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    Gary66 reacted to MGC in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    735 y Beauty Generation 12/1 ew
    botti 2 from 3 here this season 3yo hcps +14.5
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    Gary66 reacted to ivans82 in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    2.05 Goodwood....Orchid Bloom...... fairly well tipped and gambled.......perennial front runner or races near the pace .  Slow out and very little help from the jockey Mr C Fallon   , horse consequently sulked from early on and finished tailed of.........schooling in public or what  ?
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    Gary66 reacted to The Equaliser in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    B/Fwd L15's -78.78 RC P/L incl L15's -110.26
    Had 3 L15's on the Daily = 4.50 points
    3.35 Nm Haatem 0.25 ew at 25/1
    4.10 Nm Knightswood 1 pt win at 6/1
    = Total stakes 6 points today
    Was lucky enough to have 0.25 pts on Desert Cop (mainly because Oisin Murphey was aboard) (along with 3 others and made a profit of 7.50) so I can watch all my selections run today knowing I can't lose on the day.
    Good luck to all, fortunately, I won't need it today, at least
     
     
     
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    Gary66 reacted to richard-westwood in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    In the 2000/1000 guineas thread .....first folio was on there but he's been pulled out so just the two 
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    Gary66 reacted to calva decoy in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    City of Troy is only trading at 1.74 to lay , thought would be bigger .
    He's out of Justify who produces fantastic 2 year olds similar to War Front but his & both of their 3 year olds do have ? about them training on & have poor % stats about them .
    His fillies also flopped in the Kentucky Oaks last night .
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    Gary66 reacted to Hotspur88 in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    Where did you post the 145 ratings mate? Be interested to see how they came out and think I missed it. 
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    Gary66 reacted to richard-westwood in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    As the bets have been discussed a rediscussed and are all over the place 
    ..today's are 
    145 aberrama gold and rohaan Ew 
    Guineas  I've got haatem Ew (win part 66/1) and ghostwriter Ew .....I just keep looking at haatems craven win and he just seemed to be enjoying himself and was never really pushed ...it was c/d ...that looks a lovely piece of form to me ....and he's had a run ......I'm hoping the bookies have made a big mistake with this horse 
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    Gary66 reacted to black rabbit in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    Abate                                         1 45 New/                   1/40th of a pt ew      28/1
    Pisanello                                   2 40 Thk/                     1/40th of a pt ew      12/1
    Expressionless                         4 55 Thk/                     1/40th of a pt ew      14/1
    Captain Wierzba                      4 30 Gwd/                   1/40th of a pt ew       25/1
    Comfort Zone                          5 25 Pun/                    1/40th of a pt ew       33/1
    Mustazeed                               2 20 New/                   1/40th of a pt ew       25/1    - N/R
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    Gary66 reacted to Hotspur88 in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    INFO...
    16:45 Newmarket Moswaat 10/1
    As mentioned last time, suggestion is to back win only but I've backed £10 e/w 👌🏼
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    Gary66 reacted to yossa6133 in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    Hugueneau 7:25 Utto (2/1 Bet365). Caught the eye at Market Rasen when not quite lasting home on rain softened ground. Good run back after a little break a Ffos Las and would go close with a similar effort here.
    2pts win 2/1 bet365
     
    Unreal, I just can't get a horse to run properly at the moment. Didn't settle and didn't jump.
     
