loss looked a distinct possibility. My juvenile hurdler threads for this calendar year alone are about 43 pts in profit, so my two threads combined are around 121 pts in profit. So if I could spin it that way, lol, then I might be able to release myself from this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-szamMr6s |
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Day 206
Zealandia, 1pt EW @ 9-1, 2.00 Newcastle (Newcastle) Zelandia is out again relatively quickly after only finishing 5th of 10 at Southwell (12f) on Friday, when he was very much the stable second-string according to the betting market as strong late support came in for his stablemate Oneforthegutter, who would win the race. Zelandia had previously finished ahead of his stablemate when they had met over 14f at Wolverhampton in November, when the selection stayed on well to finish a close-up third, an effort which suggested he'd be worth another try over further, and he steps up to this stretch two-mile trip today. Ian Williams again runs two and Zelandia is the bigger-priced of the pair, though there has seemingly been a little market support for him this morning. Kieran O'Neill, who was aboard the stable's winner on Friday, is now back aboard Zelandia, having ridden him the time before at Wolverhampton. |
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* Zealandia, 1pt EW @ 9-1, 2.00 Newcastle (4 PLACES)
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Wd George gl ....
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Well Done George, top class
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Cheers Virgin & Billy
Running P/L: +89.71 pts |
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WD GB
Creeping closer |
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WD..just a matter of time..
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Cheers Mad' and lead on. Good luck today.
Day 207 Relentless Warrior, 1pt EW @ 5-1, 7.30 Wolverhampton (3 PLACES) A few firms are offering three places on this seven-runner contest and I'm going to have a cheeky each-way 'insurance' pick on Relentless Warrior in the hope he can at least make the frame and save the stake. He ran well at Bath (5.5f, good) early in his juvenile campaign to be second, albeit understandably no match for the subsequent Group 2 Vintage Stakes winner Haatem. It was disappointing he didn't fare better after, including on his return from a break and gelding operation at Lingfield last month when well punted, but he offered more over C/D on his latest start on Boxing Day when finishing third behind a couple of improvers, when perhaps a first-time tongue helped, which is retained here. Hopefully he can build on that effort this evening dropped back in grade to class 6 company. |
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GL George….
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cheers 'ace, unfortunately though, like so many of my each-way 'insurance' jobs, out of the frame.
The trip note for this one should read: Soon poorly positioned, very wide into straight, ran on when it was all too late Running P/L: +87.71 pts |
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Day 208
Gordon Grey, 1pt EW @ 7-1, 3.32 Southwell (4 PLACES) I'm going to take a chance on the fitness of Gordon Grey, who posted a couple of respectable efforts at Newmarket (10f, g-s) and Newbury (12f, good) last summer when he recorded RPRs of 81 and 78 respectively. He wasn't at the same level on his final two starts for Ian Williams, when soft ground might not have been ideal, though he wasn't disgraced on the former occasion at Nottingham in one of the Grassroots Series' Finals. Gordon Grey has since been sold for 18,000 gns and, following a wind-op, new connections are wasting no time in switching him to the AW and stepping him up in trip to 14f. He is related to winners on synthetic surfaces and his pedigree offers encouragement that he will stay this longer distance. |
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They didn't go any pace which meant there were several in with a chance entering the final furlong, where Gordon Grey still had every chance of a place and was sticking to his task, but then the fav edged right into his path and pretty much stopped him in his tracks, and that was that. Hopefully he's all right as he was eased right off.
