Saturday proved a good day for trainer Henry Daly who took two of the day’s biggest prizes with Billyvoddan and Mighty Man. The first time blinkers may well have done the trick for Billyvoddan, while Mighty Man did well to win in conditions that he probably wouldn’t have liked. I was glad to see Henry Daly do well as he has recently taken charge of one of the Elite Racing Club runners, Inherent.
It was not a bad day for my list horses. Apart from Mighty Man there were 4 other winners. Tamarinbleu won for the 2nd time over fences. This was a determined effort as he didn’t look like getting up for most of the run in. Not a bad ride from Tony McCoy! Ringaroses, Cloudy Lane and Beef or Salmon were our other winners, the latter making a rare appearance over hurdles.
Best of the horses from the list that failed to win was Tarlac who was a very good second in the big handicap hurdle, beaten by a very nice horse of David Pipe’s.
A couple of my miscellaneous tips did OK. United won at 7/1 while Wild Cane Ridge was 2nd at 10/1. The latter race was quite an extraordinary one. The grey Kandjar D’Allier was the winner. He is a grey as were 4 of the 5 horses immediately behind him.
The only jumps racing tomorrow is at Taunton but we don’t have anything running from the list to follow.
It will probably be a quiet week with the better horses saved for the big meetings over the Christmas period. Stay tuned for various special features over the holiday period though.
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