An awful effort from Our Brian earlier who was obviously just out for a trot judging by the wide course he took, and he didn't look too happy on the ground either. What a performance by Min though. It was hard not to be impressed and the way he jumped the last suggested there was a lot more in the tank. Hopefully some of you took the hint about Doctor Look Here who hosed up at 9/2 at Taunton. It is not my policy to put up short priced selections but I will mention the ones I fancy in my articles so make sure to pay close attention!
One of my favourite trainers had a nice winner today with Oscar Lateen and he is in superb form at the moment. Sandy Thomson is as shrewd an operator as they come and when I checked the prices for Friday I was gobsmacked to see Buckled priced up at 12/1 in the 1.20 at Doncaster.
This 5yo son of Midnight Legend has been brought along ever so slowly and showed bits and pieces of promise in his bumper runs. His failure to settle in his races has been holding him back as he has pulled very hard on occasion. However, last time out over 16.5f on soft ground at Newcastle he finally consented to race more evenly.He was held up out the back and given way too much to do, but he settled beautifully and stayed on very nicely when push came to shove in the closing stages into a never nearer 5th.
The manner of that run suggests that the step up to 2m3f should suit him well and Steven Fox, who rode last time, takes off a handy 7lb. His initial mark of 104 looks more than fair and he could well turn out to be a lot better than that now he has learned to settle. His dam is a half sister to the listed placed over hurdles Blaeberry who won over trips ranging from 16f to 24f. Good to soft ground should be ideal on pedigree but he probably wouldn't want to see too much rain. If Fox can repeat the rick and get him to settle again he could run a big race on his handicap debut at odds of 12/1.
STEVOS' SELECTION: 1.20 DONCASTER-BUCKLED 12/1 E/W
Tipster that loves big prices. Racing/NFL/Soccer/Rugby Twitter: @davestevos Biggest Winners:Litigant 40/1 Highland Lodge 25/1 Party Rock 33/1 Don't Touch It 40/1 Burning Brightly 33/1 Back Before Dawn 25/1 Court Frontier 20/1 Bilbo Bagins 20/1 Pacha Du Polder 20/1 Champagne Classic 25/1 Whatareudoingtome 20/1 Talismanic 20/1 Tower Bridge 40/1 Kilfenora 25/1 Lalor 16/1 Paper Lantern 14/1 Examiner 20/1 Romanised 40/1 Masar 20/1 Accidental Agent 33/1 Harry The Viking 28/1 Dragon Houdini 50/1
I like the way you briefly do a post-mortem on the losers. Every other tipster just ignores them and moves on it seems.
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt. Yeah I hate having losers but when you tip at the prices I do then you are bound to get a few! No point in ignoring them though and it's only fair to reflect on them as well as the winners.
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