27th January - Race reivews

After promising so much at various points, today ultimately proved very disappointing…

In truth, most of the promise stemmed from the almighty plunge that took place on Rose of the Moon. It might not have quite been in the Toby Belch league – but it wasn’t far behind !

7/1 early yesterday evening became 2/1 around lunchtime today. Furthermore, the SP of 5/2 meant that there was some real conviction behind the gamble.

However, despite travelling fine for most of the journey – and looking highly likely to be involved towards the end of the back straight – Rose of the Moon was quickly under pressure and found very little.

It has to go down as a most disappointing effort – and I’ve no idea where connections will go from this point.

Somewhatinevitable never had the market strength of Rose of the Moon – which in a way, was a little concerning…

I really did think that there was a possibility that he would prove much better than today’s rivals – but if that was the case, it was likely to be backed up by cash.

However, the money never came – and Somewhatinevitable actually drifted to 13/2 at the off  - and that despite there being a NR.

It was therefore some what inevitable (pun intended !) that he ran a disappointing race.

He was a bit too keen through the early part of the race – though I thought it interesting that he put in his 2 best leaps when given his head. However, these were immediately followed by a shuddering mistake – and that was the end of his chances.

He was pulled up shortly after – and whilst he might be of some interest if dropped back to the minimum trip and allowed to stride on, those tactics were tried at Ludlow over hurdles at the back end of last season and weren’t successful, so you would have to tread carefully with him, whatever route he took…