Sunday 2nd June 2013

A good day yesterday with Diescentric landing odds of 16/1, along with a part advised 26/1 on Betfair, which was a very sweet return all in all. I commented on his exchange weakness in yesterday's e-mail and one has to wonder where it came from; he looked a blindingly obvious bet to me. If only it were always that easy!

One selection for today.

4.35 Chantilly (France) Elusivity 3pts win @ Pari-Mutuel return price (PMU) - available with almost all bookmakers on request.

You'll have to call your bookmaker to get this bet on, in most circumstances. 9/1 was available with Ladbrokes last night, which was far too big, but 7/1 was the best price elsewhere. David O'Meara has taken charge of this ex-Meehan sprinter, who showed up really well at York last time out on the complete wrong side of the track, leading 200yds out before being overtaken by those on the favoured side of the track. He holds yesterday's Dash winner Duke Of Firenze on that form, and it is worth noting that O'Meara has done a pretty stunning job with Smoothtalkinrascal, another Meehan cast off, too - the three year old finished second in yesterday's dash from stall 1. I'm going to take a chance to relatively small stakes here that the French haven't cottoned on to the O'Meara (or indeed Tudhope) factor, and that the French tote price returns bigger than it should. To get on, simply call whatever bookmaker you use, and ask for your stake on at Pari-Mutuel price. Almost every bookmaker I have ever used are happy to offer the service, and we could have ourselves a nice payday if the selection obliges.

Profit & loss: day: -3.0 / month: +32.70 / year: +42.36