Review
For completeness, a quick review of todays action…
At Wetherby, Secrete Stream was disappointing in the novice
chase: never threatening to get to all the way winner, Captain Chaos.
It was a step backwards from his seasonal debut, at
Carlisle…
Strawberry Spirit ran a fair race to finish fifth in the
bumper – though she never looked likely to win...
At Hereford, Kings Tempest showed virtually nothing in the
opener.
Warren Greatrex won’t be sleeping easy tonight !
More seriously, it’s difficult to know where they go with the horse now, as everything appeared to be thrown at him today.
I wouldn’t be surprised, if his next outing was for a different stable…
Tomorrows racing does look a little better – but it’s not
the step improvement that I was hoping for !
Roll on the weekend and some decent action..!!
Lunchtime Update
There’s nothing to report, in terms of price moves this morning, for
todays horses of ‘interest’ – all have remained relatively stable in the market...
I don’t honestly feel that any of them warrant being napped –
so there’ll be no Lunchtime Nap today – sorry !
Evening Preview
There are 3 NH meetings tomorrow, at Wetherby and Hereford
in the UK – plus Punchestown in Ireland.
However, there is precious little to get excited about – and
if I’d not committed to offering some views on the day, I wouldn’t be bothering !
There is an official TVB eye catcher running at Wetherby –
so I guess that’s something.
Secrete Stream runs in the novice chase at 12:55 - however,
he only faces 3 rivals…
He ran a nice race on his seasonal debut at Carlisle – and if
he can build on that, he has every chance of winning.
However, he’s a best priced 9/4 – and I really can’t get
excited about that…
The only other race on the card that grabs me, is the bumper
at 3:05 (which shows just how uninspiring it all is !).
In fairness, there are a few interesting runners in the race
– headed by Jennifer Juniper and Oscar World.
The former is trained by Fergal O’Brien – and his recent
strike rate in bumpers has been phenomenal: whilst the latter ran fourth on her
debut in a Cheltenham bumper and this should be a fair bit easier…
That said, there are a few others of interest: particularly Dammit
Janet, who is a very rare runner in the UK for Thomas Cooper – and Strawberry
Spirit, for Amy Murphy.
I’m quite a fan of the Amy Murphy operation – with her runners
generally still going under the radar.
Strawberry Spirit is an 11/1 shot this evening – and may be
even bigger in the morning.
She’s the one that interests me most, at the prices…
There may be little of interest at Wetherby – but it’s even
worse at Hereford and Punchestown !
In fact, the only other runner of interest that I can find
on the day, is King’s Tempest.
He contests the opener at Hereford – and as some of you will
recall, is the horse the that Warren Greatrex is relying on winning a race, to
avoid him being shot !
I actually think he’s got a good chance of coming home in front
tomorrow.
It’s a weak race: he’s having his first run over fences – sporting
cheekpieces – and has Richard Johnson on the saddle.
There’s certainty sufficient to give cause for optimism –
though Sydney de Baume and Sage Monkey could both prove troublesome rivals…
Aside from that however – it’s a day best left alone.
Hopefully Thursday will be better…
Thanks
ReplyDeleteRich