The drink for the 'ard men in this world RV... Smirnoff Ice tipped into a pint glass topped off with lager... Rocket fuel for them cold cold nights up north...
Cheers Pepito for your 1st Daily Thread, your most welcome to start the day off, and in fine style to may i add... Obviously its Lingers or nowt today, so... 12.30 - Hidden Identity, 1/2 1.00 - Topaz Collognes, 9/4 1.30 - Until Winning, 2/1 2.00 - Sire De Grugy, 4/7 2.30 - Ya Hafed, 6/1... bet 3.00 - Pete The Feat, 11/10... bet 3.30 - Knock House, 13/2... bet Good luck to all who do indeed play today... Lets hope the weather can improve and we dont miss too many cards this weekend... Off to manc land now to collect some happy holidayers and welcome them back to dark, dank, miserable Blighty... I bet their tans will have washed off by the weekend...
Nothing to do today, probably not bother with a bet but for fun here are my picks at Lingfield (not a track i usually do well at) 12.30 Shesha Bear 1.00 Sawago 1.30 Hollow Penny 2.00 Cantlow 2.30 Ray Diamond 3.00 Well Refreshed 3.30 Seedling
Nearly Red, up our way its NCB (Newcie Brown to you soft southerners) with the Smirnoff, its the real deal mate
Top class, the breakfast would have to be scrambled egg on well buttered toast with thin smoked salmon strips dressed through it, followed by good dark roast coffee. Just writing that has got my mouth watering.... As for the racing have only had the one bet on Rossoff so far but am now joining in with Stick and Heisenburg's four shorties in trebles and a fourfold just for a little interest on a dull day. It's one of those fourfolds that on paper should be very straight forward, but on this ground anything can happen. As for the going i think by the look of your photo Pepito that Wetherby were a bit premeture in calling off tomorrows fixture.
Top class, the breakfast would have to be scrambled egg on well buttered toast with thin smoked salmon strips dressed through it, followed by good dark roast coffee. Just writing that has got my mouth watering.... Very Nice Blue, im sure Nass and SBC would indulge at that offering
Rarely partake of breakfast.... ...just a glass of water and 20mg of esomeprazole. No bet today...poor offerings. GL anyone having a go.
De la Bach 5/1 each way 1.30 Lingfield Trainer in red hot form. Only runs a couple today so they have to be backed. Excellent bumper third to Simonsig and a host of 130 rated horses. I refuse to believe we've seen it's best thus far over hurdles and it's got the best jockey in the race on its back.
Lingfield latest: In the paddockBy Tom Kerr De La Bech and Until Winning stood out in the paddock for the 1.30. Now into 4s BB
Well tipped up Boston. With the trend of favs getting beaten i am going in with a small single on Dark and Dangerous 14-1 in the next
Lingfield 3.00. I felt that maybe Peat The Feat could be beatable on this heavy going but try as I may, I can't find any logical reason why anything else would be any better off on the ground and given he is effectively in on 11.7 it makes it even more difficult to oppose him. Therefore it would seem that anything over even money would be a bonus. One word of caution though. His 3 recent wins have come with top jockeys N Fehily and R Johnson up. He is ridden today by a 7lb claimer. He has been ridden by 3 different 3lb claimers and 2 different 5lb claimers and, so far in 10 races, has never won with a claimer on his back. Whether he would have lost those races with a top jockey up I have no idea. Maybe this claimer is an exceptional horseman. With these questions unanswered it would be enough to keep my money in my pocket.
Cheers boys. Seemed the value call. Cantlow in the next at 2/1. Sure De Grugy ran well last time out but had a tough race whereas Cantlow is relatively fresh. Cantlow gets 7lbs from the favourite and can make that tell with the trainer obviously targeting this course as his record is excellent here. They're both basically as good as each other over hurdles so I think the weight differential and freshness factor may work in Cantlow's favour.
No racing for at least a month at the nearly all weather Southwell track. Most races being transferred to Wolverhampton and Lingfield.
