Review of the day

There was no joy for Blades Lad at Southwell this afternoon.

I wanted to see some significant market support for him – but it never materialised.

In contrast, the money came for Santas Secret (11/1 early into 11/2 at the off) – and as is so often the case in these lower class races, it proved prophetic…

Maybe the ground was still a touch slow for Blades Lad – but whatever the reason, he turned in a laboured performance…

That wasn’t the case with Top Pick, Lil Rockerfell, at Fontwell.
He looked to have plenty in his favour – and won in fine style.

His SP of 7/4 was tight – but I guess you can’t have everything !

It was a similar situation with Thinger Licht, who comfortably won the previous race on the card.
Again, he looked by far the most likely winner this morning – and duly delivered.

Maybe an SP of 5/2 wasn’t too bad…

Back at Southwell, Amiral Collonges, ran better than last time at Huntingdon - but was still a little disappointing.

The form of his stable, was possibly the issue.

In the same race, Pyrshan ran much better – reversing placings with his Ascot conqueror.

That surprised me a little – but it don’t surprise the market, as he was backed in from 12/1 early, to 9/2 at the off…

Over at Leopardstown, Aurora Bell was another very well backed horse (12/1 into 6/1) – but unfortunately, having travelled nicely, he couldn’t pick up when it mattered.

In the following race, Court Frontier and Fr Humphrey were sent off 7/2 favourites – but both finished nearer last than first.

Fr Humphrey showed some promise and maybe just needed the run: but Court Frontier was simply disappointing.

You have to think that maybe something isn’t quite right with him, at the moment…

TVB.