Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Thursday the 3rd of January...

15.50 Lingfield: Spartic @ 6/1 Bet365 - 3pts win

Spartic ran very well in his last two outings but the most recent run really caught my eye as he had a bad start and was racing very wide as a result of that throughout the whole race. He was then forced to turn even wider for home thanks to a badly to the right hanging rival. Yet Spartic really finished the race in great fashion in 3rd place and probably would have gone much closer in different circumstances. He gives the impression of a well handicapped horse as this performance was a few pounds better than his current mark I suppose and despite being on a long loosing run I think it's worth to keep faith in him.



16.05 Wolverhampton: Stamp Duty @ 5/1 Bet365- 3pts win

I thought Stamp Duty was desperately unlucky three weeks ago here at Wolverhampton. In his first start since August he travelled very well in rear of the field but was stuck in traffic when the pace unfolded and the eventual winner kicked on. He had to wait and suffer until a gap opened and then finally asked for everything the response was enormous. He was chasing the leader -home  also the eventual winner - in the closing stages, in vain though due to the impossible position he had to come from, yet he finished impressively to land the runners-up spot. Considering this performance he looks very well handicapped which is confirmed by his low mark which is now 7lb below his last winning mark. 

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