    P/L: -11.3 pts
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    Gary66 reacted to The Brigadier in Racing Chat - Saturday 4th May   
    Newmarket 1.45 Sixteen speedy animals go to post for the 6F class 2 handicap. It looks open but my shortlist comprises of the unexposed Charlie Hills runner Rabaah who’s been gelded since a decent fifth at York last June. His trainer still thinks he can make up into a pattern performer so has to be given plenty of respect. The veteran Summerghand was a massive eye catcher last time when running on to finish in a similar handicap over course and distance at the Craven meeting to finish fifth. Will he back that run up though? I’m not sure. Also there with claims is the Jack Channon runner Chairmanoftheboard who was runner up in this last year from a one pound lower mark and showed he retains all of his ability when runner up in a similar contest at Newbury last month won by Wiltshire. He’s the main pick although I can’t resist a small each way saver on Rabaah.   CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD 1 point each way @ 9/1 bet365 1/5th 12345 RABAAH 1/2 point each way @ 9/1 Coral 1/5th 12345   Goodwood 2.05 Eight fillies or mares have declared for this 1M listed William Hill Conqueror Fillies’ Stakes run over a mile. Most of these are proven on soft ground so the underfoot conditions shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Simon & Ed Crisford’s Choisya won at the big meeting here last August from the re-opposing Novus on soft ground and should strip fitter than most having run well when going down by a head in a listed race on the all-weather at Kempton last month. She should be thereabouts but it’s the lightly raced William Haggas trained Orchid Bloom that may be the answer to this puzzle. She has soft or heavy ground form figures of 112 with the latter second coming in a listed race at Saint-Cloud last September going down by the shortest of margins. She’s run well fresh in the past and can take the first prize under Cieran Fallon.   ORCHID BLOOM 1 point win @ 7/2 Betfred   Newmarket 2.20 Another class 2 sixteen runner handicap with this one being run over 1M 1F. Again the race has a wide open look about it with the most interesting runner being the John & Thady Gosden entry Torito who was last seen running fourth at Royal Ascot in the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes. He is 10lb higher now but if straight enough can feature at the business end. Plenty of these would prefer softer conditions and they include the likes of Liberty Lane, Mr Professor, Lattam and Theoryofeverything. One horse who won’t mind what the underfoot conditions are is Charlie Johnston’s Dutch Decoy who ran the re-opposing Hafeet Alain to a nose here at the Craven meeting and meets his rival on 4lb better terms which should be enough to turn the tables on him. The other Charlie Johnston runner here is Lion Of War who has the services of Oisin Murphy and returns to the Johnston stable having raced (just the once) for Brendan Walsh in America. He had previously ben a useful sort in handicaps notably when runner up at Royal Ascot in the Golden Gates Handicap off a mark 5lb lower than today’s. He can also be competitive but in a race where it may pay to keep stakes small the pick is the Dutch Decoy.   DUTCH DECOY 1 point each way @ 8/1 Coral 1/5th 12345   Thirsk 2.40 A maximum field of sixteen head to post for Thirsk’s big race of the day in the Vickers.bet Thirsk Hunt Cup run over a mile. Last year’s one - two Northern Express and Pisanello are back to challenge for the valuable prize and it maybe last year’s runner up Pisanello that can turn the table’s on his old rival on 5lb better terms for that 3/4L defeat. That was his first run of the season so we know that he can go well fresh and he went on from that fine effort to strike twice later in the season at Hamilton. He’s back on his last winning mark and an inside draw of stall one is always favourable on the turning track at Thirsk. Mark Winn has got on well with David O’Meara’s seven year old in the past, including in this race last year and looks good each way value in an open contest in which he could easily have been targeted at.   PISANELLO 1 point each way @ 8/1 bet365 1/5th12345   Newmarket 2.55 A rather disappointing renewal of the 5F Group 3 William Hill Palace House Stakes with eight going to post. The best in at the weights is the Charlie Hills trained Mitbaahy who ran well at the last meeting on his first run for Hills when fourth of 14 in the Group 3 Abernant Stakes won by Washington Heights. A reproduction of that run should see him go close and he’s the pick ahead of the only three year old in the field, the Karl Burke trained filly Beautiful Diamond who was last seen winning a listed race at Ayr at the Western meeting.   MITBAAHY 1 point win @ 7/2 Unibet   Newmarket 3.35 The first classic of the season is the Qipco 2000 Guineas run over a mile and this Group One contest has attracted eleven runners. At the top of the betting is the potential superstar City Of Troy. Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten Justify colt has looked a bit special in winning his three races as a juvenile culminating in success here over 7F in the Dewhurst. The extra furlong will not be a problem nor will any further easing of the ground. He’ll be very hard to beat and has the potential to be the best we’ve seen for a very long time. Second favourite Rosallion will be no pushover though as he was a very useful two year old who took the Group 1 Prix Jean-Lagardere at Longchamp on Arc weekend. His only disappointing run last year came on very soft ground so he wouldn’t want the ground to get too soft. Two interesting runners are the unbeaten pair of the Charlie Appleby trained Notable Speech who showed a sparkling turn of foot to win on the all weather a month ago at Kempton and the Karl Burke trained Night Raider who’s looked good in winning two all-weather races and again impressed in a racecourse gallop at the Craven meeting. Both have to prove themselves on turf mind and the selection has to be City Of Troy who could be very special. If he wins this he will be a very short price for the Derby so maybe back him in the special price 2000/Derby double rather than at today’s cramped odds.   CITY OF TROY 2 points win double (to win 2000 Gns & Derby) 2/1 Ladbrokes
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    Gary66 reacted to The Brigadier in Racing chat -saturday 27th april   
