Best Bet Of The Day 25/9/08

[Spooner]

4:10 - Mistified One of the better races at Fontwell today and I will take Mistified to go close. He runs well at Fontwell, Has done on many occasions. He finished second in the same race last year when beating by Iron Maid. A c&d winner and should take a liking to this ground. Wayne Kavanagh on board claiming 3, He has won on Mistified twice previously. Each-way bet. 0.5pts e/w

[fintron]

Re: Best Bet Of The Day 25/9/08 Pontefract 4.00 I've backed Hotham a couple of times this year and he carries top weight for this. As a CD winner drawn in stall 2, who acts on any ground, he ticks many boxes, but carrying a 6 lb penalty he is now 9 lbs above his latest winning mark. A drop in class may help here but I'm looking elsewhere. Comptonspirit is a CD winner too but stall 9 may not be ideal so I'm on Mr Wolf here who runs from stall 5. David Barker's gelding will race prominently so his draw is ideal and he has a fair CD record - 25327 this year. What those numbers do not indicate is how narrow some of those defeats were by - a short head second to Namir and half a length second to Comptonspirit (who had a favourable draw that day). What must also be taken into consideration is that two of those CD runs came from bad draws, in stalls 12 and 15, where he would have expended a great deal of energy getting into his favoured position, energy that he could have saved had he been drawn lower, in reserve for the steep climb in the final few furlongs. 5 of his 9 career wins have come at the West Yorkshire track, two over CD, and he is still on a competitive mark of 71. He's ran off 71 on his last two runs at Catterick, where he finished a 0.81 l 3rd, and at Chester when he again finished 3rd, this time beaten by a length by the 80-rated Bo McGinty and the improving Supermassive Muse who picked up that race off a mark of 79. He has his ground so if he can hang on to his lead he should have a chance here at 13/2. 0.5 pt EW