NAPPY NEW YEAR: DAQMAN is ringing out the old and bringing in the New Year in the only way he knows – with winners !! His nap MYSKA WON 10/11 yesterday and he also weighed in with Tthrothewhatch WON 100/30 at Haydock.
7 FROM 11: It’s now 26 winning naps this NH season, including the seven in the last 11 days (see below):
Dec 17 BIT OF A PUZZLE WON 1-2
Dec 18 LE MERCUREY WON 2-1
Dec 19 THISTLECRACK WON 2-1
Dec 20 Gin And Tonic 3rd 5-4
Dec 21 ANNA DE GRISSAY WON 5-2
Dec 22 SWIFT CEDAR win and place WON 5-1
Dec 26 NOT A BOTHER BOY 2nd 9-2
Dec 27 Un De Sceaux fell 1-4
Dec 28 DON POLI WON 4-6
Dec 29 Go Long 2nd 13-8
Dec 30 MYSKA WON 10-11
WEATHER: Even the weather is looking brighter as we turn the year with a busy racing schedule. Both Uttoxeter and Warwick passed morning inspections.
HEAVY GROUND BUT WE’RE RACING
Being a racing tipster is hard enough at times but thank goodness I chose this route rather than being a weather forecaster. It looked odds-on that BOTH Uttoxeter and Warwick would be called off today with the torrential downpours yesterday but both have survived and will race on heavy ground.
Looking further ahead to next year (it’s not all that FURTHER !!) and the New Year’s Day meeting at Exeter is now subject to an 8am precautionary inspection on raceday morning. The course are sounding hopeful, although may need to doll off some fences.
ARISE, SIR AP
Great news that AP McCoy has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Whatever your views on the awards system (and there’s been plenty of dubious gongs handed out over the years) recognition of AP as a brilliant sportsman is surely warranted. His careeer record is well documented but still hard to fathom. Champion jockey for 20 consecutive seasons and 4,358 career wins. There’s setting the bar high and setting it at a ridiculous level.
2015 OVER AND OUT
As we saw at Taunton yesterday – heavy ground takes some ploughing through at this time of the year and it will very much be the case at Uttoxeter today. Stamina is needed in abundance together with the ability to handle the ground. Over My Head looks the answer to the 2m 7f handicap hurdle at 1.50. His only career win to date came over three miles here on heavy ground where he made all the running to win by 19 lengths with 39 lengths back to the third and 16 lengths back to the fourth !! He comes here on the back of a good effort at Southwell and should prove hard to peg back today.
AMERICA TO WIN THIS BATTLE
I want to be against top weight Battle Dust in the 1.10 at Warwick. He had to work really hard to win at Chepstow earlier in the month and that effort may have left its mark. The handicapper has certainly taken no chances with him and he looks harshly treated on handicap debut. Preference is for yesterday’s easy Haydock winner American Life who has a 7lb penalty but won with such ease that a follow-up looks on the cards. He is still running at the time of writing but keep an eye on the situation.
LARS BET OF THE YEAR
The 2.00 at Lingfield is the Bet Now With The Ladbrokes App Apprentice Selling Stakes and is a race that will take little winning. Official ratings are usually to be treated with caution in low level races as horses tend to be more inconsistent and unreliable but I think Captain Lars (comfortably top on official ratings on a mark of 80) is an exception as he comes into the race on the back of a decent effort at the track last time over a slightly shorter trip. This race looks weaker if anything.
That’s all for today, and for this year.
See you bright and early on the other side. Best wishes to all readers for a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2016.
DAQMAN’S BETS (Staked 1-9pts on strength, 10pts for a Banker)
BET 5pts win AMERICAN LIFE (1.10 Warwick)
BET 9pts win (nap) OVER MY HEAD (1.50 Uttoxeter)
BET 5pts win CAPTAIN LARS (2.00 Lingfield)
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