Imaginary World won well yesterday and looks a progressive mare with more races in her.
5.30 Wolverhampton Piccolo Express 2pts each-way AND 1pt win @ 25/1 (Stan James, Betpack.com, guaranteed, 22/1 Totesport, Betfred, guaranteed)
Piccolo Express won this race two years ago, and he is back down to a mark 2lb lower than that which he won off that day. He is a triple course and distance winner, and I'm surprised by his price this morning. He hasn't shown much lately, but he has been off for 59 days and when he last ran, Brian Baugh's stable were in pretty poor form. They had a pretty dire year all told, but were 0/21 from October to December (0/19 on the all weather). His horses seem to have turned the corner lately, though, and they sent out the nine year old John Potts to run a fine race after six months off towards the end of January; that horse followed up with an easy victory the other night. Their sprinter Consistant picked up a race a couple of weeks ago, and the likes of Master Of Disguise and Pearl Nation have performed well in defeat. The interesting thing is that Baugh doesn't tend to send his handicappers to the track unfit. He has a decent record of producing horses after an absence, although this has gone under the radar somewhat and might be skewed somewhat by the stable's poor form over the past year. Old habits die hard, though, and I would suggest Baugh has had this race in mind for Piccolo Express for a while, and is unlikely to have him half cooked. Tom Eaves takes the ride, and I think the price is far too big.
Profit & loss: day: -5.00 / month: +23.90 / year: +10.70
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