Monday horse racing summary

A small profit was the result of my punting efforts this afternoon. I proposed three win bets and found a winner in Woolston Ferry at Wolverhampton. Earlier I had suggested backing Marleybow at Carlisle. Owner Graham Wylie clearly thought a lot of this horse when entering him in a couple of Grade 2 hurdle races earlier this year. This exercise ended in disappointment and Howard Johnson has now switched him to chases. Today was a class 3 novice chase event, and Howard Johnson enjoys particular success at this northern track, so I felt the price of 7/2 to 4/1 generally available was quite generous. The booking of Tony NcCoy to ride was also encouraging. But the horse did not improve from his chasing debut as one might expect, and it was not to be. He finished fourth some distance off the winner.

Profit so far this month: 22 points
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