Not in love with the game
Jan 19th, 2009 by Bert
I’m busy today with site meetings around the farm - we’ve got builders everywhere at the moment and the place is a mess.
I’ve got one runner today - Viscaya goes in the 2:30 at Wolver. She was a speculative claim a while back - she’d shown a little form, something was clearly amiss and if we could put it right we thought we might have something. As it turned out she had a fairly serious ulcer problem. She’s been on treatment and is largely sorted now - she’s calmed down and is easy going. Her recent home work hasn’t been encouraging though - we think she may have enough ability to win at this level but she may not be in love with the game.
Nicky has two other runners at Wolver - Supercast and Emerald Rock - and they might go well. Supercast is a reliable sort who’s won four times for Nicky - I think he’s expected to run a solid race. I don’t know a lot about Emerald Rock but he looked like a nice prospect when I last saw him.
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hi bert,
I like your blog m8. well done with your latest winners.
I like to look of supercast today and will be putting a few £ on it today.
Bert follow george foster a serious trainer going places.
CAUSE FOR APPLAUSE HAS BEEN MY BIGGEST SINGLE BET OF THE YEAR AT 9/2/ BERT AS HE WON BT 13 LENGTHS AND I SEE NO REASON WHY HE SHOULD NOT WIN AGAIN.
I am up a good few geand already this year due to some nice punts so am going to have a real go on this one as it is a free bet so pile on bert!!!
Terrible out to 15/2/what a load of trollux that was for a half monkey….oh well cantr win all them eh!!!!!!
Bert please give me your take on nad al sheba isnt it crazy how many english horses race over under the arabs they buy so many ie asset they dont stop they are taking over racing how is captain webb favourite today its usless its only won dog races!!! i hope you wouldnt be tempted to sell if you ever got a good one! PLEASE REPLY BERT
WH,
most of the horses going over to Dubai will come back to the UK. I’ve never been to Dubai but I’ve heard it’s quite a spectacle, and it’s becoming a proper part of the racing/betting calendar. UK racing would be in terrible shape without Arab support - you mustn’t bite the hand that feeds.