richard-westwood

good luck with the punt richard / ive been with him last 2 runs  so cant desert him now i suppose  
{ have had a nibble on "wayfinder" at  big odd's "  { see notebook N H horses to look out for } 
P S "dont burn the Turkey" 😄

I'm actually dressing as Santa and delivering prezzies to the oldies then cooking a nice 3 course meal for them going home then doing it all again ...yay  ....I'm actually really looking forward to it .....I'm hoping doing good deeds gets me brownie points with the racing gods ...haha ...well that's the plan .....merry Xmas and as tiny Tim famously said ...and god bless everyone 🙏🤩🤩

I'm actually dressing as Santa and delivering prezzies to the oldies then cooking a nice 3 course meal for them going home then doing it all again ...yay  ....I'm actually really looking forward to it .....I'm hoping doing good deeds gets me brownie points with the racing gods ...haha ...well that's the plan .....merry Xmas and as tiny Tim famously said ...and god bless everyone 🙏🤩🤩

I've rated this 
Chambard.  9.2 12/1 class 105 
Big breakaway. 8.9 class 67 
Complete unknown 8.7 class 90
I will do it    8.5 class 46 
Super survivor. 8.2 class 43 
Very difficult race as you'd imagine ......usually you'd favour the lower weights but this year the lower weights look quite poor so I have a strong feeling this will go to one of the listed above ....iwilldoit has a lot of weight but claimer will help and gets the distance so I can see it making the frame .....
Super survivor is well backed but doesn't look that good to me ... .looks very poor value and I'll overlook 
Complete unknown looked a decent horse over middle distances but when stepped up he weakened badly so a further step up again doesn't really look good .....opposed as a result 
Chambard is a horse on upgrade ....form looks strong .....class rating is strong ....average class rating for race is 70 so a class rating if 100 is well in .....looks a very strong Ew bet overall at decent odds 
Big breakaway is a very capable horse on a good day ....gets the distance but has lost his way recently .......is the type to bounce back suddenly but there's a risk if can .....possible Ew play 
Initially I'm going to back chambard Ew at 12/1 5pts Ew as I think that looks excellent value  and make a decision on other two nearer the time 
Chambard 5ptsew 12/1 wil hill
 

I've rated this 
Chambard.  9.2 12/1 class 105 
Big breakaway. 8.9 class 67 
Complete unknown 8.7 class 90
I will do it    8.5 class 46 
Super survivor. 8.2 class 43 
Very difficult race as you'd imagine ......usually you'd favour the lower weights but this year the lower weights look quite poor so I have a strong feeling this will go to one of the listed above ....iwilldoit has a lot of weight but claimer will help and gets the distance so I can see it making the frame .....
Super survivor is well backed but doesn't look that good to me ... .looks very poor value and I'll overlook 
Complete unknown looked a decent horse over middle distances but when stepped up he weakened badly so a further step up again doesn't really look good .....opposed as a result 
Chambard is a horse on upgrade ....form looks strong .....class rating is strong ....average class rating for race is 70 so a class rating if 100 is well in .....looks a very strong Ew bet overall at decent odds 
Big breakaway is a very capable horse on a good day ....gets the distance but has lost his way recently .......is the type to bounce back suddenly but there's a risk if can .....possible Ew play 
Initially I'm going to back chambard Ew at 12/1 5pts Ew as I think that looks excellent value  and make a decision on other two nearer the time 
Chambard 5ptsew 12/1 wil hill
 

Merry Christmas everyone - thanks you for reading my pieces this year and I hope somewhere along the journey I've helped you find a winner or two.     Kempton 12.45 We start the day’s ITV coverage with a eight runner novices’ handicap chase run over 2M 4 1/2F. The race has a very open look about it and it maybe worth chancing Alan King’s representative Es Perfecto who made a promising chasing debut in a similar contest as this when chasing home the ten length winner Ginny’s Destiny at Cheltenham 39 days ago. The form has been boosted by the subsequent success of the winner in grade 2 company since. Surprisingly the handicapper has dropped him a pound for that effort and with improvement to come looks likely to be thereabouts with the likes of Blow Your Wad and Russian Ruler dangers.   ES PERFECTO 1 point each way @ 6/1 bet365 1/5 123   Aintree 1.05 Registered as the Tolworth Hurdle the newly named Formby Novices’ Hurdle is run here for the first time having previously been raced at Sandown and has attracted a good sized field of ten. With challengers from Ireland and French this race will take some winning and the pick is the Nicky Henderson trained Jango Baie who made a winning debut under rules when getting the better of the re-appearing Tellherthename at Ascot 52 days ago. That form has worked out well and with a stronger pace here likely to suit can continue the good form of the Henderson stable who had an across the card four timer on Saturday.   JANGO BAIE 1 point win @ 10/3 William Hill   Kempton 1.20 A small but select field of just six line up for this years renewal of the 3M Ladbrokes Kauto Star Novices’ Chase. French challenger Il Est Francais is obviously very smart but has no experience of British fences or drying ground and the one to beat may well be the Paul Nicholls trained Hermes Allen. He steps up to three miles for the first time here under rules but as a 3M Irish point winner and the tightness of this flat track it really shouldn’t be an issue for this exciting novice. His trainer was at pains to say he would need the run before he made a winning chasing debut at Newbury 25 days ago and with likely improvement to come can give his trainer a winner in a race he won two years ago with Bravemansgame.   HERMES ALLEN 1 point win @ 15/8 bet365   Wetherby 1.35 Only six line up for the 3M Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase with each of the sextet having a chance of sorts. Mark Walford’s Into Overdrive won this last year off of a handicap mark 3lb lower ver than today’s and can score again despite a 287 day absence. He won first time out last season so can run well fresh and with a record at the Yorkshire track of two wins from four starts looks the one to be with. Another horse back from a layoff is Kim Bailey’s top weight Does He Know and he too has a good record fresh and looks a threat.
INTO OVERDRIVE 1 point win @ 7/2 BetVictor   Kempton 1.55 Just six go to post for the Ladbrokes Christmas hurdle run over two miles in which see’s the re-appearance of the reigning Champion Hurdler Constitution Hill who remains unbeaten under rules having won all seven of his starts including at the last two Cheltenham Festivals and this very race last year. The fact he has won first time out for the last two years by 12 and 14 lengths suggests he will be ready here and with 26lb and upwards in hand of his rivals it will be a major shock were he to get beaten. Rubaud looks the one for the forecast.   Kempton 2.30 The day’s feature race is the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase run over three miles. We only have a field of six but they’re all quality chasers with Willie Mullins’s Allaho heading the market. He must go well but preference is for Paul Nicholl’s Bravemansgame. He is two from two at the track having won the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase and this race here over the last two years. The track and ground conditions look ideal for him and although he may not have been at his best for his two starts this season he’s hardly been beaten that far so he can take this famous race for the second time under his usual partner Harry Cobden.   BRAVEMANSGAME 1 point win @ 9/4 BetUK  

