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Tanya's Blog - Thursday 27th September 2012

The experiment of a summer jumps meeting at Chester is an interesting concept for me.

All ideas must be given a chance. If I lived nearer or didn’t have to be at work, watching Monday’s trials would certainly be at the top of the agenda. However the course, as does most of the country, deserves some respite from the rain. Such a meeting would be reminiscent of Cartmel with, I’m guessing, a big crowd and superb atmosphere. As yet there haven’t been any misgivings from relevant parties and the fact Donald McCain is willing to provide the horses for the trials gives it the thumbs up.

Bravo to those on-course bookmakers who have braved the hideous wet conditions. Pictures of Folkestone Tuesday shows true dedication. Yet I can’t help thinking when I was in their position over twenty years ago there were no exchanges to hedge into!
Punters who attend the meetings with these biblical conditions must have an extreme love of racing and should be rewarded by being given free entry next time. That’s one way of embracing the customers who keep the sport going day in day out. If possible there should be, if there isn’t already, free hot drinks for stable lads and lasses all day. I was always one for rewarding kennelhands when working for Sky Sports as a floor manager, often getting into heated debates with track promoters over the food and drinks vouchers given to these real grafters.

Newmarket’s three day Cambridgeshire meeting starts at 2.00. The well thought of Telescope, who holds a Racing Post Trophy entry, is sure to have Space Ship in his sights! John Gosden will have a yardstick on Telescope as his Snow King was his conqueror at Ascot and it will be an intriguing battle between the pair.

I note Sea Of Heartbreak is entered both today and tomorrow at Newmarket, I even tipped her in the racecard today. Thought she has put in some fair efforts, consistently mixing it with Group 1s and Group 2s, including up against The Fugue and Snow Fairy!

Kieren Fallon won on Basseterre back in May and the pair reunite for Newmarket’s 4.50 later this afternoon. He didn’t run so well at Sandown last time but can be forgiven off the back of a three month break.

Today's Selection:

2.00 Newmarket Telescope

3.10 Newmarket Sea Of Heartbreak

4.50 Newmarket Basseterre

Tanya's Pointers

Sir Henry Cecil has had seven winners and a second from his last 20 runners

Mahmoon Al Zarooni shows a level-stakes profit of over £40 with his two-year-olds at Newmarket

Sir Michael Stoute and Richard Hughes have teamed up for a 40% strike rate in 2012

Only one favourite has won the Somerville Tattersalls Stakes in the last ten years

Richard Hughes has ridden three winners and two thirds in his last five rides in the Somerville Tattersalls Stakes

Silvestre de Sousa has a 37% strike rate on three-year-olds at Newmarket

Luke Morris is looking to end a losing run at Newmarket of 44

Aaim To Prosper and Martyr are both two from three at Newmarket

Jamie Spencer has won on three of his six rides in Newmarket’s 5.25

Nine of the last ten winners of Perth’s 2.10 have come from the first three in the betting

Pat Dobbs has won on four of his last six rides for Richard Hannon