My word. Cirrus didn’t look up to it over in Chantilly, and the 2nd horse i put up just refused to quicken and overtake the eventual winner. Depressing Sunday for horse racing.
Things only got worse when my -8 Uruguay bet didn’t come off. Had a decent at 13/8 with Bet365 only to see a missed penalty, and a Henandez miss an easy tap in to ruin my bet. Yes, the score was 8-0. That pretty much sums up my week (and month). We all go through tough periods in betting, where we seemingly coudln’t tip a waiter if we tried. This comes off the back of my most profitable Cheltenham ever (£5K+ up in 3 days).
Nevermind. As a punter you need to take it on the chin and move on. Stakes are reduced until i hit a rich vain of form(which i will, i always do), with that in mind, i’m going to put up a little double for Monday’s racing.
Enchanted Garden 19:50 Thirsk 7/4 Bet365 & Chocamoca 21:20 Thirsk 5-1 Bet365.
Enchanted Garden looked a smart performer last time when landing a decent race at Newcaslte, beating Maska Pony by 3lengths. This race isn’t any stronger than that he took part in last time, and could well follow up under a 6 lb penatly that looks manageable to overcome.
Chocamoca is my cliff horse of the month. He has undoubted ability, but is becoming frustrating for backers to follow. I was on the last 3 runs, all 2nds, all in really close, epic finishes where he was beaten in the shadow of the post. I would of said the same thing the last twice, but surely this MUST be his time to finally get back into the winners enclosure? He’s up a pound for his head defeat last time, which shouldn’t put any further strain on a horse that is enjoying himself. He can win if he wants, so it’s frustrating when he sees a horse coming down the outside, turns and goes “Alright mate, nice to see you” and continues at the one pace.
He has a serious chance, and if you dont want to do the double, consider doing Chocamoca each way, he should be an EW bet to nothing.
Betfair:
Bet on Henrik Stenson to become the BMW PGA Championship Winner.
Paddypower:
Back Australia to take the Ashes home with them.
Betway:
Back Rafael Nadal to become the Mens French Open Winner.
Coral:
Back One For Arthur to win the Grand National.
Bet365:
Back Mexico to win the Confederations Cup.
