BEST of the BETS

Very busy day for me with a large outlay. Been doing well so far withthe flat and our trainers are holding their own with the Newmarket crowd!

Salisbury

140 Firstly, well done to Salisbury for paying tribure to Nerys Dutfield RIP. She trained at Axminster and was a complete nutjob...in a lovely way! She openly admitted she had an "interesting" private life and named her horses "lady dominatrix" and the like. We had 3 horses with her and they were loved and looked after brilliantly by her. They ran on the flat and jumps and i remember one day one got injured and Nerys was in tears down the phone and reduced me to tears also. When i asked when the fateful day was going to be (fearing the worst) she just changed and said "its only a cut, he'll be running in two weeks time!" . She and her husband are sorely missed by everyone in Southern racing.

Not sure she would have approved of a Bin suroor horse in the opening 2yo race but Meehan thinks Aroha cant be out of the first 3. Ran loose last time and still ran a cracker. ew at 8/1

210 Eve runs Bella Vita and its fancied win bet 7/2

York 150 i normally wouldnt even bother looing at these Northern stable benefit races but remember seeing Orvar at Newbury a few weeks ago and how well it looked. was given a quiet race (as so many of Midgelys sleepers are!) and spotted him today at 40/1!!! Then i see Fanning ride which looked unusual and then saw he was the last person to win on him. Got to be worth a small ew 5 places at 40/1. Stays in notebook whatever

225 Has the world finally gone mad? has Trump finally imploded? How the hell is this market formed? the fav Lah Ti da at 1/2...fair enough. How the hell is Stoutes horse 6/1 running off 97 against Nyaleti at 8/1 running off 109 at EQUAL WEIGHTS!!!! I commented on the stupid prices about Stoutes and Varians horses and this is another example. For every time i hear "a typical Stoute late developer" that won ill point out 20 that havent! The press are obsessed. Now i think most handicappers are idiots but Nyaletti has solid form in the book and Stoutes hasnt. im backing Nyaletti ew rather than the forecast as La Ti da didnt look right to me at either Doncaster or Ascot last yaer. it will probably scoot up but its only 5lb better with Nyaleti which can be negated by a seasonal debut, especially with mares

The Dante...the world has gone mad again! Either japan is running on 3 legs and Too darn Hot on 2 or else the world has gone loopy! How can Morrisons be 2nd fav (i did point out yesterday the owners will punt it ) and varians AW winner be 3rd fav with Japan only next (fav all winter long for the Derby).

I think Too darn Hot will murder these if it stays (i took the 6/4 yesterday in disbelief) and ive also done Japan ew at 8/1 which defies logic. look I know York throws wobblers up all the time but surely not this time.

335 Another Northern bet. quick , ring for a Doctor!!! i liked the way Camachos Hayedh won the big Thirsk race and thought Hambleton at York and guess what? Didnt expect 22/1 though so have had a good ew bet 5 places

405 Shades of Blue max bet ew 8/1. If Clives were in better form id be saying win. beat at 1/2 fto but the fanshaw winner now looks top class and is highly thought off. Clive marked this down as a potential champ sprinter this season so must run well in this. its drawn 9 of 9 which could be poor

435 When Comes here was going to be a max bet but the word from Godolfin is theirs is a machine and expected to hack up thus 4/1 for the Balding horse. just a win bet now

505 mancini...james Doyle is perfect and its quietly fancied at 12/1 against some dodgepots. High enough in the weights but fast ground could negate that


Big betting day for me and frankly i feel uncomfortable. Your is its usual enigma and the course changes so much from this meeting to the the big meeting in the summer. frankly they could cut the grass a bit more!