SUPERNAP DOUBLE AND ANOTHER ODDS-ON LAY: Daqman landed a superb supernap double yesterday among four winning races in a row on the second day of the Dublin Festival at Leopardstown. For the second time in three days he opposed a losing odds-on favourite. In race time order:
WON 4-1 ALLETRIX (from 7.4 on BETDAQ)
LAY WON 4-5 ESPOIR D’ALLEN (4TH)
WON 4-6 SAMCRO (supernap)
WON 5-6 TOTAL RECALL (supernap at 2.25 on BETDAQ)
2ND 9-1 AL BOUM PHOTO (‘place insurance’)
VALUE UPDATE: After the two days at Leopardstown, Daqman leads Pricewise 18-8 and 52 points clear (+ 41 to – 11 to a single-unit stake)
FORTUNE COOKIES: Daqman’s horses to follow scored three times at the weekend, and those who survived the tests and trials of the last 10 weeks now make up his final list.
WOLVERHAMPTON: DAQMAN keeps his betting bank locked until Wolverhampton with three bets on the card.
FORTUNE COOKIES: FINAL 20
111 ACTING LASS (Harry Fry) Up a stone. Will do even better for a trip.
F21 ALLETRIX (Jessica Harrington) Improving mare, knocked out one of ours, Barra.
011 ARISTO DE PLESSIS (James Ewart) Won two for us at a lower level
421 BLAKLION (Nigel Twiston-Davies) Grand National fourth won the Becher
111 BUVEUR D’AIR (Nicky Henderson) Champion Hurdler now nine in a row
342 BRAQUEUR D’OR (Paul Nicholls) Ladbrokes Trophy fourth to Total Recall
122 CRACKING SMART (Gordon Elliott) Big baby. Still learning
120 CAUSE OF CAUSES (Gordon Elliott) Won three for us at Cheltenham Festivals
114 DORTMUND PARK (Gordon Elliott) Forget his run at the weekend
111 FOOTPAD (Willie Mullins) Brilliant jumper, just keeps galloping
111 GETABIRD (Willie Mullins) Jumps fantastic, says Willie
11F LADY KARINA (Venetia Williams) Will improve over further
111 NEXT DESTINATION (Willie Mullins) Hat-trick on way to Cheltenham
111 ON THE BLIND SIDE (Nicky Henderson) Fine stayer in the making.
111 POLITOLOGUE (Paul Nicholls) Champion Chase target. Our star find this season
111 SAMCRO (Gordon Elliott) Sensational in the Deloitte.
211 SAM SPINNER (Jedd O’Keefe) Loves his racing
U1U TINTERN THEATRE (Nigel Twiston-Davies) Class act on better ground
F41 TOPOFTHEGAME (Paul Nicholls) Star of the future
111 TOTAL RECALL (Willie Mullins) Landed a supernap for us yesterday
12F AINCHEA (Colin Tizzard) RESERVE
1F2 AL BOUM PHOTO (Willie Mullins) RESERVE
342 BARRA deleted
310 BEER GOGGLES deleted
103 BRISTOL DE MAI deleted
-12 BULLIONAIRE deleted
003 BURBANK deleted
330 CROSSED MY MIND deleted
422 JERS GIRL deleted
111 JERRYS BACK deleted
13P RAVENHILL ROAD deleted
110 SIZING JOHN deleted
WANDERING TO WOLVERHAMPTON
I thought it looked a quiet start to the racing week today but it might get worse tomorrow 🙁
Both Sedgefield and Market Rasen must pass course inspections with the probability of sub-zero overnight temperatures mixed in with snow and sleet showers tomorrow morning.
If we lose both cards then it will just be seven races on the all-weather at Southwell !!
At least racing goes ahead today with soft ground for the jumps cards at Newcastle and Southwell.
After the splendid Dublin Racing Festival I’m not sure I can face today’s jumps cards, which include a two-runner handicap at Newcastle, with much enthusiasm so will defer all of today’s bets to the tea-time card at Wolverhampton which gets underway at 4.45pm.
Two races for the price of one to start the meeting but the opening two divisions of the apprentice handicap look impossible.
5.45 Wolverhampton I’m always wary of ratings in selling races, especially horses tumbling down the weights and looking to have a theoretical good chance in the bottom grade. The problem is always that they are tumbling down the weights for a good reason and may not yet have reached their basement level.
Al Khan here for example. 12 months ago he was racing off a mark of 92 – a full 22lb higher than today but on the back of a tame effort last time out at Wolverhampton it would take a braver man than me to back the current favourite on BETDAQ. The comment in running last time was: ‘Awkwardly away, always in rear’. As the Dragons Den might say, I’m out.
The Amber Fort makes some kind of appeal in a desperately weak race. His course and distance fifth here in a handicap in November actually reads pretty well in the context of this race. He often finishes close up so I’ll cover the win stake with a place saver.
7.45 Wolverhampton sees the stayers strut their stuff. Indian Red comfortably beat Miss Dusky Diva over course and distance last time (pair finished clear) but with a 5lb swing the gap should narrow. I fancy the winner had a little bit hand though and might well be able to go in again.
Great Return is interesting in that he is relatively lightly raced but remains a maiden after nine starts and has been tried from everything between 6f and 2m so far without success.
8.15 Wolverhampton John Gosden’s Natch was second over course and distance last time but beaten eight lengths. In a weak race though, that might prove enough to beat Galactic Spirit was was second here on debut and Jackfinbar who scrambled home in an incredible bunch finish here – the seventh horse in that race was only beaten just over two lengths!
DAQMAN’S BETS (staked to win 20 points)
BET 3.8pts win and 3.39pts place stakes saver THE AMBER FORT (5.45 Wolverhampton)
BET 6.7pts win INDIAN RED (6.45 Wolverhampton)
BET 11.2pts win (nap) NATCH (8.15 Wolverhampton)
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