BBOTD Sunday 9th Dec

[Blazing Bailey]

Thought I would kick this one off early as Im not going to be about until tomorrow evening. 2.25 Kelso - Lord Villez 8/1 BetVictor BOG The betting will undoubtedly evolve around Cottswold Charmer and rightly so. The form of that ones last run has been franked by the 1st and 3rd and he should prove to be nicely handicapped for an inform trainer. He has some form on the ground, but never at this level or at this extreme distance and for that reason 3/1 seems a little short and instead I will go for one the Ferdy Murphy runner. He is another that has some very good form in the bank, with the winner of his last race winning since in a C2 and the 3rd placing in a good C3 handicap at Cheltenham. The 4th placed has also hit the frame as well. Previous to that he was only 4L of a horse rated in the 140's. Therefore he does have some play off this mark and he has experienced this testing conditions before, albeit not at the trip. He has improved a lot since stepping up in trip and he was running on at the finish over 26f here last time.

[robertob]

Re: BBOTD Sunday 9th Dec 14.50: Awesome Rock @ 8/1 Bet365 Still a maiden but his most recent performance at Kempton suggests he's very well in form. He travelled in rear until five furlongs out and started then a big move on the outside to progress into second turning for home. He travelled like a dream and looked the likely winner while the rest was early off the bridle. It was a frenetic pace and Awesome Rock had to pay for his big move eventually when he got beaten in a photo by a closer. Unlucky, but he has another chance tomorrow and his revised mark shouldn't prevent him from running a big race.