    Sandown 1.50 A bumper field to start the day’s ITV action with a maximum twenty runners going to post for this class 2 2M Novices’ Championship Handicap Hurdle. Many are making their handicap debuts so have the potential to be better than their mark although the one I like has already had a run in a handicap. Sam Thomas’s Steel Ally followed up his cosy Wincanton win by pushing subsequent Cheltenham winner Doyen Quest to a neck at Newbury last month with the third, some 9 3/4L back in third, Imperial Saint also winning since to further boost the form. He has been shunted up 7lb for that fine effort and can run well each way. Also on the shortlist is John O’Shea’s Maasai Mara who looks well treated in his first handicap in first time cheek pieces. I can see him running well also.   STEEL ALLY 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 12345 MAASAI MARA 1 point each way @ 14/1 bet365 1/5t 12345   Leicester 2.05 The feature race of the day at Leicester, and covered by the team at ITV is the 1M class 2 King Richard III Cup Handicap. Last year’s ready 4 1/4L winner Al Mubhir has his ground again and although 7lb higher than that win is most definitely the one they all have to beat. Trained by the in form William Haggas that was his only victory last season and he has been gelded since last seen. He did however come into last year’s race having had a run when 5th in the Lincoln and although the most likely winner is no value at his current odds of around 9/4. I’ll take him on with Tony Coyle & Keane Wood’s mud loving Thunder Roar. A dual winner in the mud last Autumn at York and Doncaster he went down by just half a length to the re-opposing Look Back Smiling (also declared at Haydock) and is a pound better off today. He looks sure to be thereabouts today under Cam Hardie and can be backed each way.   THUNDER ROAR 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123   Sandown 2.25 Just the seven face the starter for this Grade 2 bet365 Oaksey Chase run over 2M 6 1/2F. The best in at the weights by a pound is Patrick Neville’s The Real Whacker who drops in trip and, according to his trainer in the trade press earlier in the week, will relish the drier ground. He looks the most likely winner to me. Paul Nicholl’s Hitman sports blinkers for the first time and at the weights is the likely danger with the Willie Mullins representative Easy Game having to carry a 6lb penalty and also sporting first time cheek pieces. Not a very inspiring race with all bar Fantastic Lady sporting some form of headgear but the pick is The Real Whacker to small stakes.   THE REAL WHACKER 1 point win @ 5/2 bet365   Haydock 2.45 A ten runner 7F class 2 handicap which is covered by the ITV cameras today and it really does have an open look about it. With the ground riding very soft all bar last year’s winner Rainbow Fire should be in their element. Katie Scott’s Gweedore was runner up last season and has won first time out for the last two seasons and has to be on the shortlist with the selection being the Richard Hannon trained Tacarib Bay. His last five starts have all been on the all-weather which include a 6F listed win last November at Newcastle but he’s equally as effective on the turf as he proved when running some good races in defeat in big handicaps last summer. He obviously likes this track as he’s won two of his three visits here and is currently on the same handicap mark as when scoring over course and distance in July 2022. He looks good each way value for a trainer who’s been amongst the winners recently especially if able to find a firm paying four places.   TACARIB BAY 1 point each way @ 9/1 Betfred 1/5 1234   Sandown 3.00 The 1m 7 1/2f Grade 1 Celebration Chase looks a match between Willie Mullins’s Cheltenham flop El Fabiolo and Nicky Henderson’s impressive Aintree winner Jonbon with officially just 5lb between the pair in favour of the former. That pair are rated 6lb (Edwardstone next best) and more better than the other five and in what is a race to saviour can be won by Nicky Henderson’s Jonbon who is unbeaten at the Esher track in three starts here including in this race last year. He looked good over further last time but also has speed and may actually cope with the drying ground better than the Mullins runner who has raced exclusively on soft ground and of course has the poor run at Cheltenham to put behind him. It’s hard to split the pair so at the prices the pick will be J P McManus’s Jonbon who will be ridden by Nico De Boinville.   JONBON 1 point win @ 9/4 bet365   Sandown 3.35 A bumper maximum field of twenty line up for the 3M 4 1/2F bet365 Gold Cup (hands up if you’re old enough to remember the race as the Whitbread Gold Cup). Current favourite is last year’s winner Kitty’s Light who has to be part of the staking plan having run so well when leading over the last in the Grand National a fortnight ago. The quick turnaround doesn’t worry me as he won the Scottish Grand National and this contest with a week between them last year. He’s 5lb higher than last season but the ground appears to have come right for him and Christian Williams’s eight year old looks sure to be thereabouts. An outsider who I feel is overpriced is Anthony Honeyball’s Sam Brown who is arguably the best handicapped horse in the field as he goes up 4lb in future handicaps for his highly creditable run at Aintree a fortnight ago when runner up to Cruz Control under today’s pilot Freddie Gingell. He’s the oldest horse in the race by two years plus and maybe that’s why he’s been neglected in the betting but he had one of today’s rivals in Kinondo Kwetu just under 7L behind that day and on the same terms is a bigger price. Many others have chances but it’s Kitty’s Light and Sam Brown for me.   KITTY’S LIGHT 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345 SAM BROWN 1/2 point each way @ 33/1 bet365 1/5th 12345
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    Gary66 reacted to black rabbit in Racing chat -saturday 27th april   
    Rainbow Fire                                                      2 45 Hay/      1/40th of a pt ew         16/1          - 3rd
    An Brandan Frasa                                             1 50 San/      1/40th of a pt ew          22/1
    Rapper                                                                3 35 San/      1/40th of a pt ew          40/1
    Will Carver                                                          5 20 San/      1/40th of a pt ew          22/1
     
