Review of the day

No joy again this afternoon – and some disappointing performances to boot…

Non more so that Dancetilmidnight, who despite being well backed once again, showed precious little in the mares handicap hurdle at Warwick.

Her market rival, Polly Peachum, also had to bounce back from a disappointing run last time, but whilst Dancetilmidnight one again didn’t fire, Polly Peachum took the race apart, to win in effortless fashion.

The saver, Lady Kathleen, didn’t do much better either, never really featuring in the race…

In fairness, the 2 veterans, Free World and The Knoxs, did perform a little better – particularly the latter…

In fact, when I watched his race live, I thought he looked unlucky not to win.

He was hampered by a faller at the third last - and then crowded for room at the last.

And he was unlucky – but the winner, Hidden Justice, had a very similar path – and was simply the better of the pair.

It was shame, as we could have done with a nice winner…

Free World, travelled well enough in the handicap chase at Warwick, but lost a few places when the pace quickened entering the back stright, second time around.

He was playing catch-up from that point on – and he never looked like reeling in Speed Master, who showed massive improvement in his first time visor.

That was always a possibility - and the market clearly expected it. As big as 14/1 pre-race, he was backed in to 5/1 at the off…

There was no success with the mentions either…

All 4 ran disappointedly at Haydock, where possibly the most notable event was Kudu Country bouncing back to form in the hurdle at 3:40…
We were on him last time out, when he was a big disappointment at Newcastle – but it was different story today as he fought back tenaciously to regain the lead in the shadows of the post…

All in all, not the best of days then...

TVB.