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Thursday 25 June 2009

25TH JUNE 2009 KEMPTON

3.10 GARMIN SAT-NAV MAIDEN FILLIES´ STAKES (CLASS 4)(3yo+) Winner £4,857 14 runners 1m

Our Last Call (57)

3.40 DAY TIME, NIGHT TIME, GREAT TIME CONDITIONS STAKES (CLASS 3)(3yo) Winner £7,771 8 runners 1m

Set The Trend (94)

4.10 PANORAMIC BAR & RESTAURANT HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo 0-70) Winner £3,469 12 runners 6f

Lujeanie (82) Vamos (81) Quick Single (65)

4.40 HARRIS CORPORATION HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(3yo 0-80) Winner £5,828 8 runners 2m

Ostaadi (89) Ermyn Lodge (86) Lake Kalamalka (83)

5.10 KEMPTON.CO.UK HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(4yo+ 0-85) Winner £5,677 11 runners 1m

Obe Royal (89) Princely Hero (87) Romany Princess (85)

5.40 TURFTV HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(3yo 0-60) Winner £1,943 14 runners 1m

Miss Mojito (90) Tender Charm (76) Rockson (71)

6.10 KEMPTON FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS CLASSIFIED STAKES (CLASS 6)(3yo+ 0-55) Winner £1,943 14 runners 1m4f

Soul Singer (81) Mayfair’s Future (78) Den Maschine (75) Tinkerbelle (75)
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24TH JUNE 2009 KEMPTON

6.20 WEATHERBYS PRINTING APPRENTICE HANDICAP (ROUND 4) (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-60) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m

Sovereignty (90) Sularno (88) Flamestone (86)

6.50 BOOK NOW FOR "BEST OF BRITISH NIGHT" MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £3,886 11 runners 7f

Dubai Miracle (74)

7.20 EUROPEAN BREEDERS´ FUND MAIDEN FILLIES´ STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £3,886 9 runners 6f

No horses previously out on all weather surface

7.50 DIGIBET FILLIES´ HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(3yo+ 0-80) Winner £4,727 11 runners 6f

Deraaya (84) Drifting Gold (84) Dulagi (80)

8.20 DIGIBET.COM HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(4yo+ 0-85) Winner £4,727 14 runners 1m4f

Rotative (94) Sahrati (84) Art Man (93) Mister Rossa (93)

8.50 DIGIBET CASINO HANDICAP STAKES (LONDON MILE QUALIFIER) (CLASS 4)(3yo+ 0-80) Winner £4,727 12 runners 1m

Cool Hand Jake (90) Uncle Fred (89) Svindal (87)

9.20 BOOK KEMPTON TICKETS ON 0844 579 3008 HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-65) Winner £2,047 12 runners 2m

Adage (91) Home (90) Looping the Loop (87)
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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.

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.