     
     
     
     
    P/L  + 177 Pts
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    Gary66 reacted to richard-westwood in Racing chat -saturday 27th april   
    As im working ...just having a n early look at the weekend racing .....big race of weekend is bet365 gold cup 
    Kinindo kwetu. 9.0 16/1 
    Amirite. 8.9. 10/1 
    Sam brown 8.4 33/1 
    Le Milos. 8.3 8/1 
    Does he know. 8.0 28/1 
    A very difficult race to rate tbh as a lot of these have only ran on soft since Xmas and now the ground has changed dramatically it's difficult to know where they will be on the tree ........so I've changed tack slightly... with this race .....I've rated as normal .....then historically it's been very difficult for horses over say 11-5 in this race so that cuts out the bottom 3 .....leaving the top 2 again so that's good enough for me .....I'm not saying the others can't win .....in fact I think Sam brown and does he know look overpriced on select form and I could see them placing at big prices but for me I'm looking for value and the top 2 tick the boxes 
    5pt Ew top 2
     
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    Gary66 reacted to Alastair in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    Re The Brigadier's summary of the Greenham, the reason Zoum Zoum does not have a Guineas entry is because as a gelding he is barred from the race.
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    Gary66 reacted to Brahmin in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    Fascinating read above from @The Brigadier and right now it pays to go with 'inform' trainers ie R Hughes etc!......
     
