Friday's Selections & Results - 09 September

A day off on Thursday to pine for my Vinnie who sadly had to be put to sleep on Wednesday night.  Picking horses when tired and emotional is never a clever idea I have found!  

It was nice of Laytown to arrange to have their annual race meeting on my birthday this year.  Next year it would be even nicer to watch them from this rented cottage on Laytown beach that gives you these views:

Joseph O'Brien has finally admitted what we all could have told him - that his future will lie over jumps.  I think he'll find that his future will lie in training however!  At 5ft 11" he's done impressively well to keep his weight down to around 9st to ride on the flat - all credit where it's due.  I could quite easily be 2 jockeys one day (ice cream being an extremely effective nicotine replacement therapy!).  

After writing a potted biography on Julie Krone a couple of weeks ago on here, I cannot believe that I didn't back her ride in the Legends race on Wednesday!  About sums up my week so far! 

System selections today are:  

Doncaster

15:35  Mizwaaj 2^nd

Sandown

15:55  Orientalist UP

Chester

16:50  Gobooll UP

Wolverhampton

17:10  Almaty Express UP

Still on the cold list with loss of -5!!

A big thanks for all the birthday wishes on RUK forum yesterday (Thursday).  Saxonbody (Christine) started a thread to cheer me up as she knew about Vinnie and that he had been a birthday present from 8 years previous (poignant timing).  It did cheer me up and felt like this

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Paul Hanagan raced ahead even further on Wednesday with a 4 timer (he shares the same birthday as me today!).  Can't see this order above changing very much now!  Fallon clawed one back today but Silvestre hasn't had a winner since the 03 September!!  

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15:55  Orientalist (7.6) UP

Chester

16:50  Gobooll (4.1)

Wolverhampton

17:10  Almaty Express (7.4)