All good things must come to an end. May was an amazing month for me when I felt every 2-year-old horse tracker I backed would either win or place and often did. June seems to be the opposite way around at the minute and confidence is low. In my last post, I detailed my May bets and to a £1 stake I was £34 in profit, I won't reveal how much I put on just in case the Mrs actually reads one of my posts which is very unlikely, to be honest. I think everyone must go through bad spells and hopefully, lady luck will be back on my side just as quick as she deserted me.
Right here we go, Wednesdays review, this is a few lines I wrote in my last post just a few days ago about the Cool Silk Partnership horses that I would be following:
Next is Flaming Princess, this Hot Streak filly who is trained by Richard Fahey and was bought for £60,000 at the Tattersalls sales back in April and is entered to run in the same race as Moon of Love.
Because I was working early this week I checked the betting the night before and Flaming Princess was 12/1, so I thought I would leave it and check again on my break in the morning. To my surprise, she was a 33/1 shot, so I thought the market drift must mean she probably wouldn't be winning today so it was a no bet for me. I put the race on at 12.00, Ffs she was backed into 12/1 and of course, the rest is history she won well and the second-placed Al Raya looks a horse that will be winning sooner rather than later.
Am not going to lie it put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day and to make matters worse I backed my trackers Taste The Nectar and the expensive Tuk Power, not sure which was the worst, to be honest, but both finished down the field. I also mentioned a few trackers for Thursday in my last post, Dubai Station won and the other tracker I had in the same race Partridge came second. Finally, Praxeology also won at short odds but no bets for me.
Timeform Early Declaration Alert With Preview:
15:20 Newmarket 08 Jun 2019: Ottoman Court runs for Charlie Appleby and had a Class 2 entry at York but didn’t run. This Shamardal Colt made his debut at Nottingham last month, the well-backed 4/9 favourite was slowly away and never involved. Interestingly he was given an entry for the Group 2 Railway Stakes after that debut which makes me think he will show a much-improved performance today
19:15 Lingfield 08 Jun 2019: Lexi The One made her debut in the Class 2 Lily Agnes Stakes at Chester, not fancied on her debut she dwelt and was never involved, next race at Chelmsford she got into trouble again but a recent Class 2 race entry at Chester which she didn't take up gives me hope I will see some improvement today.
19:15 Lingfield 08 Jun 2019: Ocasio Cortez had a Class 2 entry in April but didn’t run, no significant entries since.
19:00 Chepstow 08 Jun 2019: Silver Start ran in the Marygate Listed race at York but finished down the field, extra weight to burden today but must have a chance in this lower grade.
14:00 Beverley 08 Jun 2019: I can't finish without mentioning Moon Of Love for Richard Fahey and the Cool Silk Partnership, this is a tough race, to be honest, but Richard Fahey won it last year with Kodyanna. The 130,000 filly will have to be fit and ready to go, so a market check will be needed.
15:05 Goodwood 09 Jun 2019: Sir Gordon runs for the Mick Channon stable who has won this race the last 3 years, was entered for the Brocklesby but never ran.
The Saturday Trixie:
Week 2:
Aaron: Safe Voyage 3:35 Haydock - Course and distance who is 3/3 at Haydock most recently beating Mankib by 1 1/4 lengths a couple of weeks ago and should go well again.
Sam: 3:00 Haydock - Stake A Claim - Won nicely on season return. The rain is welcomed as the best form is in the mud. Will look to make all in this tricky contest and should be up to the mark.
Craig: 14:00 Beverley - Moon Of Love - for Richard Fahey and the Cool Silk Partnership, this is a tough race, to be honest, but Richard Fahey won it last year with Kodyanna. The 130,000 filly will have to be fit and ready to go, so a market check will be needed.
Thanks for reading and good luck.
Previews:
Wouldn’t it be great if money was no object and you could just splash the cash on anything you wanted, well the Leicester City owners can afford to do just do that? The King Power International Group certainly have money to spend, they are the largest duty-free company in Thailand and this week have three horses entered that come to a tidy sum of 2,050,000 gns. When you can spend 1,300,000 gns on one horse you know you have made it in life and let's face it they keep buying quality horses, so it has to be good for the sport.
Tuk Power the 1,300,000 gns horse runs at Kempton, trained by Andrew Balding, this 3-year-old Dubawi filly has a huge price tag around her neck, so I will be interested to see how she runs, not sure why she didn’t run as a 2-year-old, plus she never had any significant entries either, so I will be interested to see what the market says about her debut run.
Mystery Power has an early entry for the evening meeting at Kempton on Friday. This No Nay Never 2-year-old colt cost a cool 250,000 at the tattersall sales last October and is trained by Richard Hannon, he does not have any significant entries as yet, so I will be checking the market for any clues.
Chil Chil is trained by Andrew Balding and cost 500,000 back in October 2017. This 3-year-old filly is by Exceed and Excel, she had one run in May but looked keen to me and with the benefit of that run under her belt could be in the mix at the finish.
Reviews and Bet Reviews.
I had no luck in the Derby with my selection Telecaster who actually finished last, not sure if there was a problem with him or just simply outclassed. My couple of quid doesn't seem too bad of a loss compared to the owners £85,000 supplement fee but you have to be in it to win it. It was an amazing race with Anthony Van Dyck finishing like a train to take Madmoon inside the last furlong with Japan, Broome and Sir Dragonet all running great races to finish close together. I did have a little double with the winner and Virgil Van Djik to score anytime but no luck.
I mentioned three trackers in my post on Saturday. I had two in the same race at Doncaster, Full Verse who had a Group 2 Railway stakes entry and Kuwait Direction who had a Class 2 entry at Chester but didn't run. Full Verse was too short for me and to be honest, I did like the look of Kuwait Direction and everything pointed to a big run, so I had an each way bet at 9/1. I was made up when this Richard Hannon colt never fluffed the start like his last run and was well away, Full Verse took it up a furlong to go and beat Kuwait Direction by a nose, I didn't realise how close it was till I saw the replay later and was gutted, to be honest as it would have been a nice start to the day. Separate was my other tracker and won easily at odds of 4/6.
I had a couple of bets on Thursday, first was Eton College for Mark Johnston who looked professional on debut and up with the pace until tiring late on and the other was a speculative bet on Gypsy Rocker in the same race who was never involved.
The Saturday Trixie Review:
My selection was Kuwait Direction each way so it was a good start with a 9/1 place but Aaron and Sam's selections were unplaced even though running good races. One of these days we will get a double up but am not holding my breath at the minute haha.
Timeform Early Declaration
Alert
17:15 Kempton 05 Jun 2019: Taste The Nectar had a Class 2 entry and Listed entry but didn’t run also ran in the Marygate Fillies Listed Stakes at York.
15:10 Haydock 06 Jun 2019: Dubai Station was entered to run Class 2 at Beverley but runs here instead.
15:10 Haydock 06 Jun 2019: Partridge was also entered to run in a Class 2 at Beverley but runs here.
15:10 Haydock 06 Jun 2019: Majestic Sands another one who runs here instead of Beverley.
14:20 Ripon 06 Jun 2019: Praxeology had a Class 2 entry at Pontefract but never ran.
Some potentially good horses running over the next few days and I might even just watch and not bet we will see. Thanks for reading and good luck.
