Review of the day

No joy today – though Go an Arch ran a decent race – despite being pulled up !

He was part of a group of 5, that broke away down the back straight – and he was still in with a chance, rounding the home turn.

However, his stamina started to give away as that point and he was pulled up after jumping the third last.

With a couple more pounds of his back, he would be of considerable interest over half a mile less…

The finish of the race was ultimately fought out by Rydalis and Milo Milan – and at the end of 3 miles, the judge couldn’t split the pair…

If Rydalis had been available at 9/1 this morning, we might easily have been on her (particularly if Go on arch had been 8/1) – but she was a best priced 5/1.

One the market didn’t quite get right…

That hadn’t been the casein the previous race on the card, where Midnight Bell was punted in from an early 20/1 to 17/2 at the off…

I looked quite closely at her last night – mainly due to her connections.

She is trained by Tom Symonds and was ridden by Ben Poste – the same combination that have scored for us this season with Tweedledrum and Valmari.

However, there really was very little in the form book to recommend her – and it would have taken something of an act of faith (or desperation !) to put her up.

I don’t feel I’m quite at that point, so I can’t feel too bad about not tipping her !

Tom De Lys ran a fair race in the novice chase – but went off too quickly on the rain-softened ground and was a spent force by the home straight.
That left the race at the mercy of the stayers – and Filbert got the better of Sustainability in a drawn out finish.

Over at Leicester, the stamina reserves of Safran De Cotte served him very well, as he managed to fight off the sustained challenge of Abnaki.

The fact that the race turned into a bit of a war, suited Safran and I remain convinced that better still will be seen of him, when he tackles marathon distances…

Finally, a few of you may have been a little concerned by the price crash that took place on Go on Arch, after I had tipped him this morning…

I would like to reassure you, that very little of the market movement was down to me tipping him.

He was also put up by one of the big tipping services - about 10 minutes after me – and that is what caused the crash.

It just goes to illustrate why I am so keen to issue my tips as early as is practical, in the morning…

TVB.