So a bit of bump back to earth unfortunately. Our busiest day of the Festival was also our biggest blank for a while, and it is mightily disappointing. While it is nice to have winners at Cheltenham, on the biggest stage, it still shouldn't detract that we run a system that produces bets every day, and for most tracks. While we were having winners at the Festival, we haven't elsewhere, and that is bordering on becoming a serious worry.
Cheltenham does seem to do things to horses, write scripts, play out dreams, and sometimes you can get the feeling horses/jockeys/trainers always give much more here than probably one expected. This does not quite play out in regimented systems too well I wouldn't have thought, but either way, competitive racing is what we want and love.
Cheltenham:
Solix never really got into it = -1pt
Buena Vista had decent support, and did look to be a front runner, until weakening = -1pt
Great Endeavour shared the lead in stages but well beaten in the end = -1pt
Oscar Whisky was expected to give Big Bucks a real run for his money, and with the Nicholls yard struggling for form, doubts were raised whether Big Bucks could retain his crown. He did in tremendous style, surely ending any doubts about his status, and winning 16 consecutive races. Incredible stuff. On his day, OW was no match = -1pt
Holmwood Legend finished back in 6th, just having nothing more coming home = -2pts
Gansey came 9th, and was always held up, before never really exerting = -2pts
Fine Parchment pulled up = -2pts
The Rest:
Malin Head pulled up, along with 6 other runners, and only 4 finishing from 12 runners = -1pt
Soul Angel 3rd, but was outpaced = -1pt
Alhaban traded 1.5 in-running, after being well backed, but could only manage 2nd by a neck = -1pt
So today was not our today, although we did go close away from Cheltenham. Frustrating, and a horrid -13pts on the day, a real set-back.
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