STADIUM OF LIGHT.
After recent reverses I was going to wait to find the right race, rather than pick one that may be okay. So just glancing down the card at Nott, because I wanted to check out Fuzzy Cat, who is 7lbs well in. However, that was from an Apprentice C6, and Gibbons did not win on him last time.
Then came the 4.15 - Dream Spinner f/c fav and Captain Cool are both okay Class 5 performers, but this Stadium Of Light's run last time out was over this distance, at Sandown, behind a horse who I rate in the low 90's (because this was a fast run race), beaten just over a length, and he only received 7lbs from it. He races today off 69!!!
If ever there was a horse that might turn the tide, I thought this should be it? Yes, the race has some other unexposed sorts in it, but to my mind, this has the form in the book.
Have a good day folks.
Gerry
Afterthoughts ...
I have been using a simple strategy of trusting my ratings when looking at races where I can get a 'handle 'on all the field.
Despite the last 2 race results, if, and that is a big word for us punters looking for a crumb of comfort when things go wrong??
'If' I was certain 'Del Marmi was running, it would have been in my top 3 on figures, and I would have had the first 3 in the race on Monday.
Yesterday, 'if' the ground had stayed firm (weather at the time of writing the blog was 'white cloud') and my top two had run to their previous form I would have had the 1st and 3rd. More annoyingly, I had a get out of jail card nicked from me by Incomparable's rider easing close home when short of room ... I had a big price place only staked ... and the horse who I tipped for an 'in running' place grabbed 3rd spot. Alas, the 7 runner field killed that bet, but mine would have held!
Hey, that is racing for you.
I am working today, and I have a lot of catching up to do, so blogs may be in short supply in the near future?
Cheers, Gerry
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