Saturday 18 January 2014

Review of the day

No joy this afternoon – and not a lot to say, either…

Smart Ruler ran a reasonable race in the handicap hurdle.
It did look as if the ground was a bit softer than he would have liked – though whether that cost him the race is a different matter…
The winner was unexposed and won well – I suspect that Smart Ruler simply isn’t quite that good.

The handicap chase was a much more disappointing affair, however…
I had quite high hopes for both Dorset Naga and Rudemeister, but neither ever figured…
Dorset Naga ran no sort of a race and you do wonder why connections chose to bring him on a near 1000 mile round trip.
Rudemeister ran a little better – but only a little. He was hampered by a faller at the first fence - but then proceeded to consistently jump to his left (not good when you are going right handed). He was beaten before the field reached the home straight – and, like Dorset Naga, was eventually pulled up.
All very disappointing…

Hopefully tomorrow will bring better.

TVB.

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