Un-Super Thursday

I have had little time to spare having spent a lot of this evening writing other things. So, just the normal boring type of blog that permeates the web today, I'm afraid. Apologies.

Half the field defected yesterday to leave Spanish Conquest a long odds on winner. Tara Taylor ran a good race, just losing out over the final two flights. She looked booked for a place but hung badly in the closing stages under a competent only ride. She showed enough to suggest she'll pay us back in the future.

Discounting Peter Pole's race (he was a non runner and clear top rated of a 5 graded race), all our graded (4) and (5) races were won by either the clear top rated (5 wins) or the 2nd top rated (incl joints) (3 wins). So it was a good day overall.

Thursday has more racing than is scheduled for Saturday. Another example to prove the current people who create the fixture list need redeploying. I don't know where they were brought up, but in these parts Thursday is a normal working day for normal working people. Now Saturday's... that's when people here up t'north have a little bit of spare time.

Towcester is a course where both experience and an abundance of stamina are a priority. There are three horses in the 3-20 handicap chase that are interesting in that respect: Carry Duff, Freeline Fury, and Earcomesannie. We prefer the latter who has improved over 30 pounds since she last won here and is the only one of the three that is fully proven on the forecast ground. She ran a good 2nd off this mark last autumn and has had a good break since falling early last time at Doncaster.

Have a good day.