7TH JUNE 2009 SOUTHWELL
2.10 BILL, ANNE BRIMSTED´S RUBY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MAIDEN AUCTION FILLIES´ STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £2,730 8 runners 5f
London Girl (57) China Bay (48)
The ratings of the two with AW outings would suggest they are not good enough to win this.
2.40 SAM BOLDY MEMORIAL HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(3yo 0-65) Winner £2,047 10 runners 1m4f
Lucky Punt (94) Amazing Blue Sky (89) Mekong Miss (87)
To many negatives for the top rated to consider a bet. All three top rated up in trip. Best watched.
3.10 SHANE W DARBY MEMORIAL CLAIMING STAKES (CLASS 5)(3yo+) Winner £2,730 10 runners 1m4f
Edas (95) Wind Flow (90) Aureate (89) Realism (89)
As in the 3.10 top rated going up in trip and with Wind Flow and Aureate both having won in better company already this term.
3.40 BETDAQ.CO.UK SELLING STAKES (CLASS 6)(3yo) Winner £2,047 12 runners 7f
Iron Out (82) Paymaster In Chief (80) Cognac Boy (79)
The ratings would suggest this is a race best left alone as it appears to be a case of who ever falls over line first.
4.10 JACKSONS WORKWEAR RENTAL HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-60) Winner £2,047 14 runners 6f
Kingsmaite (91) Outer Hebrides (89) Blakeshall Quest (78)
Top two way in front on LTO. Kingsmaite has my pick of the draw but again preference to keeping my money in my pocket.
4.40 BET MULTIPLES-BETDAQ HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-60) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m
Haroldini (88) Ermine Grey (85) Ten Pole Tudor (83)
Haroldini going up in trip from LTO. Ermine Grey coming back in trip. Ten Pole Tudor coming back in trip creates a cunudrum I can not answer. Do not want to answer. I would favour Ermine Grey based purely on the transition LTO FROM Kempton.
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Sunday 7 June 2009
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Horse Racing - Trip Down Memory Lane
As there is no AWT racing until Monday 13th I decided to do some research and while thumbing through some old racing books found an old page from Raceform which bought back a great memory from my past carefully folded within the pages.
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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.
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.
