Thursday racing summary

No change to the account today, as my profit gained by my lay bet was blown on Metaphoric in the Chester Vase. He ran a disappointing race, being scrubbed along from 3f out and never looked like being involved in the finish. More's the pity as you could of backed him at 7/1 on the exchanges this morning.

My lay bet was Thabaat in the class 2 handicap over an extended 7f at Chester. This colt's best form so far has been winning a class 5 maiden, so why he was the morning favourite for this class 2 race I couldn't imagine. He was never in contention and finished last.