Just one bet for Monday.
Paul Cole's has his string in the best form they've been in for years, and a chance is taken on a tongue tie eliciting improvement from Strategic Strike this evening. He looked slowly progressive having won his maiden, but three consecutive runs between June and July produced nothing. However, the selection shaped better than the finishing result implied at Windsor on his penultimate run, showing a liking for fast ground and leading before weakening tamely. It is fairly apparent there are breathing difficulties hampering him, and the booking of a claiming jockey, the application of cheekpieces, and a 40/1 SP told it's own story at Lingfield last time. It might have been a wise move, because the handicapper has dropped him 5lb as a result and a mark of OR65 looks one he is already better than. A tongue tie is applied and you'd have to think he has had some sort of soft pallete procedure done in the three weeks he has been off in order to sort the breeding issue. This looks a good piece of placement and the booking of the excellent Jim Crowley, who has a 14% strike rate at the track, looks a positive. Paul Cole's three year olds also have a 14% strike rate at Windsor and the selection looks too big at anything in double figures.
Profit & loss: day: -6.00 / month: -60.86 / year: +57.35
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