The 3 day Aintree meeting didn’t work out too well for me although State of Play repaid each way support in the National. I am sure that no one would begrudge AP McCoy his win, in the way it was the best result (apart from State of Play winning I suppose!) Don’t Push It was a worthy winner on the day. He had shown plenty of ability in the past but I always had him down as a slightly unreliable jumper. If you look through the form book though he was only beaten three parts of a length by Denman early in his career off level weights. McCoy is a credit to the sport and let’s hope he gets the recognition he deserves outside of the racing world.
Flat racing steps up a gear later this week with meetings at Newbury and Newmarket but tomorrow it is low key stuff at Folkestone and Warwick. At the Kent track Uncle Keef has an each way shout in the 5.00. He is well bred and could be on a lenient handicap mark.
At Windsor the 4.50 could be an informative race as there are several runners that showed promise last season. The trip of Nibani, Desert Drive and Regal Park all went into my notebook last season after encouraging runs as juveniles and are worth looking out for in this race.
Today’s picture is courtesy of the artist Katy Sodeau.
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