mr moloko

A small loss on the weekend but two of the selections went close and The Confessor agonisingly close yesterday to be mowed down late on by Bronze Prince. That was a gutsy try as he had been up there for the whole race and it was a solid effort.
Of the others Very Good Day didn't really do much in 5th on Friday and
is one to mull over.
R Woody finished out the back yesterday which was disappointing as felt he would run a big race. The ground probably went against him ? but the jury is probably still out there.
Swiss Franc who helped out last week came with a strong run late on in the day today but not strong enough although it was a decent effort and he would still be of interest.
Perfect Blossom is not blossoming yet  and may well need to drop a little and have really quick ground to be seen at her best.
Overall close but no cigar and a small loss.

TOTAL STAKES 10 POINTS

RETURNS THE CONFESSOR 4 POINTS 2ND AT 12/1

        SWISS FRANC 3.5 POINTS 3RD AT 10/1

LOSS -2.5 POINTS

OVERALL STAKES 231 POINTS

OVERALL RETURNS 221.22 POINTS

OVERALL LOSS -9.78 POINTS.

I'm on holiday for most of the Goodwood meeting which may or not be a good thing ! so doesn't look like there will be to many posts over the next couple of weeks. Perhaps the break will recharge the batteries a little and help get the blog back into a profit. Overall against stakes the blog is showing a small loss and I've lost count of the number of close calls that have ran 2nd. There's been a few of them ! Still that's how it goes some times and hopefully some of those will start to oblige a bit more soon and turn things around. It's a long haul and I'm hoping the blog will be around for a while yet so here's to patience and belief.