    From Mondays message below on thread and so far so good 🐎 👍......plus add on day 1 at Newbury
    '' ps.... the 3 day Craven meeting starts tomorrow at Newmarket and if our friends hear / back anything of note, then will post it on here like last year with some nice big priced winners from them during the flat season 👌 ''  
     
    Wish all well and good luck with racing Saturday 🐎 🤞 as 'we' on Grandparents duty ( after Mr Brahmin that is has bashed a white ball around a field lunchtime  🙄 ⛳ )
     
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    Gary66 reacted to black rabbit in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    Forza Orta                                             7 05 Ths/               1/40th of a pt ew  20/1
    Expressionless                                     5 00 Neb/              1/40th of a pt ew   16/1
    We'llhavewan                                       3 35 Ayr/               1/40th of a pt ew    44/1
    Iron Bridge                                            3 35 Ayr/               1/40th of a pt ew    33/1
    Racingbreak Ryder                               3 15 Gw/               1/40th of a pt ew    36/1
    First Street                                             2 25 Ayr/               1/40 th of a pt ew   14/1
    Fast Tara                                                2 45 Cur/               1/40th of a pt ew    22/1
     
     
    P/L   +  177.35pts     
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    Gary66 reacted to MGC in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    705 Thirsk 
    To Catch A Thief 3/1 on stats
    Haggas for owner in 2023 8 from 21, with 4 2nds, 4 3rds.
    E Oppenheimer at Thirsk 2023, 1 from 1.
    Haggas sends one to Thirsk tomorrow and Cieren Fallon rides.
    Fallon on Oppenheimer horses 2022 2/6, 2023 5/8.
    Haggas at Thirsk 2022 5/11 45%, 2023 2/6 33%.
     
