Review of the day

Well I guess they can’t all win – though Mission Complete made an heroic effort to keep the run going at Taunton this afternoon…

To say he looks a tricky ride is an understatement, but 10lb claimer, Jack Savage, rode him manfully.

Forcing him into the lead and then keeping him up to his work for almost all of the 3 miles.

The horse probably deserved to win, simply for the effort put in by his jockey – but unfortunately that’s not the way it works.

Instead, he was reeled in rounding the home turn, by Copper Birch. And although Mission Control tried to get back at him, Copper Birch always held too many aces.

As expected, Smart Money found the trip way too far: whilst Milosam was under pressure from an early stage, which probably contributed to his fall.

It was a shame to get those two beaten and not win on the race – though I guess it was still quite a big ask…

The only mention of the day, Une Bleu A Laam, was a big disappointment in the finale – and helped demonstrate why I’m so disinclined to put us on short priced horses at this time of the year.

Last time out, he comfortably beat Winning Spark and whilst a case could be made for the latter on 7lb better terms, it would have taken some imagination to see him turn the form round by over 20 lengths.

The only other race of on interest was the handicap chase at 3:00 – and it was won by Sun Wild Life.

A literal reading of the jockey moves would have pointed you to him – and he had a decent chance on the book.

Despite that, I’ve no regrets about leaving him alone…

TVB.