Magnificent Mighty Moose

I have backed a few donkeys in my time. I often make an ass of myself when it comes to advising winners. Heck, many is the time I've had a pony on the wrong horse. But today I actually scored with a Moose!

Three back-to-win selections today at Chepstow, returning two winners and providing a net profit of over 8 points. Firstly, Travello came home at 7/2 in the selling hurdle. Then Mighty Moose won the novice handicap chase. If you were betting on Betfair you could have gotten great value at a price of 11/2

I also put up two morning race favourites to oppose. Lindop was contesting the maiden hurdle at Lingfield. These types of races often throw up an unexpected winner as most of the horses are relatively unexposed and improving at various rates. I was happy to risk a point at odds of 100/30 or below and he was eventually sent off at 5/2F This time I got it wrong, and he improved to put up his best performance over hurdles to date and won very well. However, I re-couped the best part of my losses here, by successfully laying Scarlet Mix for 2 points in the handicap hurdle at Chepstow.

Overall I managed to move the account forward by a shade over 7.5 points.