Review of the day

Henryville evidently decided that it would be far more fun, running wherever he fancied around Kelso, rather be constrained to running round the track !

He took off with James Bowen, pre-race and did a couple of miles - most of it at high speed - before finally coming to a halt.

Thankfully, the decision was made to withdraw him - as whatever chance he had of winning, had well and truly gone by that point…

To be honest, I think his chance of winning, would have been pretty slim regardless.

I felt that he could easily have gone off at half this mornings price, if connections fancied him - but instead, his odds had doubled, even before his gallivanting began !

In a way, it’s quite impressive that an 11 year old, with over 40 runs under rules, should retain such enthusiasm for the job: but on the other hand it’s also quite worrying…

It’s one thing Peter Bowen rekindling his fire - but if he can’t direct his energies, then it’s not a lot of good, from a betting perspective.

I’ll certainly be a little wary about supporting him the next time he’s declared…

His defection, mean that what was already a quite day, ended up passing with barely a ripple…

The one Mention: Mountain Mews, ran OK to finished second - but was given a lesson in jumping by Dimple.

The only bright point of the day, was the performance of the Dobbers in Ireland.

Both managed to get the job done - tho Jetz only did so by the skin of his teeth.

A BSP of 5.8 and an IR low of 3.3 mean those with impressive discipline could have befitted - but only just.

Felix Desjy on the other hand, achieved his objective quite easily - plus a bit more !.

He was massively supported in the market (almost as if someone knew he was going to run well).

5/1 this morning was 11/4 at the off - but he never saw another rival and looked a fair horse in the process of winning.

They've certainly found the key to him - both in terms of distance and in terms of how to ride him…

Just a quick update on the email issues…

With the weekend now out of the way, I can put a bit more time into finding a resolution.

I’ll set up a distribution group for those who use Gmail - so future tests won’t impact everyone.

I may end up having to send the email from a different address (possibly admin@thevaluebettor.co.uk), so look out for that…

Whatever you should all get a ‘Plans for the Weekend’ email later this week (probably on Thursday evening).

If it’s not come through by Friday lunchtime, then please let me know !

TVB.