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    Gary66 reacted to calva decoy in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    Looks like Hannon's horses are flying with decent winners at HQ & Newbury , will see if anything jumps out of his tomorrow rather than try & work out which Mullins / Skelton / Nicholls horses are most likely up in Scotland & North Wales .
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    Gary66 reacted to richard-westwood in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    225 Ayr champion hurdle 
    Favour and fortune. 9.0 11/2 
    First street.  8.9 12.0 Betfair 
    These two are a bit clear clear of rest ...I'll try 5pt wins both 😁
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    Gary66 reacted to The Brigadier in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    Ayr 1.15 The first of five races covered by ITV is the 2M 1/2F Scotty Brand Premier Handicap Chase with just six runners going to post. Paul Nicholls’s Sans Bruit did us a favour at Aintree when given a peach of a ride from the front by Bryony Frost who came home 4L to the good and despite a 10lb rise in the weights he may still be well handicapped on his back form in France. Expect Frost to employ the same tactics and if getting into a good rhythm will be tough to pass. Willie Mullins sends a formidable team to the West Scotland track and his Uncle Phil maybe the one to chase the selection home.   SANS BRUIT 1 point win @ 3/1 BetVictor   Newbury 1.30 It’s Greenham Stakes day at Newbury and proceedings kick off with the 1M 4F Group 3 John Porter Stakes which has attracted ten runners. Ground on the easy side are very much in the favour of the front two in the betting, William Haggas’s Hamish who has to shoulder a 3lb penalty for his group 3 victories last year and John & Thady Gosden’s Arrest who was last seen when finishing runner up in the St Leger at Doncaster. The Gosden runners have all been seen to be needing a run this week but the vibes are strong for this Frankel four year old and he’s the pick.   ARREST 1 point win @ 11/8 William Hill   Ayr 1.50 Thirteen face the judge for the class 2 3M Novices’ Champion Handicap Chase. Willie Mullins’s Sharjah heads the weights in his first handicap chase and shouldn’t be dismissed despite the big weight. Richard Bandey has his string in good form and he can take this with his MacLaine who looks favourably weighted towards the bottom of the weights. Formerly trained by Oliver Sherwood he’s shown promise for his new trainer with his latest victory at Newbury coming over the furthest trip he’s tried in his career over 2M 6 1/2F where he was strongest at the finish passing the line an eased down 3 1/2L ahead of his field. A rise of 8lb will make things tougher for him but with his stamina drawn out further he looks a good value each way bet in a competitive contest.   MACLAINE 1 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   Newbury 2.05 Just six three year old fillies go to post for the Group 3 Fred Darling Stakes with the highest rated being the William Haggas trained Relief Rally who isn’t certain to stay this trip of 7F mind and is opposable. John & Thady Gosden could be in for a good day with Arrest in the John Porter and can take this with their Frankel filly Regal Jubilee who will certainly enjoy any ease in the ground having won the listed Montrose Stakes on heavy ground at Newmarket last backend. Marco Botti has taken charge of a decent unbeaten Italian filly in the shape of Folgaria and she’s very hard to assess having won five times in her native country last year including in Group 3 and 2 company.   REGAL JUBILEE 1/2 point win @ 5/2 bet365   Ayr 2.25 We have a good turnout of fifteen runners for the Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle which is a handicap run over a distance of two miles. Last year’s winner Rubaud heads the weights but is 13lb higher now than last year’s victory and has it to do. Willie Mullins has three stabs at the race with Paul Townend presumably choosing Bialystok over Westport Cove and Alvainy although he was 19L behind L’Eau Du Sud in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham last time and I can’t see any reason why he would turn the form around despite a pull of just 3lb. Dan Skelton trains L’Eau Du Sud and he’s put up two excellent efforts in defeat in the Betfair Hurdle (2nd to Iberico Lord) and in the aforementioned County Hurdle (2nd to Absurde). A 3lb rise in the weights is unlikely to stop him from being highly competitive again and he is the one they all have to beat. Nicky Henderson has his string in great shape now and his First Street is worth a small each way saver. 8th in this last year he has a 20lb pull for 18L with the winner Rubaud and looked back to form when third to Lossiemouth in the Unibet Hurdle at Cheltenham when last seen in January. He’s also had a wind operation since last seen and can run well. A tough race but L’Eau du Sud is the selection.   L’EAU DU SUD 1 point win @ 4/1 Coral FLEET STREET 1/2 point each way @ 12/1 bet365 1/5th 1234   Newbury 2.40 The trial for the 2000 Guineas is the Greenham Stakes run over 7F and we have a field of eleven. Ralph Beckett’s unbeaten Zoum Zoum heads the market but looks far too short in my eyes for a horse that on official ratings is only third joint best and joint seventh best on Timeform ratings. Even though he is very promising I can’t be going near him at his current odds of around even money (big drifter since published.) The value bet may be Adrian Keatley’s Ballymount Boy who showed good progressive form as a juvenile finishing runner up in group races won by Vandeek and Indian Run and ended the season with a listed win at the final Doncaster meeting on heavy ground. James Doyle takes the ride for his new employers Wathan Racing and can be backed each way.   