Thursday's Meetings Ffos Las N/H 7 Races 1:30-4:30p.m. Wincanton N/H 6 Races 1:45-4:45p.m. Chelmsford(E) A/W 6 Races 6:00-8:30p.m. Racecards At The Races Sporting Life Racing Post Good Luck
Wincanton 15.45 B365 offering 2/1 against Take Your Time. I would take that. Seems to be the only one improving. Well treated on his best hurdle form and could be a better chaser
4.00 Ffos Las - ICARAT (8/1) Venetia Williams has raced this horse over hurdles on mainly good to soft. Her horses usually excel when switched to the fences and it does so today on heavy ground. This French horse won a bumper over in France when it got heavy ground.
Very modest interest in the Walk In The Park mare, Goodtimecrew. in the 14:15 at Wincanton. Might do better significantly stepped-up in trip. Jonathan Burke on board for the Harry Fry yard. 4/1 (Wm.Hill/Unibet) rather meagre best price at time of writing on ATR.
I'd wonder how many in the sport even understand what is and isn't unacceptable behaviour. Robbie Dunne springs to mind. Promise me you'll never engage him for Rocky.
Chelmsford 600 jenson benson 7s 700 bear to dream 11/2 730 dynamic force 5s 800 cavalluccio 4s 830 dead pole 7/2
Nicky Henderson wins appeal as Lingfield stewards' decision to demote winner is overruled "Nicky Henderson was a winner before racing started on Thursday when he succeeded in an appeal against the demotion of Aston Martini by the Lingfield stewards in a £40,000 Novice Hurdle at the recent Winter Million Festival. "The mare has had her unbeaten record restored by an appeals panel, which ruled that, although she was guilty of interfering with Ooh Betty and eventually beat her by just a nose, the result may not have been affected." "Eleven days earlier, the Lingfield stewards had ruled that Aston Martini, ridden by James Bowen, had "moved left-handed under a right-hand drive", bumping Ooh Betty and resulting in her "becoming unbalanced and subsequently having to race tight against the rail throughout the final half-furlong". "It is clear from the evidence there was little if any loss of momentum by the sufferer Ooh Betty and neither did she lose much, if any, ground," said the panel chair Philippa Charles. "It's very difficult to be satisfied that Ooh Betty would have finished in front of the interferer. She may, she may have not. "At the point at which the horses crossed the line, it was Aston Martini which was going the better of the two. In the view of the panel, it is not established on the balance of probabilities that, given an uninterrupted run to the line, Ooh Betty would have finished in front of the interferer." Didn't see the race but if it bumped the other horse resulting in her "becoming unbalanced and subsequently having to race tight against the rail throughout the final half-furlong". I would have thought it would have affected the result by more than a nose. The fact that "At the point at which the horses crossed the line, it was Aston Martini which was going the better of the two." to me, it would indicate that yes it would have won anyway had the winning post not come so soon. Interesting
