There wasn’t too much to get excited about this
afternoon, on a day when a number of the races were decided by jockeyship, as
much as equine ability…
I
certainly felt that was the case in the opening event on the card, where Ruby
made all on Clarcam, jumping from fence to fence and getting his fractions spot
on.
On
the other hand, I was disappointed by the ride that Brendan Powell gave to Val
de Law.
He
tracked Josses Hill, who jumped right at most of his fences, taking Val de Law
with him.
Despite that, Val De Law still ran really well – and
whilst the jockeys probably didn’t make the difference between victory and
defeat, they certainty exaggerated the superiority of the winner over the
third.
It
was a similar story with the next tip to run, Menorah.
Dickie kept him wide in a race where Noel Fehily got
Silviniaco Conti settled and jumping.
Menorahs mistakes cost him the race – whereas the perfect
ride from Fehily probably won it for Silviniaco…
Big
Fella Thanks and Quinz represented us in the Foxhunters, but the race was as
good as over for the former, at the very first fence.
He
hit serious traffic problems caused by a couple of fallers and lost over 20
lengths in the incident.
He
did make a lot of the ground back up – but I’m sure it would have taken its toll
late on.
We never got to find out for sure however, as he unshipped his rider (eventually) at Bechers Brook.
We never got to find out for sure however, as he unshipped his rider (eventually) at Bechers Brook.
Big
Fella Thanks ran a reasonable enough race, but there wasn’t enough in the old
legs to ever really threaten the principals.
The
final tip of the day to run was Arnaud – and the betting accurately foretold his
fortune.
He
was a big drifter on the BF – and whilst I felt he travelled quite well for the
first half of the race, he was quickly beaten shortly after that.
It
was a disappointing effort…
The
mentions on the other hand, had a blinding day !
Intense Tango didn’t manage to take advantage of Hargem
under-performing: but Jezki took full advantage of Artic Fires final hurdle
fall.
However, best was saved until last, when Tagliatelle
demonstrated just how unlucky we’d been at Cheltenham by coming home first in
the finale off a mark 5lb higher.
I
did consider tipping him last night, but 10/1 seemed a tight price in a very
open race.
These things happen (as we know only too well
!)
TVB.
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