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3.22 Lingfield

a 5f Class3 sprint

anything can happen in race like this

two each way picks here:

POP DANCER 14/1 EW , LA ROCA DEL FUEGO 14/1 EW

gluck

nothing there

last one today

6.30 Wolves

will take the well berthed CD winning SARAH'S VERSE 22/1 to go and win here, and give the very good apprentice jockey Laura Pearson a welcome winner on her second spin since returning from a long injury layoff

gluck me and Laura :)

looking furtherer afield ! 😊

Tuesday, 24th January

Southwell - ye Going is 'Standarde'

6.o'c a Micky Mouse "Classified Stakes" race to whet ye appetite 😂

enough pace on here; field is replete with crap, and there be a few that #"come placed in similar rubbish affairs" , but , for the most part, i is ignoring them.

#early fav Atrafan ~3/1 Last year's winner from the same box draw (10) , but that run was on the Standard to Slow Going. won a similar rubbish contest (in a good time too, tbf) lto - when racing prominent over course and distance. Andi Brown's 9yo wasn't inconvenienced when being drawn widest of all then, when drawn in box 12 (a few nr's) in a 10-horse race. not a bad price, and maybe a win only bet on him, but i feel it'll be hard to adopt similar tactics on Tuesday, as looks a lot of pacey ones here. back for a win and lay for place, perhaps?

on plus side for favourite backers, his trainer A Brown has had a few winners recently - not bad for a chap what's probably operating at "Division 3 level". most of Atrafan's wins have come on the Tapeta surface, over mainly six and a couple at 7furlongs. his lto win was the only one what came on a Standard Tapeta surface. Am thinking that he just possibly won't be able to manage to get a decent possy early doors, on account of the likely faster earlier pace from a few of those on his inside

two each way picks for this:

FORBEARING 14/1 EW a course/distance 5th (three runs back) in a 'normal' Class6 is what I'm banking on this 5yo to replicate. he's won twice in the past over the trip - one coming at Wolves and t'other at Southwell, when making all/most. that recent CD run saw him spring from the twelve box [in a 14 runner affair] and, being drawn lower in six box on the Tuesday might see Clifford Lee do his best to get the Tony Carroll inmate to the fore. possibly a win or come nowhere pick, but i'll go each way at the likely odds

FURNITURE FACTORS 25/1 EW ran a good race over CD lto when finishing fourth off a hold-up ride. is drawn in eleven box, so that should see Duggie towards the back early doors and hopefully come with ye wette saile

Written Broadcast ~7/2 and Hachert ~9/2 have obvious claims based on a lot of their recent form figures. tough to make a solid case for either as far as winning goes (Written Broadcast can go very close if following up on his recent CD Classified Stakes 2nd placing, but looks to have a bad case of seconditis) . think one of them will finish in first four, but that about it

Chagall is paper 4th fav @ ~5/1, and has four wins to his name, but 'meh' is a good description of his recent form. ran a couple of decent races in last cupla months, but both were at Chelmsford over a mile = not for me

think i'll consider laying Hachert for three/four places as well here, as he didn't break on terms lto at Wolves when sent off a well supported 15/8 fav. that was on the back of a very good CD second, but he's usually an awkward enough conveyance what needs things to go his own way, and the [possible] early doors' jostling, as well as his keen-going tendency may see him fall short to the dismay of anyone dumb enough to back him 😁 i'll feel like a bigger idiot than normal if he wins!

as you were 😊

🙂🙄🤗

I'll go with Leonna Mayor's 2 picks at Southwell. Seem to have good enough chances for her to give em nap & ye nexte beste tags 😃

3.40 TOTHENINES 10/1 NB been staying on over 7furlongs recently; hopefully get ye mile

5.10 BLAZING HOT 9/2 NAP lto CD winner

win singls + ew dble

just the one place there - Captain St Lucifer 2nd :(

FORBEARING 25s looks a very good price early doors

FURNITURE FACTORS 12s looks mediocre price this

ATRAFAN ~13/8 bit skimpy this one -

no good Harbour Vision - jockey fecked up trying to get to front, but was unable, and ended up cutting her own throat trying to lie up with eventual winner on inside. she was talking [or looking, at least] to jockey Mullen on her inner, as if he had some sort of ruddy obligation to 'let her in' = Elisha Whittington = no Billy Loughnane 😴

jolly Jenson Benson finishes out the places in sixth

Wednesday 25th January 2023

Kempton

5.30

DESERT COP 20/1 EW

hopeful pick only this, the Balding 2nd string. beat less than 6lgths on his fto start over the same trip at Southwell; maybe his keen-goingness cost him that day moreso than any lack of staying, and he is indeed perhaps capable of getting 7fs, and should be more streetwise this time also. looks as tho this one has potential to go off at a single-figure price anyhow, so dere's dat 😃

the jolly Harry Magnus ~evs is a colt yet to win in four starts. will be his first time at this trip after four goes over 6fs, and staying the 7f trip be surely a concern for short odds backers

2nd fav is Balding's Garrick Street ~5/2; beat seven lengths fto over seven at Lingfield. can't be ruled out on the basis of a potential improved showing, but i'll leave him off

gl

Thursday 26th Jan

decided on dese @Southwell

1.00 CHIEF'S WILL 11/2 EW NAP

3.20 CAILIN'S LAD 16/1 EW NB

3.50 SIX O' HEARTS 18/1 EW

gl

iggoo a goo goo goo

7.00 Newcastle

ELZAAL 7/2 WIN

NELLIE FRENCH 9/1 EW

:)

7.30 Newcastle

small win on ASADJUMEIRAH 15/2

7.45 Wolves

two from Tony Carroll stable here,,

SOMEDAYONEDAYNEVER 6/1 WIN

THREE DONS 4/1 WIN

a lot of money for Bazalgette 9/4 here; could be backing jock as much as horse imo,, think summat'll beat Mrs Barclay's 18 race maiden - perhaps two at least 😃