DAQMAN’S 33-1 NATIONAL WINNER: Daqman yesterday produced a sensational final day to his jumps-season value challenge to Pricewise of the Racing Post when he tipped the Irish Grand National winner, Rogue Angel (WON 16-1), at 34.0 on BETDAQ, with the headline: Final Fling: The Fairyhouse Angel!
JUMPS WIN OVER PRICEWISE 51-20: The win and the place bet took him to a final total of 51-20 over Pricewise for the 2015-16 NH season, and an overall lead of more than 180 winning bets (297-116). It capped a deluge of SIXTEEN Easter-weekend wins between the two, with Daqman winning 11-5.
STORY OF ANOTHER GREAT SEASON (see below): Daqman also landed another successful lay yesterday to make it five in a row. The full story of the jumps season and 2016 so far – celebrated below – is now contained in the Daqman Library (click on link or third item on the Daqman green icon).
DAQMAN: THE MAN WHO MAKES HEADLINES
Better than ever. Daqman recorded his biggest jumps-season win in three seasons of his challenge to Pricewise, as revealed in the table below.
And the first quarter of 2016 has brought a record 45 lays up out of 50, plus 100-points successful gamble at Cheltenham, where his ante-post bets included five winners. Now for the Flat.
DAQMAN v PRICEWISE VALUE CHALLENGE
2013-14 NH season final score DAQMAN 39, PRICEWISE 12
2014 Flat season final score DAQMAN 69, PRICEWISE 47
2014-15 NH season final score DAQMAN 33, PRICEWISE 14
2015 Flat season final score DAQMAN 105, PRICEWISE 23
2015-16 NH season final score DAQMAN 51, PRICEWISE 20
BIG-RACE WINNERS (Jumps season) 2016
WON 33-1 ROGUE ANGEL (Irish Grand National, 34.0 Betdaq, 16-1 SP)
WON 10-1 CAUSE OF CAUSES (Kim Muir, Cheltenham, 11.0 Betdaq, 9-2 SP)
WON 9-1 ZUBAYR (Adonis Hurdle)
WON 8-1 BLAKLION (RSA Chase, from 12.5 Betdaq)
WON 8-1 ZIGA BOY (Great Yorkshire Chase)
WON 7-1 ALBEN STAR (AW Sprint Championship, 9.8 Betdaq)
WON 13-2 ANNACOTTY (Cheltenham Trophy, 15.5 Betdaq)
WON 11-2 ONE MAN BAND (Godolphin Mile, Meydan)
WON 5-1 SPRINTER SACRE (Champion Chase)
WON 5-1 VROUM VROUM MAG (Mares Hurdle, 6.0 Betdaq, 4-6 SP)
WON 4-1 KEYSTROKE (Ladbrokes Lincoln Trial, 5.5 Betdaq)
WON 4-1 VOLUNTEER POINT (Fillies And Mares AW Championship)
WON 7-2 MISTER UNIVERSE (Ladbrokes Wulfruna Stakes, 5.6 Betdaq)
WON 1-1 THISTLECRACK (World Hurdle)
2016 HEADLINES
January: First bet 7-2; second day 7-1; clean sweep of four bets day three
January: 27-1 double; 50 points profit
January: 19-1 forecast up
January: Four trebles and accumulator all win
January: 15 weekend wins for 226 points
January: Eight winning trebles and two accumulators
January: Nap and 13-1 double
January: 66-1 double and 13-2 hit from 15.5 on Betdaq
February: Bankers double for four in a row
February: Six out of seven bankers; six out of seven lays
February: 9-1 winner as Daqman pots four
February 11: Daqman Cheltenham X1 includes five winners Bristol De Mai, Cause Of Causes, Don Cossack, Thistlecrack and Vroum Vroum Mag
February: Two winners a day for a week
March: 4-1 and 7-2 in Ladbrokes AW big races
March: Four bankers in a row
March: Record 45 lays up out of 50
March: First-day Cheltenham banker a 6-1 coup
March: 8-1 Lion in day of seven Cheltenham wins
March: Gold! Six bankers on the trot
March: 100 points ante-post gamble wins at Cheltenham
March: Hole-in-one bet wins at 7-2
March: 13 winning bets at AW Championships
March: 74-1 forecast at Meydan (11-2 winner, 14-1 second)
March: Daqman 50 up over Pricewise
March: He lands Irish National winner at 34.0 on Betdaq
WOODY IS THE TRADE HORSE AT HEXHAM
2.30 Hexham This is the silly season, betting wise, so I’m going to have a punt – or two – in this field of donkeys.
I fancy ‘reading’ this race. I see Whats Up Woody taking a lap out of them. He’s hared off in front before; in fact, recently, he came back to them over 3m but the drop back in trip today will suit.
I’m hoping to get a trade out of Woody, from an opening position on BETDAQ of 5.9, but the rest of my ‘read’ is for a shock as outsider Bertielicious is in the frame at 80.0 the win, 12.0 the place, in the orange as I write.
Woody’s trainer George Bewley is 50% with chasers here, while Bertie is hooded first time for Jonathan Haynes’ yard, which has scored with its last two runners.
TOP GAMBLE OF THE FAIRYHOUSE FINAL DAY
3.55 Fairyhouse Guess who is seriously missing strike here, with just one winner at the end of a losing run of 44 since Cheltenham. I say ‘missing strike’ because 11 of them have been second or third without winning.
There should be a question-mark in there somewhere, and the answer is Willie Mullins, who had had 16 losers at this Fairyhouse meeting until Blow By Blow scored in yesterday’s bumper.
Twinlight last year gave him five out of six in this Grade 2 and, at the weights today, he ought to avenge his February defeat at Naas by Days Hotel and should beat another 11-year-old, Flemenstar, a once a year horse who had his day at Leopardstown over Christmas.
But there’s an improving youngster here with a burgeoning trainer, Top Gamble for Kerry Lee, and we simply have to jump on to the bandwagon. There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.
4.30 Fairyhouse Road To Respect is big at 17.0 for one who finished second to Yorkhill and missed a Thurles prize by a length. Can bounce back after a holiday.
5.05 Fairyhouse Desoto County has a favourite’s chance of taking this, with the rain likely to slow the leaders and bring them back to this rear runner.
Tony Martin’s recent form revival should at least get him a place here, with four starters, best of them maybe the lightly-raced improver Anibale Fly.
I can’t back Clondaw Warrior, second last year (The Plan Man was fourth), in the expectation of further softening of the ground. Modem also wants a sounder surface.
DAQMAN’S BETS (stakes as stated)
BET 4pts (to win 20) WHATS UP WOODY, and 1pt win plus 2pts place (to win 20) BERTIELICIOUS (2.30 Hexham)
BANKER: BET 20pts win (nap) TOP GAMBLE (3.55 Fairyhouse)
BET 1.2pts (to win 20) and 7pts place (to win 20) ROAD TO RESPECT (4.30 Fairyhouse)
BET 8.5pts (to win 20) DESOTO COUNTY (5.05 Fairyhouse)
DAQ MULTIPLES: 3 x 1pt win doubles and 1pt win treble WHATS UP WOODY (2.30 Hexham), TOP GAMBLE (3.55 Fairyhouse) and DESOTO COUNTY (5.05 Fairyhouse)
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