weekend of racing

Quick report on the weekend:

1st race I had was the 14:40 at Kempton. I had reasonably good advice to take the fav in this race, however after leading the whole race by several lengths he managed to fall at the penultimate hurdle and it was all over as Walsh rode Oslot, the 11:1 outsider to his first Kempton victory.

2nd race. This was my main race for the day, I had several horses backed here and I have to say it went a bit Pete Tong for me. My top tip (from the post below) was Ungaro who managed about a furlong before falling at the 2nd fence. Simon ran well, but as was suspected, his age, lack of current form and handicap weight let him down and he didn’t manage a place. The top tipped outsiders also showed some strength and I believe I managed to get a 3rd place out of one of my long shots – I can’t remember which coz I had him backed to win so didn’t really give a shit. After a fairly relaxed race Walsh managed to bring Gungadu home in what could have been an exciting victory, if I had him backed. In sum; pretty shit for me.

3rd race. Well, this was meant to be the easiest victory for the GN favourite Snowy Morning. Against a field of the elderly and the inexperienced his victory was meant to be decisive. However, he ran poorly and finished 3rd, which was a hell of a shame as I had £75 on him to win at 1.38. According to the jockey he may have a respiratory problem, which is probably why the ante post favourite has fallen from being 11.5 on betfair to 24.0for the National. However, as his trainers claim that he’s fine and that he will definitely run in the National – perhaps, amongst this negative market speculation, it is time to get some more money down on him...

One notable development at Fairyhouse was Hedgehunters performance: perhaps he’s a good place bet for the National...