DAQMAN DREAMS COME TRUE: 4-1 NAP: Dreaming of a big-odds nap? (Always) Wishful thinking? (No way!) Daqman’s best bet yesterday, Wishfull Dreaming (WON 4-1), absolutely trotted up by five lengths to land his third winning nap from the last four after two bankers:
WON 1-2 Rather Be (banker nap)
WON 8-11 Churchill (gold banker nap)
WON 4-1 Wishfull Dreaming (nap)
7-1 IRISH CESAREWITCH WINNER: At the same time yesterday, Daqman landed the 7-1 Irish Cesarewitch winner and a 13-2 shot at Chepstow to continue his superb run of decent prices, some of them buoyed by big BETDAQ offers. Including yesterday, he’s had the following value winners since Thursday:
WON 9-1 Robot Boy (from 12.0 BETDAQ Friday)
WON 7-1 Laws Of Spin (Irish Cesarewitch, Sunday)
WON 13-2 El Bandit (Sunday)
WON 13-2 Poet’s Vanity (from 8.8 BETDAQ Friday)
WON 6-1 Rock The Kasbah (Saturday)
WON 9-2 Rockspirit (from 9.4 BETDAQ Thursday)
WON 7-2 Naggers (from 7.6 BETDAQ Thursday)
POLYTRACK BANKER: DAQMAN has selections for cards on both sides of the Irish Sea this afternoon and a banker for this evening’s card on the polytrack at Chelmsford.
‘STRANGE’ RESULTS: IT’S ALL TOO COSY
All the experts are too busy. You can’t get a doctor’s appointment; you can never find a policeman; and the politicians are away at a UKIP boxing match. Now horseracing Stewards are under fire.
That’s the really serious one (let’s get our priorities right). For all you know, that favourite you backed is a non-trier. It’s far too easy to disguise a horse’s form.
The authorities have retaliated in England: ‘Tell us if you have evidence that a horse has been stopped’ (or been ‘injudiciously ridden’?).
The Stewards don’t much steward in that direction; have very little chance of finding out the truth. So, as with Crimestoppers, they seem to want Joe Public to help do the job for them.
Snag; most of us only move as far as the mouse will take us to have a bet these days. And terrestrial TV is so sweet on keeping the peace with everyone in the cosy club of free lunches, whispered tips and camaraderie, celebs and smiling faces that ‘it’s all in the game’ is the most you can hope for if there’s a ‘strange’ result. The ‘don’t rock the boat’ mentality rules, ok.
Once in the good old bad old days, we wrote to Channel-4 and said (sorry to sound like the chocolate man, G.C.) ‘yes, we want a close-up of the finish; yes, we want it from two furlongs out; but, yes, we also want you to pan back so we can see who is NOT finishing and try to make a shrewd guess why.’
They did, in fact, mutter about it on the prog and, for a couple of weeks or so, panned down the field of finishers. Now, as with all our bellyaches, they don’t seem to do it when we want them to do it!
And who is qualified to say whether the problem with a loser was the ground; the ride he got; the wrong trip; the pace; the shape of the race; the track… and so on, and so on. Who but the trainer, in fact!
Which leads me to a story I didn’t write (my editor said it was libelous) of one day at a north-country track, chatting to a trainer I knew before the first.
‘Well,’ said he, ‘I’ve got to go and have a drink with the Stewards. Otherwise they might be hard to handle when I’ve won the seller!’ (And I’m saying Channel-4 is cosy!)
I took the hint and had a bet on his runner in the ‘seller.’ It won at the old-fashioned price of 100-6. Was that inside information; a race fix; or just a hard-working trainer making his corn for the year? Answer: no one even asked.
TRUST THIS COMMODITY AT WINDSOR
2.30 Windsor: It is no secret that Sir Michael Stoute’s horses improve significantly for their debut run and after a gelding operation, plenty of improvement can be expected from Commodity. He ran a solid race on debut in a hot Newmarket maiden which contained four subsequent winners and with the benefit of that experience and a couple of “pounds” less to carry he should be up to winning this.
My man in the long grass tells me that, if Commodity runs on the racecourse like he works at home this is his for the taking.
5.00 Windsor: Sir Pass I Am was well supported last time when failing to fire in mid-division at Chepstow. However the ground was quite tacky that day and a switch to faster conditions may see him fulfil the potential his connections clearly see in him. He is a sporting price at an early mark of 6.4.
A COUPLE FOR CLOSING CURRAGH CARD
2.45 Curragh: The Eddie Lynam stable has shown a return to form in the last week and his Louis Leroy has the ability to go well here. A six furlong specialist, he is given the tongue tie and visor combination for the first time. Oisin Orr takes off a valuable five pounds here and the draw has been kind giving him an attractive look at an early show of 9.0.
4.45 Curragh: Gavin Cromwell has made a habit of improving horses that come under his care and Plain Talking looks to be another example. She has proved to be a smart horse over hurdles winning twice and earning a rating of 121. She returns to the flat here off a mark of 61 and she should be tough to beat in the final race of the season at the Curragh.
PUT YOUR FAITH IN KIRBY
6.55 Chelmsford: Blind Faith was a good winner on her debut and should be capable of hitting the mark here on her return to polytrack. She ran an excellent race on handicap debut going down by just a head before disappointing on soft ground last time. Adam Kirby takes the mount and she rates as a confident selection at 3.15.
DAQMAN’S BETS (staked 1 to 9 for strength, banker 10)
BET 9pts win COMMODITY (2.30 Windsor)
BET 4pts win and place LOUIS LEROY (2.45 Curragh)
BET 7pts win PLAIN TALKING (4.45 Curragh)
BET 6pts win SIR PASS I AM (5.00 Windsor)
BANKER: BET 10pts win BLIND FAITH (NAP) (6.55 Chelmsford)
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