Morning, crew. Couple of decent cards locally, today, with racegoers with a fast car, or slow chopper, offered the chance to ‘double up’ and attend both Salisbury and Bath. I won’t be going to either but had Salisbury asked me to present the Bibury Cup, later on this afternoon, that might have been different. I’m guessing there was trouble with the phone line as I never received the call.
One thing that does surprise me, even more than not being asked to present the Bibury Cup, is that Mr Charlton’s HEART LOCKET, what a lovely name for a filly by the way, one of the most loveliest I’ve ever heard in fact, is odds against in the stayers maiden (8.40) – 5/4 at the time of writing. She’s a very nicely bred filly as her dam was a Listed victor, for Sir Henry. Heart Locket showed nothing on debut, last term, but on her second outing, earlier in the month she displayed promise, after being very green early on in coming home a fast finishing 4th. The only one to run, since that Chepstow heat, has subsequently won easily by 4 lengths so the form has a solid feel to it. You can expect Heart Locket to come on for that seasonal introduction, especially now that she knows what racing is all about, and I would imagine she would be very hard to beat in a maiden where the old girl’s opponents don’t look the strongest bunch ever to face the starter.
Good luck all.
