A later post, and a brief one. Not a bad thing, as there isn’t bundles to be excited about. Plenty looked at, but ultimately able to talk myself out of pretty much all of it with relative ease. One or two of them will no doubt have me ruing that, but that’s racing.
Klitschko ran well enough at Catterick yesterday for us and made the most of that extra place we chased after him for by finishing in that extra place. Not quite enough to cover the chips on the day but a minimal downer, with Metaverse well beaten latterly. That race was indeed fiercely competitive and they went too hard up top and set it up for the closers.
Further Measure 12/1 | 1pt EW
16:00 Southwell
16:00 SouthwellT: Mike Murphy
J: Callum Shepherd
Result: unplaced – 4/9 -2pt
Took keen hold, towards rear, ran on final furlong, not reach leaders (SP 22/1)
The one selection, Further Measure, goes back to Southwell for the first time since winning here off of a mark of 67 and in doing so, winning his fifth race in six starts on the All Weather. He went up to a mark of 71, and duly ran to about that on his next start.
He comes here today off of 63 and in a race where few, if any, will want to go forward. I’m hoping from stall 1 they send him to the front and make a right go of it. He should hold every chance of going all the way.
Best of luck with your punting today,
