What a funny old weekend that was, first was 2/13 shot Calyx getting well and truly turned over by the progressive Kevin Ryan trained Hello Youmzain, who does look a nice horse, to be honest. I did hear the Haydock crowd booing Calyx which is totally unacceptable in my eyes if you're backing a 2/13 shot you have to be out of your mind.
The Irish 2,000 Guineas was won by the Charlie Hills-trained colt Phoenix of Spain, he lowered the colours of the two fancied runners Too Darn Hot and Magna Grecia. The 16/1 shot ran a superb race with Jamie Spencer giving a masterclass of a ride. People are talking like Too Darn Hot is passed it or hasn't trained on but come on two seconds in Group races this season is still pretty impressive to me.
Reviews:
I mentioned three trackers on Saturday and first up was the Charlie Appleby trained Silent Wave, this War Front filly was backed into 10/11 favourite after opening up evens favourite, it was a no bet for me at that price but was very impressive from the start and looked very professional in her work winning by just under 3-lengths. Betfair has quoted her 14/1 for the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Endowed was my next tracker at Chester, I did have a small win bet on this Richard Hannon trained colt but the writing was on the wall a few furlongs out when Rossie Ryan was struggling to keep him straight, he looks a very awkward ride and that loser brought an end to my good run betting on 2-year-old horses.
I didn't have to wait too long till I was back in the game when my next bet War Storm (pictured) won well at York. I was in two minds whether to back this Archie Watson trained colt by Due Diligence because he was on the drift in the morning, but I bit the bullet and had an each way bet at 4/1, he was well-supported into 5/2 favourite on the off. War Storm broke well and was prominent throughout the race, I was a bit worried about the well-backed Johnston horse Makyon who wouldn't go away but War Storm ran on well to win by 2-lengths and could be another horse going to Royal Ascot.
The Saturday Trixie Review:
First up was Aarons bet, who to be honest has been in great form but I think he got a bit too big for his boots when he tried to pick the winner of 19 horse sprint Handicap(only messing mate haha) anyway El Astronaute finished midfield. Sams selection Canyon City tailed off but at least stayed on its feet. War Storm was my first win and hopefully, I can pull the gap back a bit more this weekend, so keep a look out on Saturday.
Timeform Early Declaration Alert:
14:40 Leicester 28 May 2019: Lincoln Blue had an entry for the Class 2 Newbury Conditions Stakes race but didn't run.
16:40 Leicester 28 May 2019: Javea Magic had an entry for a Class 2 race at the beginning of the month but didn't run.
14:20 Redcar 28 May 2019: Amnaa had an entry for Marygate Fillies Stakes(Listed) but didn’t run.
As always I would like to see some market support for trackers.
Thanks for reading and good luck.
I will start today's post by declaring my love for trainer Karl Burke, but as my mentor and friend Jason Coote have written once or twice before if you can’t make money backing Karl Burkes 2-year-olds then you need to pack in betting. After a quiet April Karl has come to life in May with three 2-year-old winners and if you were to look closely at the results you would see that money came in on all three and my latest tracker was another prime example of this.
Bet Review:
With two trackers in the same race on Wednesday I had to make a decision and especially since I was putting my bet on the night before, as always it's a gamble not being able to see any market movers and at the minute I am playing a dangerous game, I am sure my good fortune must be coming to an end soon. The Mark Johnson trained Frankel colt Fred was too short for me, so I took the gamble and done the Karl Burke-trained Dandy Man colt Lord of the Lodge who had been given a couple of Class 2 entries but didn't run in both.
Lord of the Lodge opened up at 9/2 (I took 8/1 the night before) and was 4/1 on the off, which added to my confidence and as with Rayong Ben Curtis gave him a great ride and stayed on to win by just under 2-lengths and give me my fourth 2-year-old winner in a row. I have mentioned before the market is crucial and if Lord of the Lodge had drifted in the betting then I would only have myself to blame. I won’t be giving up on Fred just yet even though he finished last and will be checking the market on his next run.
Looking through the cards on Saturday there is not much jumping out at me, to be honest, I like the midweek smaller meetings when you can often find a little gem to bet on. As a racing fan I would have loved to have gone to my local racecourse Haydock on Saturday to see the talented Calyx, but as you must be aware by now it’s marathon day Sunday so, I will have my feet up resting and hopefully the father-n-law can get a few nice pictures for me as he’s off to Haydock on a jolly boys outing.
Timeform Early Declaration Alert
16:15 York 25 May 2019: War Storm had an entry for the Class 2 race at Chester today but is running here instead.
15:10 Goodwood 25 May 2019: Silent Wave had an entry for a Class 2 race at Ascot on May 1st but didn’t run.
16:05 Chester 25 May 2019: Endowed had a couple of early entries, first was the Class 2 race at Ascot in May and second was today's race at Chester.
The Saturday Trixie:
Week five and things are getting desperate as I still haven't had a winner, Aaron is storming clear with three wins out of four selections and Sam still can’t get one to stay on its feet.
Aaron: El Astronaute 3.45 York: Front runner who won 2 big field handicaps last season at this track, also finished 2nd in this race last year.
Craig: War Storm 4.15 York: It was a close call between Endowed at Chester and my selection War Storm. This Archie Watson trained Due Diligence Colt ran a pleasing debut at Wolverhampton finishing third of eleven behind the Godolphin pair, backed in that day from 6/1 to 9/2 shows he was expected to run a nice race. I would like to see some support tomorrow and hopefully, he can get his head in front, the danger looks to be Dutch Decoy.
Sam:5:00 Cartmel - Canyon City - been keeping good company and Bryony Frost remains in the saddle to keep the partnership after their latest victory, making the partnership 3/4. The long trip might stretch him a bit but won a tad cosily last time and every chance they will make it 2 on the bounce.
Thanks for reading and good luck for the weekend.
