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31 Oct 26
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To be fair had some decent form if you took out the first ten finishers of its last 2 hurdle races
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I put 2 quid on it down the back straight at 125/1 and then waited for it to be swallowed up....couldnt believe my eyes when it drew away
Nice one M
Not sure anyone could have backed it pre-race though
Not sure anyone could have backed it pre-race though
I had £4 pre-race so not totally unfindable, just implausible which is why I only had £4 on.
You are right Mr tash i looked pre race but didnt, but that was why i was keeping an eye on it..wd Ram.
Down the field in a pair of maiden hurdles.
Ramruma 31 Oct 26 17:25
I had £4 pre-race so not totally unfindable, just implausible which is why I only had £4 on.
what caught your eye?
Ramruma 31 Oct 26 17:25
I had £4 pre-race so not totally unfindable, just implausible which is why I only had £4 on.
what caught your eye?
11th Staton 125/1
Rear of mid-division, no impression from 3 out, never a factor beaten 50+ lengths
was it staying on?
Rear of mid-division, no impression from 3 out, never a factor beaten 50+ lengths
was it staying on?
I looked because it had run in points and because it was by Diamond boy ,but when i saw how far he had been beaten i just left it then.
....VWD Ram............you won in 5 mins, about £70 more than it took me 4 hours to accumulate.....and thet included £200 on Bengal Tiger..............the rest was various degrees of despair and joy, intermingled with more despair.........
Finished the final furlong like dayjur. Parsnipped up to the eyeballs. No other possible explanation.
Well done RAM!! Your surname Staton by any chance?
fairly interesting jockey rode it for the hurdles. at least the horse got him around
Thanks richgit & others. It has to be admitted that most of the time the "outsiders with a squeak" run to their prices.
heard candy singing young hearts run free on an old top of the pops on the telly yesterday ....no i didnt take the hint .
Rico -- I really cannot remember what caught my eye.
I'm betting race to race, so am betting on a quick scan before each race, but based on my computer's assessment to draw up a shortlist using programs I wrote decades ago whose precise workings I've long since forgotten.
But it would have been what mrcombustible and Marinski said: breeding and form.
But also the original favourite (odds-on), Uncle Pad, who Gordon Elliott had paid £300,000 for so presumably thinks is potentially Graded standard, had been withdrawn.
https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/sales-reports/i-just-think-hes-exceptionally-good-uncle-pad-leads-the-way-at-cheltenham-with-310000-transfer-to-gordon-elliott-aqYr34K5ln4l/
The new favourite had cost less than a tenth of that, so suddenly instead of being a one-horse certainty, the race looked wide open, and the market had not reacted.
Did I think Stanton would win? Probably not. But I did think he had a better chance in an open race than the price suggested. I plonked down a whole £4 and got lucky.
It possibly even helped that he was ridden by a 7-lbs claiming amateur who probably did not know she was on a no-hoper, whereas a pro might have looked at the price and been happy to sit in mid-div doom-scrolling TikTok.
But if you are looking for a horse to put into your tracker, it's probably the non-runner, Uncle Pad.
I'm betting race to race, so am betting on a quick scan before each race, but based on my computer's assessment to draw up a shortlist using programs I wrote decades ago whose precise workings I've long since forgotten.
But it would have been what mrcombustible and Marinski said: breeding and form.
But also the original favourite (odds-on), Uncle Pad, who Gordon Elliott had paid £300,000 for so presumably thinks is potentially Graded standard, had been withdrawn.
https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/sales-reports/i-just-think-hes-exceptionally-good-uncle-pad-leads-the-way-at-cheltenham-with-310000-transfer-to-gordon-elliott-aqYr34K5ln4l/
The new favourite had cost less than a tenth of that, so suddenly instead of being a one-horse certainty, the race looked wide open, and the market had not reacted.
Did I think Stanton would win? Probably not. But I did think he had a better chance in an open race than the price suggested. I plonked down a whole £4 and got lucky.
It possibly even helped that he was ridden by a 7-lbs claiming amateur who probably did not know she was on a no-hoper, whereas a pro might have looked at the price and been happy to sit in mid-div doom-scrolling TikTok.
But if you are looking for a horse to put into your tracker, it's probably the non-runner, Uncle Pad.
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