richard-westwood

Yesterdays gave us 1st, 2nd and 4th in the Supreme, 4th in the Ultima, 1st and 3rd in the Mares and 2nd and 3rd in the Fred Winter, overal though a slght loss in the place markets unless you took early prices.
Some at prices from over the water today: Good luck today everyone, I thinks this is always the hardest day to find winners.
            Energumene (FR) 3.30 Cheltenham 6/4 Delta Work (FR) 4.10 Cheltenham 11/8 Galvin (IRE) 4.10 Cheltenham 5/2  
Champ Kiely (IRE) 1.30 Cheltenham 8/1 Gaelic Warrior (GER) 1.30 Cheltenham 11/2 Good Land (FR) 1.30 Cheltenham 5/1 Impaire Et Passe (FR) 1.30 Cheltenham 15/8 An Epic Song (FR) 2.50 Cheltenham 16/1 Captain Conby (IRE) 2.50 Cheltenham 8/1 Fil Dor (FR) 2.50 Cheltenham 12/1 Grand Roi (FR) 2.50 Cheltenham 66/1 Hms Seahorse (IRE) 2.50 Cheltenham 10/1 Run For Oscar (IRE) 2.50 Cheltenham 8/1 Scaramanga (IRE) 2.50 Cheltenham 50/1 Tax For Max (GER) 2.50 Cheltenham 40/1 A Dream To Share (IRE) 5.30 Cheltenham 7/2 Fun Fun Fun (IRE) 5.30 Cheltenham 13/2 Hands Down (IRE) 6.15 Newcastle 13/2  

Newcastle. 
Single 
5.40. Old Smoke        6/1
stk. 5.00       rtn. 35.00
Good luck all. 
 

Cheltenham. 
3.30. Beacon Edge      12/1....unpl
5.30. Facile Mode           5/1     3rd
singles & double ew 
stk 6.00      rtn 122.00.
Good luck all. 

With all attention on Cheltenham sometimes it is easy to miss some real nuggets elsewhere and we have one tomorrow night in the 7:30 at Kempton East Asia ridden by Billy Buick has an outstanding chance, this horse was beaten 5 1/2L into second by Manobo at last years Dubai carnival (G3) in an incredible time. Manobo is the 2nd fastest horse over 1m6f i have ever recorded (Arc winner Alpenista being the fastest). Priced up at 7/2 for tomorrows race i fully expect East Asia to win this and then go on to win the final on AW champions day. My only concern and it is a small concern is that it hasn't won on the AW but the 7/2 price offsets that because in my opinion in this class 3 it should be evens or shorter.
Warning since posting- East Asia has taken a walk in the market it is an unbelievable 7/1 as i type, either this horse is "not off" today or it is totally underestimated, I suspect it is the former and cling precariously to the hope that it is the later. It may well be running as "tune up" qualifier for aw finals day. Its best performance was first time up last year so it can run well fresh. It will be very interesting to see how this pans out. Either way it tells you all you need to know about what is wrong with the racing game, the bookies and connections have access to information that the punter does not and that is wrong, if this horse loses today and then wins on finals day it just confirms what we already know and that is we are being treated like mugs.

Grand annual 
Very very tough race ....need to be careful because irish tend to send one over specifically 
Computer rated 
Third time lucky  8.9 13.5
Before midnight   8.7 30.0 
Global citizen    8.7 20.0 
No confidence because of irish horses but I'll try 5pt wins top 3 for a bit of fun 
 

Coral cup 
26 runner cavalry ...jeez 
Computer has thrown up .......top 2 
Langer dan   9.0 12/1 
Camprond  8.8 14/1 
Neither is in form tbh so a bit weird but camprond is jp mcmanus ....is it coup time ???.?
I'll try 10pt ew both 
 

