El Pac Carnegie wrote:
Both did nothing. I don't get the info you guys do these days, my dad had a mate in Stoute's yard, so I'm just trying to chip in where i can. If that's watching movers then so be it. I owe you big style for Makfi, got me out of a rut did that one!
Makfi was just old fashioned study - I'm lucky in that I have the time available for it. At the moment I'm formulating speed figures for Point-To-Point races (sad or what?).
Makfi was a good horse from abroad - they're often overlooked in the market and whilst he shouldn't have been favourite 8/1-10/1 would have been fair on what he'd done.
Watching the odds comparison sites and exchanges always helps with it - some horses are 25's, 20's, 14's and others are 25's straight in to 8's (these are generally better value as bets) but the bookies on course always want to get them in the book as it's the off-course boys who lay them in the morning and the course bookies always want a bit of the cake
Stoute is a very good trainer - there'll be far worse yards to get info from for sure, though his choice of apprentice jockey does worry me