Running P/L: +87.71 pts |
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Day 209
Canaria Queen, 1pt EW @ 25-1, 5.00 Southwell (4 PLACES) I'm going to give another chance to Canaria Queen. There didn't appear any fluke about it when she defeated the long odds-on Sacred Falls in a novice at Musselburgh (5f, g-s) in September, and that filly has since won and run well in defeat in handicap company. Canaria Queen hasn't built on this win in three runs since, but she didn't face an easy task at Ripon (5f, good) in an 0-81 on her next start, and of her two runs over 5f at this track following a 55-day break, she didn't shape too badly on the former occasion when not helped by meeting with interference 2f out, but was disappointing last time when not sure her highest draw was an excuse. The filly Canaria Queen defeated at Musselbrgh ended the turf season with a rating of 69, yet Canaria Queen can now race off 63 following those three below par runs, so while she has to prove Tapeta is for her, hopefully a step back up in trip to 6f round here can help. Polar Princess, 1pt EW @ 10-1, 5.30 Southwell (4 PLACES) Polar Princess is another I selected last-time-out She didn't last long with the Gosden yard but she showed enough to suggest there should be a win in her, particularly at Kempton (12f) in May, when although finishing only 4th of the 6 runners and beaten 15L, she shaped like the second best horse in the race having tried to go with a useful Roger Varian-trained filly from some way out and been a clear second at one point before losing two places in the closing stages. The second horse home was the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Wodhooh, was has since been a Listed winner over hurdles for Gordon Elliott, while the fifth My Chiquita, has been a winner subsequently on the Flat and over hurdles. Her first two runs for Philip Kirby weren't great, but there was more encouragement at Wolverhampton (12f) last month when she wasn't helped by having to try and challenge around the outer but did keep on to be beaten just over 5L, and she was better again over 11f here on her latest start when keeping on well to be third behind a couple of well backed ones, albeit the fourth didn't do much for the form at Kempton on Saturday when a spectacular drifter in the betting. She is eligible for weaker races than this one, but the step back up to 12f may help, Billy Loghnane rides her for the first time, and hopefully she can continue going the right way for her current yard. Gordon Grey, 1pt EW @ 7-1, 6.00 Southwell (4 PLACES) Gordon Grey is another I'm giving another chance to, having selected him just four days ago when he ran over 14f at this course on his stable debut, for the reasons given above. It didn't end well with him losing all chance inside the final furlong as the eventual winner edged right into his path, but evidently he's none the worse given this quick reappearance. He's dropping back in trip to 12f here and doubt that another steady-pace-then-sprint would be any good to him, but in the hope of a more even gallop this time, even if he has to make the running himself, he's given another vote. |
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Good luck George. I watched Gordon Grey last time (for reasons I can't remember I had laid him in the place market and had not seen your thread!) and I thought he traveled so well that the drop in distance would suit.
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Brian, not a bad run there from Gordon Grey (12-1) to make the frame. Harry Davies kept it simple this time and got on with it. I wonder if we may see Gordon Grey in a juvenile hurdle before the season is out.
Canaria Princess was sent off at 50-1, but ran okay to be beaten around two lengths at the finish having made good headway from off the pace, but that was still only good enough for 6th place. Her win on turf was on good to soft and maybe a bit of give in the ground does helps her, as she seems to be finding things happening a bit too quickly on Tapeta. Another fair effort from Polar Princess (18-1) to make the frame. She wasn't helped by meeting with interference at a crucial stage up the straight but it probably didn't make any difference to her finishing position. Running P/L: +89.71 pts |
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* Running P/L: +87.71 pts
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Well done George, never in doubt you would of threw the towel in
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I might make it 100 years next time, ladycarla, just to be on the safe side
 Day 210 Carry On Aitch, 1pt EW @ , 4.15 Chelmsford I'm going to take a chance on Carry On Aitch, who's out again relatively quickly having finished only 6th of 9 in a classified stakes at Kempton (7f) on Wednesday, where she ran a bit better than her finishing position suggested having taken a keen hold early and then had a wide trip, yet despite this she kept on surprisingly well to press for 4th place, albeit no match for the first three. She's evidently quite limited but did manage to win a 5f turf handicap for her previous yard last summer, and her best effort for her current yard came over today's C/D in September when finishing 3rd of 13 at 150-1 in a class 6 handicap. Carry On Aitch will need to settle better than she did at Kempton, but she's got the inside draw and hopefully can get into a better rhythm this time, wearing the retained cheekpieces which were applied for the first time on Wednesday. |
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* Carry On Aitch, 1pt EW @ 12-1, 4.15 Chelmsford
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It looked an early entry for the worst race of 2024, but the market was confident that Carry On Aitch wouldn't be troubling the judge, and so it proved as she folded tamely.
