Thursday July 7th 2022

Jessie H had a cross-card five timer this evening. Literally on fire!

I hope some of you were on my hobby-horse All Class and didn't take fright at the massive market drift. 12/1 from as low as 2/1 at midday. She won by a nose, but a nose is a nose is a nose, as someone once said (almost)

7.30 Leopardstown - World Famous

On Monday I napped Water of Leith on this forum. It was backed into 4/1 and finished eighth of nine at Ayr. Today it ran again at Carlisle and scooted home at 12/1.

My nap today was Albahr. It came stone last in the 4.10 at Newmarket.

I need a drink.

Frankie is smart enough to drop the braggadocio, pronto, and knuckle down just as the boss ordered. He will come back a chastened man, a fitter man, to ride those good fillies and some of the other smart horses in the yard, until such a time when he can choose to retire on a high, like one of his Group 1-winning victory leaps that never ends.

After Frankie's success today I feel thoroughly vindicated. Turns out there was no cowardliness, no bullying, no backstabbing, no turdishness - just a correction on the tiller. The friendship and mutual loyalty remain undiminished and we can all move on. Thank Christ for that.

For Nap will give Splendent another go 7.08N

Dusky prince won 7/4.

NAP Zahee 6.00 Leopardstown. (Non Mollare 8.00 L might be a more topical choice but.................)

Hierachy. Newmarket 3.00. Ew.

Khanjar nap (15:00 Newmarket)

Berkshire Shadow 4.10 Newmarket is todays nap,well Done yesterday Pebbles with your winner.

A wealth of betting opportunities - i'll pick something late on.

American in Paris - Newbury 18.38

Surprised EGS hasn't gone for Little Big Bear probably a judgement tainted by having backed it - enough to persuade everyone that Persian Force is the one to be on. Its a later race that interests me, 1610. Frankie back from his Sabbatical? I'll give myself a good kicking if Mighty Ulysses delivers nevertheless

Nap 1610 Albahr

at 6s is way over priced based on one AW run. No?

Albahr - 16.10 Newmarket

Bear Profit - 15.00 Newmarket

Dusky prince 1.30D.

There is an interesting Horse running in the 17.30 at Leopardstown called Maybe Just Maybe. Cumbersome name but Sue Magnier is being playful as the Dam is called Promise To Be True and the only progeny of the Broodmare to set foot on the Racecourse is called Cougar.

Coolmore have been panicking about cross breeds to Galileo at last minute stuff.

APOB has been bailing them out but this is a new one.

The Horse is by Lord Kinaloa who is a successful Japanese Stallion and with the demise of Deep Impact they need Japanese blood.

Strangely Lord Kinaloa does not feature in a Kurosawa film not even the later stuff like Kagemusha and Ran.

I have concluded after 8 hours of insomnia that it is a totally made up name.

However my nap is not Maybe Just Maybe but The Acropolis in in 16.10. at Newmarket.

Pepper Arden 14:10 Carl EW Nap

Joe, Moonlit Cloud won the last at Bath at odds of 7/1. I backed it this morning at 16s, hence I made it an each way nap on here.