Review of the day

Well, that was some finish 

Having looked held approaching the last, Some Finish, produced some finish – and won the finale as Leicester, going away…

I have to admit, I was pretty hopeful he would.

Tipping him late, meant we had minimal impact on the market, so seeing him sent off at just 7/2, suggested he really was well fancied.

In the race itself, he settled behind the early leader, Wayward Frolic.

And whilst that one and Theflyingportrait seemed to have the race between them approaching the last, Charlie Poste was clearly saving a bit on Some Finish – and in the end, he won going away…

Obviously, with hindsight, I should have staked him more aggressively – but in a class 5 race on desperate ground, I think it is prudent to act cautiously…

In the opener on the Leicester card, Gallic Warrior was backed into 8/11 at the off – but ended up well and truly beaten.

However it wasn’t either of the horses that I fancied who beat him – but instead the 13 year old, Pret a Tho.

As I said this morning, you can get some strange results on bad ground…

The final race of interest at Leicester was the handicap chase at 3:55.
With Vivaccio a NR, it really did look a 2 horse race – and sure enough, one of those horses, Stiletto, came home unchallenged.

My preference for the race was Prideofthecastle, but he ended up well beaten and may have been feeling the effects of his efforts a couple of weeks ago.

Over at Kelso, Unionist won the Ivan Straker memorial chase, in convincing fashion.

I was a little concerned that he might be found wanting for stamina in the closing stages – but in truth, he just had too much class for his rivals.

I’ll have to see what the handicapper does with his mark, but the win will probably see him removed from the eye catchers list (as the object of the list, is to find future winners).

Shades of Midnight was a good winner of the handicap hurdle.

I expected him to run well – but was a little concerned that he might find an opponent too good.

However, that didn’t happen and he came home 26 lengths clear – and at odds of 4/1…

Finally, at Fontwell, Cloudy Beach was indeed well supported in the market (into 3/1 at the off) and came home a gutsy winner.

All in all, then, a good day for the mentions – and a good day for the tips 

TVB.