19 of the last 21 winners finished in the top four places on their last start 18 of the last 21 winners were aged between six and nine 17 of the last 21 winners had run over a distance of three-and-a-half-miles (28 furlongs) at least once before 17 of the last 21 winners had previously won on Very Soft or Heavy ground 16 of the last 21 winners carried a weight of 10-10 or less 16 of the last 21 winners had run at least twice that season 15 of the last 21 winners went off at 10/1 or shorter 11 of the last 21 winners had won over fences at Chepstow

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Beaten on photo .....2nd and 3rd ...both Ew money 

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Hi all, going with selections from the 'wise owls' today on thread / top trainers Nicholls & Henderson and our own 🐎 🤞
Hay 12.20   Issuing Authority  from Henderson yard @ 2/1 off to nice start  WON
Ascot 1.15    Solo  from Nicholls yard  5/6
Hay 1.30     Eleanor Bob  7/2 from @TheBrigadier           Famous Bridge   7/2     WON
Ascot 1.50    Triple Trade  5/2  from @yossa6133     WON            Cap du Mathan   5/2  from Nicholls yard 
Hay 2.05       Bois Guillbert  9/2  from @TheBrigadier                 Jagwar    5/2
Ascot 2.25       Paisley Park  top 4 finish @ 6/4 Betfair   WON              West Balboa  10/3                    Champ 6/1  EW   from @TheBrigadier          
 
 Am happy lady taking the 4 WINS 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 profit, be even happier Monday when see my gifts from my husband who out getting 1 this afternoon 😘                
 

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Beaten on photo .....2nd and 3rd ...both Ew money 

Absolutely superb 
Wishing you a Merry Christmas 

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Betfair exchange trophy asc 335 
Altobelli  9.0 11/2  class 91
Luccia 8.8 9/1 class 96 
Nemean. Lion. 8.6 class 92 
Iberico lord. 8.6 class 88 
5pt Ew top 2 
1pt doubles top 2 in all 3 races...12 bets 

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Flegmatik @ 11/1---Placed 14/1 Ascot 15:00 - Winner 4 - 1/ 5     Returns £0.00  
Onlyamatteroftime @ 6/1---lost Ascot 15:35 - Winner 4 - 1/ 5     Returns £0.00  
Credo @ 11/2----Placed Haydock 13:30 - Winner 3 - 1/ 5       3x  .25 e/w doubles   1x  .25 ew treb   2pts invested   Return 2pts

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Howdens silver cup Ascot 
Victorino. 8.9  11/2 class 97 
Flegmatik.  8.7  12/1 class 88
Blackjack magic. 8.5 class 80 
Larry.  8.2 class 85 
Guitmaker 8.0 class 66 
5pt Ew top 2 
 

Long walk hurdle 
Dashel drasher 9.0 9/1 class 116
Paisley park. 8.9 7/1 class. 108 
Champ 8.5 class 114 
West Balboa 8.3 class 105 +
What a cracker of a race ... Old Vs young ... Experienced against newcomers and throw in champ who hasn't had a run this season and you've got one major puzzle .. for me I'm sticking with top 2 Ew as they've had a run so could have a fitness edge on the soft ground 
5pt Ew top 2 

Long walk hurdle 
Dashel drasher 9.0 9/1 class 116
Paisley park. 8.9 7/1 class. 108 
Champ 8.5 class 114 
West Balboa 8.3 class 105 +
What a cracker of a race ... Old Vs young ... Experienced against newcomers and throw in champ who hasn't had a run this season and you've got one major puzzle .. for me I'm sticking with top 2 Ew as they've had a run so could have a fitness edge on the soft ground 
5pt Ew top 2 

Howdens silver cup Ascot 
Victorino. 8.9  11/2 class 97 
Flegmatik.  8.7  12/1 class 88
Blackjack magic. 8.5 class 80 
Larry.  8.2 class 85 
Guitmaker 8.0 class 66 
5pt Ew top 2