BALLYMOUNT BOY 1 point each way @ 8/1 William Hill 1/5th 123   Ayr 3.00 Next up is a class 2 3M 70 yard mares’ handicap hurdle which has attracted a field of eleven. Willie Mullins saddles three here in his quest to maintain the advantage in the British jockeys championship and with A Penny A Hundred the pick of stable jockey Paul Townend she looks the one to be with. The lightly raced five year old is asking her handicap debut but has looked useful in winning a bumper and a novice hurdle before being placed in listed and grade three mares company. She was a 66-1 chance when not being disgraced in fourth (beaten 20L) in a grade one mares race won by the smart Jade De Grugy three weeks ago and a mark of 133 seems fair enough. The Dan Skelton runner Coco Mademoiselle (Chepstow novice hurdle winner last time) and Paul Nicholls’s Larchmont Lass look dangers but this can be one for the Irish maestro Willie Mullins.   A PENNY A HUNDRED 1 point win @ 10/3 bet365   Newbury 3.15 The big handicap of the day at Newbury is the 1M OLBG Spring Cup with a big field of 21 spread across the straight track. As you would expect it has a wide open look about it. Lincoln Handicap runner up Lattam looked a tad unlucky to me and can confirm that form with the third Navarro, fourth Alpha Crucis and seventh Thunder Ball and run well. Julie Camacho is not really firing at the present and for only that reason the selection is the Richard Hughes trained Real Gain. Hughes has been in unstoppable form recently winning with 7 of his 20 runners at time of writing and he took a handicap at Newmarket apart last September off of a mark 11lb lower than today’s on fast ground. He’s been gelded since last seen and he has to prove his effectiveness on softer ground but he wasn’t disgraced on soft group in a Group 3 when last seen and can reward an each way wager in a wide open mile handicap with a small each way saver on Lattam.   REAL GAIN 1 point each way @ 14/1 bet365 1/5th 12345 LATTAM 1/2 point each way @ 10/1 bet365 1/5th 12345   Ayr 3.35 A near maximum field of 26 line up for this year’s renewal of the 4M Coral Scottish Grand National. There’s plenty here who will struggle at the trip with five of the six Willie Mullins having stamina to prove with Mr Incredible the exception although he’s hardly had the best prep for this having unseated at the chair in last weekend’s Grand National. My short list include Sara Bradstock’s Mr Vango who stays so well having won the Devon National by a staggering 60L prior to a creditable third in the NH Chase at Cheltenham won by subsequent Grade 1 winner Corbetts Cross. He holds decent each way claims despite a 3lb rise. Out and out stayer My Silver Lining ran a stormer in the Midlands Grand National finishing third to the re-opposing pair of Beauport and Mr Incredible and can come out best of those who finished ahead of him over this 2F less distance. My main fancy though has to be the Jamie Snowden trained Git Maker who is stepping up in trip here but has always looked an out and out stayer throughout his career. He’s only gone up a pound for finishing runner up to the handicap blot that was Inotherwayurthinkin in the Kim Muir with 18L back to the third , the re-opposing Whacker Clan. The winner has gone on to win a grade 1 at Aintree to frank the form and had he not been in the race at Cheltenham we would be looking at a 18L winner of that race who would have gone up an awful lot more than 1lb. As long as he stays he looks easily the best handicapped horse in the field. I’ve managed to tip/back the Irish National and Grand National winners this year in Intense Raffles and I Am Maximus and my main pick for the Scottish version is Git Maker with each way savers on My Silver Lining and Mr Vango.   GIT MAKER 2 points each way @ 8/1 bet365 1/5th 123456 MR VANGO 1/2 point each way @ 16/1 Betfred 1/5th 123456 MY SILVER LINING 1/2 point each way @ 16/1 bet365 1/5th 123456
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    Gary66 reacted to richard-westwood in Racing chat -Saturday 20th april   
    Newb 315 
    Lattam 8.9 10/1 
    Navagio. 8.9 10/1 
    Real gain. 8.9 14/1 
    3 wAy tie ....prices are bet365 are great currently compared to others ...so posted early ......and forecasts all 3 
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    Gary66 got a reaction from bymatrix in Division 2 - Week 8 Selections   
    Sorry for the trouble I’ve not been at my best lately hopefully on the mend
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    Gary66 got a reaction from avongirl in Division 2 - Week 8 Selections   
    Sorry for the trouble I’ve not been at my best lately hopefully on the mend
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    Gary66 reacted to avongirl in Division 2 - Week 8 Selections   
    awesome pick but as stated, the deadline for all bets is Saturday at 3pm even if your games are on Sun, so I'm afraid it doesn't count. 
    I won't eliminate you for 3 in a row no shows as you did attempt to play this week, but you will need to play the final 2 legs to keep your place.
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