Day 1 trip report, Day 2 forecast

Day 1: Mixed feelings!

- 2pm: Supreme Novice Hurdle: Very please with my selections here – “Captain Cee Bee” ran a great race and earned a well deserved victory and “Snap tie” came in third to up my profits in this race to over £50

- 2.35: Arkle Challenge: Well, I think I told everyone what to do with their money here and sure enough “Tidal Bay” won by 12 legnths – he jumped terribly but his speed and stamina made up for his constant mistakes over the hurdles. My victory in this race was, however, short lived – just as I added my £42 profit from this race to my initial profits I realised that I hadn’t actually placed the bet, and as a result had actually made a small loss on “Moon over Miami”! – so it’s not just the poker gods that hate me!

- 3:15: Champion Hurdle: This one hurt me. I had “Osana” to win, “Harchibald” e/w and “Sublimity” e/w. Coming up to the last 150 metres the field was “Osana”, “Katchit”, “Sublimity”, Punjabi – over the line it went; “Katchit”, “Osana”, “Punjabi”, “Sublimity” – a loss of £58! (when it was nearly a win of £21 – grrr)

- Will Hill Chase – I didn’t watch this one as my two ante-post choices, “Battlecry” and “afistfullofdollars “had been pulled and my last hope “Abragante” put in a poor effort – only a £10 loss though.

- The Champion Bumper – well, this was my ‘break even or die trying’ race. I put a bet on Ashkazar just before the race at 2.88 started and I also had Chapoturgeon at 22.0. My horse was leading by two lengths but managed to lose to the second favourite.

So – day one behind us and I’m down £31.97. Just really upset about not placing my second bet (and thinking I had until after the race), and also angry that I chose not to back the horse that went on to win the Cross Country Chase after I had tipped a friend about it and had to listen to his drunken rant about how sick a tip it was. Lol

So – Tomorrow –

Well – the ground is still good to soft and I’m praying it stays that way! So, tbh my choices haven’t changed at all.

- 2pm – Ballymore Novice Hurdle – “Forpadydeplasterer” is still my choice here. A great horse who I’m sure can put in a good performance.

- 2:35pm – Sun Alliance Chase – I’d still say that “Silverburn” is a great value e/w choice. But “Tidal Bay” is also running, and with the confidence from todays win driving him on I’d say at 13.0 this is certainly some value, as is the TBP option at 4.1.

- 3:15 – Queen Mother Champion Chase – Not a race to take any horses to place. I’m reasonably happy with “Masterminded” and “Voy Por Ustedes” - I know that both “Twist Magic” and “Tamerinbleu” are seeing heaps of action but I’m sticking with my original view. “Masterminded” is perfect for this race; currently on great form with two wins in small fields on ground good to soft. “Voy Por Usterdes” didn’t win his last race but has a great lifetime form of 2-1-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-3, with a good to soft form of 2-1-1-1-1.

- 4pm – Coral Cup – You have to fancy “Leg Spinner” here. He’s taken down some big fields in the past, likes the ground good to soft, and in my opinion is the horse they all have to beat.

Okies – so yer, only backin the first 4 races – I had long-shot views in the ante-post markets for “Toby Jug” and “Endless Intrigue” but neither have been entered for the race. My only big-money sweat is “Masterminded” – it’s a bit painful to be coming from behind already – but hey, lets hope we can make up our lost ground.
So yer: my top tip for the day is: “Forepadydeplasterer” to win!