Free Horse Racing Speed Figures for today's AWT Horse Racing

The Speed Figures displayed below are compiled privately by 'The Actuary' and show the top three horses for each 'All Weather' race based upon the horse’s last time out appearance on an 'All Weather' surface. Horses yet to race on an All Weather surface this year are un-rated. If you would like to receive ratings for all the runners for each AW meeting please make your request through ‘comments’ link at the end of each post or through the ‘twitter’ link.

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

3RD JUNE 2009 KEMPTON
6.20 TURFTV MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 6)(2yo) Winner £2,047 11 runners 5f
If the tissue price is correct I´Malwaysright (67) will be good value E.W. coming back to 5f and having had AW experience.

6.50 DIGIBET.COM HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo+ 0-70) Winner £2,590 12 runners 5f
The Magic Blanket (92) Bluebok (88) Circle Dance (88) The later having one this term off OR 67. I will not be playing in this one.

7.20 DIGIBET REDFERN HANDICAP (CLASS 3)(4yo+ 0-95) Winner £7,353 14 runners 1m2f
Humble Opinion (94) Encircled (93) Art Man (93) Ahlawy (93) all except the later coming back in trip. To competitive to play in.

7.50 DIGIBET CASINO HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-65) Winner £2,047 14 runners 7f
Salt Of The Earth (89) Sweet Gale (89) Convallaria (85)

8.20 EUROPEAN BREEDERS´ FUND NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 4)(2yo) Winner £5,019 7 runners 6f
Lucky Mellor (90) is the pick of those with experience but is stepping up in trip. May be worth E.W. consideration if the price allows.

8.50 TURFTV HANDICAP (LONDON MILE QUALIFIER) (CLASS 4)(3yo 0-80) Winner £4,727 14 runners 1m
Implication (89) Love Pegasus (87) rated well ahead of the rest.

9.20 WEATHERBYS BETTRENDS.CO.UK APPRENTICE HANDICAP (ROUND 1) (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-65) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m4f Standard
Zalkani (96) Lytham (84) Everyman (84) Not particularly enamoured with the draw but Zalkani looks streets ahead if you can have any confidence in a Apprentice Handicap.

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How attractive a proposition was Pipssalio. Still a Maiden after 4 outings, its 3 outings as a 2yo read beaten 16 lengths in Class 5 3k Novice, beaten 16 lengths in a Class 6 2k Maiden, Beaten 14 lengths in a Class 4 3k Maiden. 1 outing as a 3yo beaten ½ length in a Class 4 4k Handicap. Looked to be way out of its depth being entered in a Class 3 14k Handicap. Pipssalio was 10lb out of the handicap and the jockey (Francis Norton) was putting up 2lb over weight.

My speed figures told me a different story. In fact I can remember being so bullish I was nailing my colours to the mast on all the forums and to the Raceform. This for me was the outstanding bet of the following day, the outstanding bet of the week and of the month. I went to bed unable to sleep with anticipation for the following day fully confident I would be making a lot of money. As soon as I got up on the day of the race I started checking the prices to ensure the tissue given the evening before was correct. Pipssalio was still 20-1.

The time of the race had arrived and in horror I watched as Pipssalio fell out of the stalls. By the time they had reached half-way in the 1 mile contest it was flat to the boards well adrift of the rest of the field with Franny Norton rowing away and beating the horse to death!

My feelings at the time were partly embarrassment due to the comments I had made on various forums , partly anger and all confidence in my ability to create meaningful speed figures gone in 60 seconds but being the eternal optimist still a slither of hope.

With 2 furlongs to go Pipssalio started to reduce the gap. With a furlong to go the rest of the field started to paddle and Pipssalio appeared to have sprouted wings and was closing on the leaders at an unbelievable rate. As they flashed passed the post Franny Norton had driven Pipssalio between the two leaders to make a three way photo finish. Even though I believed Pipssalio had got there it was going to be on the nod. Pipssalio got the verdict beating 2nd Everest by a short-head who in turn had beaten 3rd Tumbleweed Tor by a short-head.

That is the margin of winning and losing. The difference between the feeling of abject failure and believing you can walk on water.