Leicester 26th January

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4.10 Leicester – Uncle Eli (ew) Min Stakes It isn’t usually a great idea to back a horse that has more letters than numbers before its name – and as Uncle Eli boasts – UPPUU you are entitled to wonder whether it is trying to tell us something (up yours perhaps!?). The animal is obviously a dog – but a dog with some ability – and on that basis flogging it up the Leicester hill in the mud over further than it has ever run before seems a questionable solution. Rowe’s is a shrewd handler though who does “better than he should” in my book with the horses he has and maybe he thinks going that little bit steadier, as they will over 3 miles, might sweeten the beast up. Certainly not one to have the sweetbreads on but I will venture the minimum (ew) with interest. Pity we aren’t allowed a couple of picks – without Uncle Eli in the field I would fancy Grand Lodge as sporting ew shot.

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Re: Leicester 26th January Leicester 15:40 – Its All About You – Betfair 6.4 Not at all sure I should be “backing” this one now – may well be a (considerably) better price later – and I wouldn’t mind an ew saver. However all that being said I love things like this – it is what makes the sport so fascinating for me. It may be just another horse out for a “normal” run – and it holds a reasonable chance. It might just though be one set aside for a touch. This is the perfect sort of race for it. It obviously wants a stiff track – see where it has run before – and on the face of it 2 ½ miles is its trip. Sellers/amateur riders’ races are ideal for a tilt at the ring and McManus doesn’t keep many “poor” horses that don’t pop in at least once in their career. It has shown slivers of form and first time tongue tie answers any awkward questions of “improvement” should the need arise. Don’t know anything about the pilot – other than if she wasn’t up to the job McManus/O’Neill wouldn’t put her up on something with a real chance – and if it hasn’t got a real chance it doesn’t matter!