The main issue with backing a horse that has never jumped a fence in public, is that you don’t know how well it can jump…
Unfortunately for us, Longitude couldn’t jump very well – and ultimately, he paid the price for it.
That was a bit of a shame really, as the positive market vibes I was after, were certainly there – with him getting backed into the 6/1 SP that I’d hoped for.
Alas, that counted for nothing, as niggly mistake after niggly mistake, caused him to lose ground at every fence.
As I said this morning, he was a risky bet – staked accordingly – so I’ve no real complaints.
I won’t be looking out for him next time either – if I do back him again, it will only be after he has demonstrated improved proficiency over his obstacles…
Elsewhere, Lucky Landing ran the same sort of race that he had run every time we backed him, prior to his last victory.
He travelled really well to the third last fence and then weakened rapidly.
My initial feeling was that he had again suffered some physical issue (probably with his breathing) and this was subsequently confirmed by his trainer, who reported that he had bled from his nose.
It is such a shame, as the horse clearly has bundles of ability. However, if he can’t be got physically sound, he’s not going to win very many races…
Earlier on the Bangor card, Big Easy had managed to peg back the game front running Timesawastin; but Dawn Commander couldn’t quite catch Golden Call, an hour later.
At Folkestone, Wide Receiver looked to have the Kent National in the bag when he pinged the final fence – but couldn’t withstand the late surge of Upham Atom.
Not a great day for Charlie Longsdon….
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