THE BETTING STRATEGY

Year to date: -10.90 points

Thursday 27 January 2022

Danny Kirwan Won 1.68 yesterday. I had hope the price would drift but it wasn’t to be and in truth, the horse won very easily and could be pretty useful.

There’s some really decent and competitive racing in Ireland today and I’m hoping our selections can give us a decent run for our money.

PROFIT OF 1.33 pointS

All Selections are settled to Betfair SP

2.05 Gowran Park

Gentlemansgame                     1 point ew

2.15 Wetherby

Mr Whipped                                 1 point win

3.05 Gowran Park

Longhouse Poet                        0.5 points ew

Eklat De Rire                               1 point ew

Analysis

2.05 Gowran Park

I thought that Gentlemansgame was a bit disappointing when a confident selection for us last month when he could only finish 10^th of 27 at Leopardstown. One thing for certain though is that he is a lot better than that performance and I’m expecting a lot better from the 6-y-o  grey gelding here. He’s only had five races in his career and that last run was the only time he has finished outside the first three. He’s a decent price to bounce back!

2.15 Wetherby

Formerly with Nicky Henderson, Mr Whipped has been lightly raced over the last few years but he looked to have retained his ability with a last time out 3^rd over this course and distance. That should have brought him on nicely and he is well treated here on his old form and I’m hoping he can win this.

3.05 Gowran Park 

This is a very competitive and hellishly difficult contest to decipher but I’m hoping the two I have against the field can get competitive. Longhouse Poet has some decent form and justifies his position around the top of the market. He had been off for a year before coming 7^th of 14 at Limerick on his comeback run last month, but with the benefit of that performance behind him he can figure in the finish here. I will not be easy and Eklat De Rire, a selection for us last time out, can give him plenty to think about. It’s two months since he pulled up in the Ladbroke trophy at Newbury and having had plenty of time to recover from that I believe he can be a serious player here. At a big price, Chris’s Dream could easily outrun his odds and I could have been tempted to back him but for the fact he has failed to finish in his last three races and has a lot to prove now. Coko Beach is another we’ve backed before but he’ll struggle to win this.