Luck15
2.50 Chelt Corach Rambler 13/2 (0.50 win at 13/2)
4.10 Chelt Maries Rock 11/4 (2 pts win at 4.2 My PL Nap today)
4.50 Chelt Byker 7/1 (0.50 win at 7/1)
8.30 Sou My Boy Jack 4/1 (1 pt win at 5.4)
L15 = 0..20 win = 3 pts = poss return of 435.85
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Other bets:
2.50 Chelt Into Overdrive 0.50 win at 9/1, Fannion Destruval 0.25 ew at 25/1 (free bet)
3.30 Chelt Not So Sleepy 0.25 ew at 125/1 (free bet)
4.50 Chelt Byker 0.50 win at 7/1, Perseus Way 0.50 win at 9/1
5.10 Sed Ribeye 1 pt win at 7.8
6.00 Sou Thrave (OM) 0.50 ew at 17/2
6.30 Sou Climate Precedent (OM) 0.50 win at 7/2, Uncle Matthew 0.5 win at 15/2
8.15 Nc Royal Parade 0.50 win at 14/1 and Another Investment 0.50 win at 17/2
Total stakes = 13.50
Good luck to all today
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Two winners and a non runner and a few close calls.  Got duped into backing Maries Rock, should have backed Honeysuckle.  Missed @richard-westwood's post on Marine Nationale so I would have included that one instead of Facile Vega.  Anyway, with the extra returns paid on the Betfred L15 for Corach Rambler I scraped through with a 0.60 profit on the day.  Makes my MTD + 9.09 and YTD -86.18.
Had 4 winners in the comp so I can't complain
 

Coral cup 
26 runner cavalry ...jeez 
Computer has thrown up .......top 2 
Langer dan   9.0 12/1 
Camprond  8.8 14/1 
Neither is in form tbh so a bit weird but camprond is jp mcmanus ....is it coup time ???.?
I'll try 10pt ew both 
 

Grand annual 
Very very tough race ....need to be careful because irish tend to send one over specifically 
Computer rated 
Third time lucky  8.9 13.5
Before midnight   8.7 30.0 
Global citizen    8.7 20.0 
No confidence because of irish horses but I'll try 5pt wins top 3 for a bit of fun 
 

Grand annual 
Very very tough race ....need to be careful because irish tend to send one over specifically 
Computer rated 
Third time lucky  8.9 13.5
Before midnight   8.7 30.0 
Global citizen    8.7 20.0 
No confidence because of irish horses but I'll try 5pt wins top 3 for a bit of fun 
 

Coral cup 
26 runner cavalry ...jeez 
Computer has thrown up .......top 2 
Langer dan   9.0 12/1 
Camprond  8.8 14/1 
Neither is in form tbh so a bit weird but camprond is jp mcmanus ....is it coup time ???.?
I'll try 10pt ew both 
 

Coral cup 
26 runner cavalry ...jeez 
Computer has thrown up .......top 2 
Langer dan   9.0 12/1 
Camprond  8.8 14/1 
Neither is in form tbh so a bit weird but camprond is jp mcmanus ....is it coup time ???.?
I'll try 10pt ew both 
 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

My top 3 rated 
Corach rambler  9.0 7/1 
Into overdrive   8.8 8/1 
Big breakaway  8.5  18/1 
I think ground will play a big part ......top 2 go on soft/heavy  ....Having a go at big wins this year so I'm having 10pt ew doubles all top 3 here with top 2 in supreme (il etait temps ...marine national...11/2 13/2 )

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

Corach lands the double (with marine ) 10pt ew doubles pays 570.00 ....Good start to fest 

My top 3 rated 
Corach rambler  9.0 7/1 
Into overdrive   8.8 8/1 
Big breakaway  8.5  18/1 
I think ground will play a big part ......top 2 go on soft/heavy  ....Having a go at big wins this year so I'm having 10pt ew doubles all top 3 here with top 2 in supreme (il etait temps ...marine national...11/2 13/2 )

oli bell the morning line likes the wolf and hes good

Yes I'm on the wolf ew ....I think he's overpriced .....

Yes I'm on the wolf ew ....I think he's overpriced .....