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Sorry BH …. that's the 6.15 at Kempton

Kemp 5.15 - Thanks Be - win at 11/4 bog bet365

Cheers BH …… that is very interesting, Especially Captain Lars ….. 7 runs, never been placed, and he's 2nd Favourite ! My selection is Drakefell - EW 9/1 Handicap debut, well drawn, Hannon runner - I always think of the Hannons as doing well at Kempton.

Bank 727.69 Had a look at the 7f handicaps at Musselburgh. I like 7f races because it's a bit of a specialist trip. With it being a dog leg track the lower draws have advantage …… so I've looked for lower drawn horses that have won over 7f and discounted the older more exposed types ……… and have plumped for - Muss 2.20 - Smugglers Creek 8/1 Muss 2.50 - Supauletter 8/1 £10 EW double

Noticed something a bit unusual...…. Looking at the 6.15 at Kempton - a decent class 3 all aged sprint handicap with 10 runners aged between 3 and 9 None of them have won at the track before ! Given that these sprint handicappers run pretty regularly around the AW circuit I expect that's pretty unusual !

Well done to all the prize winners ………. some tremendous totals ………… thanks to BH for the top admin job keeping it all going ……. good luck everyone for the next 'season'

7.15 Kemp - Adena Star - EW at 12/1 bog betvictor

Non Runner I'll go with an EW double instead Good 3.45 Alramz 11/1 Good 4.55 The Daley Express 12/1

Boom ! well done Silver Fox …..

It's been raining solidly since the middle of the night …… so watch out for Goodwood. Could be ruined by lots of non runners though the race I looked at seemed to have a few soft ground horses so maybe some trainers declared in the expectation of rain

Looking at the sprint handicap at Goodwood and applying the same filters as I would for the big sprint handicaps in the 'Ttrends' thread age 4/5 draw low to middle D win this left me with 4 but 3 of them appear best on soft ground and it hasn't rained yet in the south east, though I guess it might do tomorrow Anyway the one remaining is also a CD winner which I like …… and an EW price ! Good 4.55 - The Daley Express ew 14/1 wm hill

Lost - Bank 747.69 Can't seem to pick a winner over the Jumps so I think I'll leave that for another week or two and stick with the two year old races on the flat for a bit longer …… should still have plenty of 2yo races on the AW even when the Turf racing finishes Going for one at Goodwood tomorrow in the novice auction race. Getting plenty of weight under the race conditions and ran OK last time for a yard who's horses tend to come on for racing. This is her 3rd outing. Good 2.35 - Foxy Femme - £10 EW at 22/1 bog wm hill

Navan 2.05 - Never No More - win at 7/4 bog bet365

Bank 767.69 Chep 3.35 - Poetic Rhythm - £20 win at 10/3 Back in the 80s this was always the first Jumps meeting to be televised each season and was a sign that the jumpers were getting going A few decent races on the card and my horse runs in the Listed novice chase. He has the form in the book having win Grade 2, and Grade 1 novice hurdles last season and he's won twice at Chepstow (a tricky track ?). He seems to be at his best in the fist few months of the season then tails off after Christmas so this could be a good time to catch him Paul Nicholls runner, Master Tommytucker, is favourite but his runners haven't been winning first time out so far …. they nearly all finish 2nd

York 3.15 Gone for single figure draw D winner aged 4/5 that's left me with 3 runners and two of them are CD winners so I'll go with them...……. Golden Apollo 9/1 Major Jumbo 18/1