tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post1303977938875659398..comments2024-03-24T15:26:37.931+00:00Comments on PG's Tips: Rhythm and blues and Betbright viewsGeeDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post-58527370509400853822017-02-25T23:37:36.328+00:002017-02-25T23:37:36.328+00:00To paraphrase Jeffrey Bernard, sometimes it might ...To paraphrase Jeffrey Bernard, sometimes it might just be easier to take the money out of your back pocket and flush it straight down the toilet...<br /><br />On his first try at three miles, 25/1 winner Pilgrims Bay looked the classic example of a horse that failed to get into a good rhythm early on. Plum last after the first, James Best crept unnoticed through the field while several more fancied runners fell by the wayside; producing his quirky mount on the bridle at the final fence, Best went on to beat Double Shuffle (11/2) half a length with Theatre Guide (11/1) two and half lengths further adrift in third.<br /><br />Selection Ballykan (11/1) ran a respectable enough race. Third off the final bend, he struggled to go with the principals up the long home straight and eventually finished fifth behind Aso (11/1) in fourth who appeared to appreciate this step-up in trip.<br /><br />For the record, Nicky Henderson's duo suffered a torrid time. I don't like to use the term 'unlucky' in race results but that adjective certainly applies to Triolo D'Alene (16/1) who was pulled up after the second having been jumped into at the first.<br /><br />Cocktails At Dawn (25/1) led the field to the eighth where he took a crashing fall. On a positive note, he walked away in one piece; I'd imagine Grand National plans are under review. <br /><br />Onwards and upwards as they say...<br /> GeeDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post-78073939297094471912017-02-25T12:10:42.207+00:002017-02-25T12:10:42.207+00:00Many thanks for this post, TW, really informative....Many thanks for this post, TW, really informative. <br /><br />I'm taken by your ratings for Triolo and Opening Batsman too. After reading those comments, I simply had to place an each-way saver on Triolo... <br /><br />Good luck! <br /><br />PGGeeDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post-63588808432877852972017-02-25T08:53:44.184+00:002017-02-25T08:53:44.184+00:00The Kempton race is the free TimeForm race today s...The Kempton race is the free TimeForm race today so I've listed their ratings below followed by my own in [].<br /><br />VIVA STEVE 168 [163]<br />IRISH SAINT 167 [165]<br />FINGERONTHESWITCH 165p [158]<br />THEATRE GUIDE 165 [163]<br />THREE MUSKETEERS 164 [165]<br />ASO 163 [164]<br />DOUBLE SHUFFLE 163 [162]<br />BALLYKAN 163 [165]<br />OPENING BATSMAN 162+ [170]<br />ANNACOTTY 162 [158]<br />PILGRIMS BAY 161§ [164]<br />COCKTAILS AT DAWN ? [164]<br /><b>TRIOLO D'ALENE ? [177]</b><br /><br />From Nicky Henderson's Blog<br /><br />"These two are totally ground dependent and we’ve been waiting for quite some time to get it, which we do now. The Grand National is what I was hoping for with both of them and Cocktails may just about scrape in but sadly Triolo won’t so he’s coming here instead. On their day these are two very capable horses and are working well, particularly Triolo and if I was asked to put a tenner on one or the other, it would probably be him, three miles around here suits him well."<br /><br />James Burn, The Racing Post's Lambourn correspondent, has napped him with the comment:- 'An impressive course winner last season. Has to put some heavy defeats behind him, but should get the good ground he adores and has dropped to an attractive mark.'<br /><br />I've put Triolo D'Alene up twice here this season and he is now 3lbs below his winning Hennessy Gold Cup mark, but he's becoming a cliff horse so I'll let him run today which of course means.....<br /><br />Good Luck<br /><br />TWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com