Yesterday, I had a day off (as opposed to an off day!) and put up three videos of Frankel’s 2011 races to fill the gap. Surprisingly, Frankel isn’t the top earning horse in the UK this year (Pour Moi with his Derby win takes the honours)....nor is he the the second but the third. Nathaniel has won more prize money than Frankel – I was pretty amazed at that!
A loss today of -1.4
Just for the record and in case anyone wants to know or reads! My system selection strike rate is 25.12% with +17.49 level stakes profit this month and my review selection strike rate is 35.14% with a +34.36 level stakes profit this month.
By the way, Valery Borzov was an Olympic sprinter from the (then) USSR who won 2 golds, a silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals for the men’s 100m and 200m and 4 x 100 relay in 1972 and 1976.
And which jockey has won the most in prize money this year! William Buick! Hayley Turner has ridden more valuable winners than Paul Hanagan by virtue of her two Gr1 winners.....and although he’s French, Olivier Peslier has ridden 23 times this season in the UK without collecting a single centime.
Today normal service is resumed and today’s system selections are:
Newmarket
15:30 Manifestation (4.8) UP
17:05 Time Medicean (7.2) 2nd
Thirsk
16:25 Captain Kylo (8.6) 2nd
Hamilton
18:35 Cheeky Wee Red (6.4) UP
19:05 Valery Borzov (4.6) 1st
19:35 Butler (6.4) UP
A loss today of -1.4
Just for the record and in case anyone wants to know or reads! My system selection strike rate is 25.12% with +17.49 level stakes profit this month and my review selection strike rate is 35.14% with a +34.36 level stakes profit this month.
By the way, Valery Borzov was an Olympic sprinter from the (then) USSR who won 2 golds, a silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals for the men’s 100m and 200m and 4 x 100 relay in 1972 and 1976.
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| Equine Valery Borzov (Paul Hanagan) |
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| Olympian Valery Borzov |
We like Valery Borzovs to be at the front on the winning line..............
Newmarket 16:35 Grants Whisky Handicap 3yo only, 7f, Class 3
With the rain and the going changes (now soft all over) I love it! Usually because it means that key runners (key to the running of the race rather than the favourites) drop out and it can leave the field wide open for a bit priced lone front runner for instance, to pick up the spoils...assuming they handle conditions.
There are currently two such front running beasties left in this:
Fred Willetts is more often seen over a mile but not shown anything much on soft ground (although he has placed a couple of times on good to soft). However that miler stamina could be very much a positive over 7f at Newmarket in the soft and as a natural front runner, he may just show enough speed at a lowly weight to pull a fast one!!
Robemaker will handle conditions just fine having won on soft before and has also been seen racing over a mile. His last visit here was dire (lower class, just 2lb higher and last by 52L) and doesn’t inspire much confidence that he likes this track though! However, the drop may prove the key and he does have Buick aboard today.
These two are both big enough prices for an each way and there’s a case to be made for both – however tentative!
Unless one of these two drop out, I am on White Frost who is a C&D winner in a class 2 LTO with a nice C&D 2nd on soft to his name. He’s up a fair few pounds for these but did it so well and is so lightly raced that it shouldn’t present a problem for him. He seemingly can be ridden whichever way is asked of him so I expect he’ll track along just behind the front runners and take advantage at the end (expect = hope!)
White Frost 10/3 1st
Robemaker 10/1 (pennies!) UP
Fred Willetts 33/1 (pennies!)
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