Saturday's Selections & Results - 24 September

There is a load of decent racing today (well it is a Saturday!) - with three decent meetings within an hour and a half of me (Haydock, Ripon, Chester) but I'm unable to get to any of them despite all my finest efforts as I have other stuff/commitments....but there's still time!!

There is some excellent racing coming up over the next few weeks - the Arc on 02 October, the Cesarewitch on 08 October at Newmarket (which Ascot haven't been able to get their grubby hands on ....yet), Champions Day at (spit hiss - we all know it really should be at HQ Newmarket) Ascot on 15 October and then on the 04 & 05 November the Breeders Cup  meeting across the pond which is at Churchill Downs for the second year running and also the Melbourne Cup on the 05 November.  

However today, we have the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket which is down to a mere 33 runners with the defection of Maraheb and Tinkertown - not exactly a sensible betting medium but fantastic fun to watch!  There may be one more to add to that non-runners list if the ground doesn't suit Dare To Dance (anyone who has backed this horse already is a brave brave soul).  Non Runner

There are also a couple of races at San Siro today that warrant attention -  the group 1 Premio Vittorio di Capua at 15:15 which has been won by Godolphin for five of the last 9 runnings (but no entry today!) and which looks set to be the Dick Turpin 1^st  v. Cityscape 2^nd race.

Also at San Siro today is the Premio Sergio Cumani group 3 at 15:50 which is named in  honour of Luca Cumani's 10 times champion trainer father Sergio. Luca has an entry, Khor Seed 1^st

Paul Hanagan is riding at Newmarket today and Kieren Fallon is riding at Haydock - swapsies!

Today’s system selections are:

Haydock

14:45  Gentle Lord (11) 4^th

My Italian picks were best today (see above!)  Just the one winner on this shopping list and a loss of -4.8

Chester

16:10  Swift Alhaarth (6.6) UP

16:45  Baby Strange (5.4) UP

17:20  Corporal Maddox (5) 2^nd

Wolverhampton

17:50  Le Toreador (7) UP

19:20  Justbookie Dot Com (3.55) 3^rd

19:50 Yensi (4.6) UP

20:50 Painted Tail (4.2) 1^st          

Ripon

18:00  Gottcher (10.5) UP

A couple of longshots that caught my eye and who aren’t without a remote chance of sneaking into a place (or better!) are:

Haydock        14:15  All Analena If whatever was amiss LTO is resolved   UP

Newmarket    17:00  Gallagher  If the first time tongue tie and longer distance do the trick UP 

An early season tentative foray into the jumps for me (don't get me wrong - I'm perfectly capable of finding a winner on the jumps cards but am just out of practise after concentrating soley on the flat since April !) has thrown up:

Market Rasen  14:20  Viva Colonia  UP

                          14:50  North Island  UP

Frankel galloping yesterday (Tom Queally)
) Pic: Edward Whitaker / Racing Post )

Away from racing !  Google have let the world know that it's Jim Henson's 75th birthday with a fantastic cartoon on their home page.  This has led to my discovering this website:  http://www.matthewbarr.co.uk/muppets/  where you can take a quiz to find out which muppet you are.  I'm Gonzo!!!

 

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Not for staking the house or your daughter on though!