Review of the day

I’ve taken off the corresponding weekend, for the past few seasons - and I think I might be doing to the same again next year !

As I suggested this morning, todays cards were uninspiring - and on the back of a very intense period, I probably should have left them alone.

In fairness, I did back off - but I still issued 3 tips on the day - and non of them ever looked particularly likely to collect...

Having said that, Western Miller managed to trade odds on in-running at Sandown, before weakening in to third place.

He ran quite a nice race - but never managed to establish the uncontested lead I hoped for - and ultimately that probably cost him.

Larry challenged him jumping the second last - and then scooted away for a comfortable win.
It was one for the Eye Catchers - but that was relatively slim consolation.

Mercy Mercy Me was the next tip to run - and he simply wasn’t up to the job.

That was a shame, because I suspect it wasn’t a particularly strong renewal of the race.

The short priced favourite, Rathill, was a big disappointment; which left Elixir de Nutz to fend off the 2 Paul Nichols runners, on the run in.

Court Royale was the final tip to run - but again he wasn’t up to the job in hand.

That said, I suspect his task was a bit harder - relatively speaking.

Certainly Monsieur Lecoq won the race in taking fashion – and Court Royale would have needed to be a fair way ahead of his mark, in order to win.

That wasn’t the case - and he ended up well beaten.

In terms of the days, Mentions:

Then the veterans chase at Sandown was a race well swerved !

That said, with the Venetia trained Houblon Des Obeaux winning, maybe I should have just gone with the trainer angle (instead of with Le Reve, who finished well beaten).

That would have worked quite nicely at Wincanton as well, where Venetia's Calipto was much too quick for Catamaran de Seuil, in the feature race.

Earlier on the card, Molineaux took advantage of poor jumping by most of his rivals (including Caltex); whilst Tedham and Tight Call fought out a finish of the unexposed runners in the handicap chase - with KK Lexion nowhere in sight..

All is all though, it was a pretty dull, by Saturday standards…

TVB.