Blazing Bailey fizzles out

A wealth of racing action on show today, but it was very difficult to find many good value betting opportunities. Rare for a Saturday afternoon I ended up putting forward just two bets. My back-to-win selection was nothing original when I put up Franchoek at Cheltenham. But he did drift a little so we could grab some 6/4 before his price contracted to 6/5 and he came home powerfully to win.

I decided to go against a big friend of ours Blazing Bailey, also at Cheltenham. BB has won for us before at Cheltenham, albeit that time at terrific value at 14's I think. This time his price was too low, and actually made for a good bet to lay. The last time he won in handicap company was off a mark of 147 and in a lower grade. Up in class today, and carrying over a stone more, I thought this would be a big ask. I layed him for 3 points at 5/2 and he was the last horse across the line.

A useful 4.5 points to put in the satchel this afternoon.