Running P/L: +85.71 pts |
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Day 211
Banana, 1pt EW @ 17-2, 7.30 Wolverhampton Banana probably ran better from a wide draw than her finishing position suggested over C/D in December, on what was her third run back from a year off, and there have been stronger hints in three runs since that she may be able to lose her maiden tag, notably two runs back when going down by just a neck over C/D in a 0-62, having been a pound 'wrong' at the weights. She could only finish 6th of the 8 runners here on Saturday evening over 5f in a 0-50 classified stakes, but that doesn't tell the whole story as she didn't get a clear run up the straight and finished with running left in her. The return to 6f should suit and has a better draw than has sometimes been the case, so hopefully she can be competitive in this basement-grade handicap. |
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GL with Banana again today George. Gone for Jumira Bridge in the comp but no bet
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sadly, cobs, not today for Banana who got the split against the rail but wasn't quick enough to take it; she didn't get a clear run after but it didn't look like she was going anywhere anyway.
Running P/L: +83.71 pts |
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I see what you did there " Banana who got the split"
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Good luck today chaps.
Day 212 Moondharrig, 1pt EW @ 8-1, 2.15 Dundalk (4 PLACES) Moondharrig had been well beaten in a C/D claimer on her third run for a mark but was a lot better in first-time cheekpieces over the same trip here on her handicap debut when finishing second of 14, in what was the quicker of the two divisions. She didn't back that effort up on her latest start for whatever reason, but she's only had the five starts so may be worth another chance with first-time blinkers tried and a 5lb claimer being enlisted, granted a reasonable trip from her wide draw. |
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Well done George.
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Nice one George
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Brilliant George.. well done
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Well Done George
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Cheers all.
I was worried when I saw the head-on because from under 2f out she definitely drifted in front of the runner-up who lost momentum before closing at the finish to be beaten a head, but they didn't even call an enquiry. Phew. Running P/L: +93.31 pts |
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Getting ever closer to the target, George. You've done well to overcome lots of setbacks.
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That;s an impressive points profit. Top researching.
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Thanks for the positive comments.
Day 213 Boom Pow Pow, 1pt EW @ 5-1, 1.55 Chelmsford (3 PLACES) Boom Pow Pow's yard has been in better of late of late and she herself has been running well, finishing second twice at Lingfield, over 7f to Storymaker, who has won twice since to complete a four-timer; then on her next start over 6f when she pulled clear with one other. Boom Pow Pow could only finish 7th of 11 on her latest start at Wolverhampton (6f), however, she got a bit messed about through the race when trying to take up a prominent position but still shaped as though in form, beaten just under 3L at the finish. She drops back in grade today, a visor is applied, and although she didn't shine in one previous start here, that came off a break when she hadn't been in much form anyway, but hopefully this track can suit given her usual prominent racing style. Miss Calculation, 1pt EW @ 8-1, 7.00 Southwell Miss Calculation is probably in a bit better form than her form figures might suggest having found trouble in the run on her last three starts at Wolverhampton, including last time when finishing behind Higher Law, form which admittedly leaves her with a bit to find with that rival. This will be her first run here and might not want it to become tactical if held up again, but she used to be versatile regarding tactics for previous connections, so hopefully can sit closer to the pace if need be. Miss Calculation hasn't had many chances for Stella Barclay, who has been among the winners of late, and hopefully can give a good account here granted a reasonable trip. |
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Wd George
 gl ....1.55 All In The Hips Napped 2 days ago when 2nd missed her today 13-2   |