Sharp Reply goes close

I had the cigar ready to smoke, and the diva with a few pounds to lose was just about to sing, when Sharp Reply failed by a length to land the odds at 16/1 -- close, but not close enough. Two win bets went down today, but I had another good day opposing vulnerable favourites.

Tybalt was contesting a class 3 handicap at Kempton, and this represented a step up in class. This was the colt's handicap debut, yet he was giving weight to all but two of his rivals. His winning form was his maiden race, so he has only ever beaten horses who have never won themselves. Yet this morning on Betfair there were punters who would gladly take ridiculously short odds of 6/4 for this young horse, simply because he has Classic entries. If ever there was an unproven horse. I got stuck in for 5 points and he finished second.

3 points profit for the day.