[Wanderer]

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 3:07 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Kicked off with Castleford -2 @ 10/11 but only for medium stakes (not exactly the most confident pick).

Playing it up on Wigan -4 @ 10/11.

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 3:13 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Anyone else think that was wrong

Im 50/50 on that tbh.

[Wanderer]

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 3:26 pm  

mwildcats wrote:

Im 50/50 on that tbh.

That's it, you sit on the fence.

Seriously though, watching initially I had no problem with the result and haven't seen a reply but the reporting suggests that Jacqueline Quest drifted off a straight line and carried Special Duty with her.

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 3:36 pm  

She drifted massively in fairness - the question is if Special Duty had been allowed to run straight would she have won?

IMO yes - she didn't drift by herself she was carried over by Jacqueline Quest. Gutted for JQ's owner Noel Martin as he really is one of lifes proper good blokes, especially after what he's been through in his life.

Nurture - up there on the far side but results show that you needed to race on the stands side and Jim didn't seem to think that.

Reve De Nuit - no idea why James Doyle was riding him handy but he's normally held up which he should have been today. Wouldn't give up on him at 12f but a drop in grade would help.

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Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 4:57 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Kicked off with Castleford -2 @ 10/11 but only for medium stakes (not exactly the most confident pick).

Wanderer wrote:

Playing it up on Wigan -4 @ 10/11.

... and now on St Helens -14 @ 10/11.

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 6:35 pm  

Thought the Guineas was a terrible spectacle and Newmarket racecourse should be held accountable for that. It was clearly evident that after not even half of the race that about 70% of the field didn't have a hope in hell of winning it.

Surely that can't be right for a classic.

The draw also did me on another I strongly fancied...Genki...managed to sneak into 4th for the place money but ran a belter considering the draw and is certainly one to follow this season!

[Wanderer]

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 6:51 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

... and now on St Helens -14 @ 10/11.

Three out of three - off out on the ale now. Sweet.

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 6:54 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Three out of three - off out on the ale now. Sweet.

Very well done - didn't have a flutter today but laid into Quins yesterday.

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 6:58 pm  

upthecats wrote:

Thought the Guineas was a terrible spectacle and Newmarket racecourse should be held accountable for that. It was clearly evident that after not even half of the race that about 70% of the field didn't have a hope in hell of winning it.

Surely that can't be right for a classic.

The draw also did me on another I strongly fancied...Genki...managed to sneak into 4th for the place money but ran a belter considering the draw and is certainly one to follow this season!

I didn't watch it, what happened? Never had much interest in these "classics", this year was probably the first time since I have been interesting in racing that I haven't even watched either of the Guineas races.

Re: More betting here : Sun May 02, 2010 7:14 pm  

Stand side a lot quicker than the middle/far side of the track. Honimiere ran a career best to run Strawberrydaquiri close when racing solo in the Dahlia.

Then in the 1000 Guineas seven came stand side and the rest raced up the middle. The first four came down the stand side.