Every selection posted before the off — the reasoning, the angle, the form reading behind it. Winners and losers both.
Plenty of racing about today, but one very obvious bet which really leapt out and jabbed me on the nose. With double-figure odds about this one, I've taken a bold stance to play him Win Only, as I think there is enormous value in him.
On a quiet day of racing we have opted for a minimum each-way bet on a big priced outsider dropping vastly in distance and bred to appreciate it. We're hoping this is a case of one having been run over the wrong distance for a while...
Early start today so the dial is going to be a brief out and punch. Two I've been waiting after, one longer than the other. It has been a quiet few days on the post front, as I've just not been sweet enough about anything at remotely close to an interesting price.
A few days of letting them run, as cards just looked horrendously tricky and the weather leading to no end of guessable ground. Nicky Henderson even quite rightly taking to media to justify not running horses, tells you how bad it has been.
I let yesterday run as I wasn't sweet enough about any of them, but I was left kicking myself when the biggest price of those I'd looked more than once at obliged at 20/1. Moonverrin (Leopardstown 16:27) caught the eye in a deep enough race, on little more than being a very rare big runner in a Bumper for a yard who seldom have success in such events.
A rare play today in an All Weather Classified Stakes race, in which the Trainer and Jockey have hit up a remarkable strike rate together, with their form figures reading an impressive 131322238482116. They go again, with a runner who looks to have a good chance on paper and he is a double figure price.
One selection yesterday returned a tidy profit, where the 33/1 shot Seven Fires ran a cracker at Chelmsford to justify the improvement expected second time out for Jack Channon. Today we go with two selections, both on the All Weather and one of which I've been waiting for over todays conditions.
I was totally content on letting today go, until I had a look at the Chelmsford Fillies’ Novice over six furlongs, which has a vulnerable enough odds-on-jolly at the head of the betting. These are the races I love to target, as if I think a short enough price can be beaten, it means there ... <a title="Daily Dial #32 – Thursday 29th January – One Chelmsford Outsider To Bet" class="read-more" href="https://formdial.com/daily-dial-32-thursday-29th-january-one-chelmsford-outsider-to-bet/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Dial #32 – Thursday 29th January – One Chelmsford Outsider To Bet">Read more</a>
The one selection at a big price yesterday paid off, with Pickersgill returning place money at 33/1. Going after the Place Boost paid off, with the filly finishing precisely there on her first run for Iain Jardine. Considering the race wasn’t particularly run to suit with them going plenty slow enough, she done particularly well ... <a title="Daily Dial #31 – Tuesday 27th January – Backing the Wolverhampton Raider and a Chepstow Longshot" class="read-more" href="https://formdial.com/daily-dial-31-tuesday-27th-january-backing-the-wolverhampton-raider-and-a-chepstow-longshot/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Dial #31 – Tuesday 27th January – Backing the Wolverhampton Raider and a Chepstow Longshot">Read more</a>
Nice to see Rosie Baloo oblige at Sedgefield yesterday at 10/3. A mare we’ve followed for a wee while now and she done it nicely. Interesting too to listen to William Easterby afterwards speak very well of her and her intentions over fences. She’s well above average and one we’ll likely have close tabs on ... <a title="Daily Dial #30 – Monday 26th January – One Rank Outsider at Wolverhampton" class="read-more" href="https://formdial.com/daily-dial-30-monday-26th-january-one-rank-outsider-at-wolverhampton/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Dial #30 – Monday 26th January – One Rank Outsider at Wolverhampton">Read more</a>