Saturday's Soggy Selections & Updates - 21 January

Haydock inspected at 07:30am and it a go!  The wind and rain is not stopping a hardy Northern racetrack from putting on a great day's racing with the Peter Marsh chase.  The weather today will be throwing (literally in Haydocks case I think) a few big priced winners over the line first!


Even the lack of a single winner will not stop me from looking again at Meydan though.  Shafya spoilt the "Suroor/Cumani 11f tapeta" party yesterday by winning with his runner - nerve of the man spoiling my stats like that!  No matter, there's another 11f tapeta Meydan race tomorrow (14:50) so normal balance can be restored.  The Suroor runner is Tahaamah with SDS up (no Frankie at Meydan tomorrow).  Tahaamah was a bit of a monkey at the stalls on his last attempt at racing and was withdrawn so hopefully he can behave better this time out.  I may hide a few selections at the foot of this blog later.....


Just looking through today's racing and I cannot believe that Mon Mome has never won since the Grand National!  I'm amazed.

	Haydock	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	12:40	Cinders And Ashes 1st
2	13:10	Cotswold Charmer UP
3	15:30	Mount Oscar (EW) UP	The Sawyer (EW) UP
4	16:05	Glenwood Knight  UP

Notes:

3/            I’ve gone for a couple of the old boys here each way.  Mount Oscar hasn’t been seen on a racecourse since last Feb but on the 5 occasions he has returned from a long break , he’s won once, came 3^rd three times and failed once so an each way should bear fruit – more of a worry is the current stable form but they’re coming a long way just for this one race here today.  The Sawyer will love these conditions.

	Ascot	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	13:00	Royale’s Charter F
2	14:05	Kentford Grey Lady 2nd
3	15:10	Finian’s Rainbow 2nd
4	15:45	Zaynar UP	Surfing (EW) UP

Notes:

1/            Negatives for Triolo D’Alene is winning form is in tiny fields, Oldrik’s penalty

3/            Thought long and hard about FR (I do love Al Ferof) but despite some clever hack from RP worrying about going right handed after the dodgy jumping at Kempton LTO (despite winning here easily over hurdles!), there is no way that I think for one moment that he won’t have been schooled to within an inch of his life between then and now.

4/            Appears that Nick Williams has found a key!  Down in grade, course winners, distance winner, going winner so should be in the shake up

	Naas	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	14:15	Dylan Ross (nap) 2nd

	Wincanton	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	15:20	Kilcrea Asla (EW) UP

These are the hush hush Meydan selections (shhh!)

	Meydan	First Choice	E/W or RF Choice
1	14:15	Grand Duchy (EW) UP	Maath Gool (EW) 3rd
2	14:50	Tahaamah 2nd
3	15:25	Street Act UP	Paschendale UP
4	16:05	Clasp (EW) UP	Trojan Nights (EW) 1st
5	16:40	Man Of Action  UP
6	17:20	Ip Man 1st

Meydan took me in to profit today with +7.36 (27.26%)

Here is a nice and easy (because it's the end of the week and our brains hurt)  Friday nightly nap:

Naas 14:15
Dylan Ross
2nd

I just threw some stale cake out for the blackbird and robin that always wait outside the back door at day break.  I forgot to crumble it and nearly took the robin's head off.....whoops!