February Review - A Tale Of Near Misses

What can only be described as a close but no cigar month in February with GirdysGeeGees tips showing a - 3.5 points loss and the Super 7 system showing a deficit of - 6.6 points.
The Super 7 system found three winners (with the second place horse as well on two occasions) as well as four separate second place finishers at the prices 9-2, 13-2, 25-1 and 40-1 with all four being beaten less than a length.
Here’s looking forward to a winning March and a few nice winners at Cheltenham!

Lifes A Beach

Wet and windy morning for it but some very nice  racing at Kempton and Lingfield.
In the Racing Post Chase I am going to place a bob or two on Fistral Beach. He made a mess of this race last year unseating at the second, but his Wincanton reappearance win looked pretty good to my eyes and with the old Nicholls/McCoy combination in his corner the eight-year-old is fancied to take this Grade Three.
The Listed 3.10 at Lingfield is a nice little race and the Girdy coppers shall be placed on Angels Pursuit. The chestnut colt won a nice Listed event at Newbury in May last year, is still possibly open to improvement on the sand, and looks the best horse in the race to me.
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Premier League Winner?

Yet another second place yesterday for the Super 7 system, making 6 this month!
We have two races today and a total of four qualifiers. In the 5.25 Premier League is the system, and weights, pick due to Attrition carrying 6lb extra.
In the 5.55 the selections are Steel City Boy, second for the system earlier this month, My Meteor and Mythical Blue.
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Grey And Grand

Nicked a tiny profit last night with the Super 7 system supplying the 1, 2, 3 with good old Lunar River being first passed the post.
We have two qualifiers in the 5.40 at Kempton tonight being Grey Boy (2nd last night beaten only a neck) and Grand Honour. Available at 13-2 and 4-1 respectively this morning I shall be splitting the level stakes between the two.
The main danger will possibly come from St. Ignatius, a qualifier earlier this month when finishing 2nd at 40-1, the beast is due to rise 7lb in the handicap after todays run.
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Naming Names

The British Horseracing Authority has reportedly released its latest list of banned naughty horse names, some of the better reported efforts include:

Arfur Foulkesaycke

Anna Reksik

Anita Bath

Betty Swallocks

Drew Peacock

Far Kinnel

Hoof Hearted

Ivanna Tinkle

Noble Ox

Oil Beef Hooked

Passing Wind

Wear the Fox Hat

Five At Kempton

A real puzzler for the Super 7 today with 5 qualifiers in the 8.35 at Kempton - Kenswick, Grey Boy, Holyfield Warrior, Okaly Dokley and Lunar River (winner for the system last week). The only thing to do is split the level stakes five ways and hope for a big price winner.
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Pride Of Dulcote

Terrible news concerning Pride Of Dulcote at the weekend.

Pride Of Dulcotes trainer Paul Nicholls is quoted as saying "He was a very good horse and, for us, he was the next generation. You hate to see that sort of thing happening. The owner was here as well, but what can you say in circumstances like that?"

I was obviously a fan of the horse, having him on my Dirty Dozen list. It is a shame when we lose any horse in this way and it is even more tragic that we will now never get to see just how good the horse might have been.

Moonshine And Pride

Horrible wet, damp, cold, miserable morning but there is some good racing today and hopefully I can find a winner or two to warm the cockles.
Up at Haydock in the 2.45 I like the look of Mr Moonshine. Available at around 6-1 this morning the seven-year-old looks certain to stay, having won over further and on similar going, and can be considered the 'dark horse' of the race with most people concentrating on Bensalem and Any Given Day.
Closer to Girdy Towers we have a nice meeting at Ascot and in the 3.00 Dirty Dozen member Pride Of Dulcote takes his chance. The drop in trip might not be ideal but as I said at the start of the season the unexposed eight-year-old could be anything and a win here would have to make him a serious contender for next months Cheltenham Gold Cup. I will be having a bit of the 5-2 early.
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Better Luck Tonight? - Super 7

Too close to mention again yesterday with St. Ignatius getting caught close home and going down by a mere three-quarters of a length at 40-1.
We have two qualifiers again today in the7.05 at Wolverhampton so I shall be splitting the stakes between the two. The grey mare Our Kes has a case on paper without being the system pick and the gelding Le Corvee may have been disappointing last time but I am not about to leave out a big price animal having been so close with Steel City Boy (13-2), St. Ignatius (40-1)  and Colamandis (25-1) all being beaten less than a length.
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Bag A Saint

The Super 7 system found a nice winner yesterday and we have another race today at Wolverhampton. Once you have done the maths and allowed for the penalties we have two qualifiers in the 6.00, Aggbag and St. Ignatius.
The later named hasn't much form to shout about of late, but the same could have been said of Colamandis last week and the beast came second at 25-1 caught in the last 100 yards. Aggbag has notched up three wins at the track and is a more obvious punt. I will be splitting the level stakes between the two.
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Super 7 Is Back

The Super 7 system is back with a bang today Lunar River getting the job done at 5-1 with the other qualifier Holyfield Warrior duly following home in second - shame didn't have the forecast!

Kempton Super 7

Very quiet thus far this week but we do have a Super 7 qualifier at Kempton today. In the 5.10 Lunar River at 11.2 generally and Holyfield Warrior (a previous qualifier) at around 6-1 are the bets, I will be splitting the level stakes between the two.
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Newbury Drama

Horrific scenes from Newbury yesterday as two horses, Fenix Two and Marching Song, unfortunately died in the paddock prior to the opening race. Speculation has it that they may have suffered an electric shock, an underground cable has reportedly been found, though investigations are on-going. A third horse, Kid Cassidy, collapsed but thankfully recovered. The horses were being mounted in the parade ring when they fell to the ground and died. Thoughts are naturally with connections at this terribly sad time.
BHA Chief Exec Nic Coward is quoted as saying 'This was a tragic incident and our thoughts have to be with the connections. Once the incident had taken place racecourse officials got together with trainers, jockeys and owners and I think in difficult and freakish circumstances, they had some difficult decisions to make and made the right ones. Obviously Newbury are still in close contact with investigators they have there carrying out inspections, trying to work out what really happened. It is premature to describe in detail what happened because that would be speculation, but fingers are being pointed at some kind of electrical fault. Post-mortems are also being carried out. I think we should stress that racecourses have a very strong track record of dealing with all of these issues at the track in the interest of welfare - the horse, the jockey, trainers, owners and the customer. Racecourses are doing all they can and at the moment I think we should look at this as a bizarre moment that people who have been around racing for decades and decades have never seen the like. Courses are very vigilant and owners and trainers are very vigilant always. People across the country have seen this happen and their feelings will be for the connections of the horses."

Need A Friend

Morning dear reader. Some nice racing today at Newbury and I shall be investing a couple of bob on What A Friend in the AON Chase at 2.25.
In the Emerald Isle Dirty Dozen member Zaidpour is out in the Novice Hurdle at 2.45 as is expected to get back to winning ways.
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Be Brave

The Super 7 tip Avonvalley was a non-runner yesterday unfortunately but we have two qualifiers today in the very last race of the day the 8.10 at Wolverhampton.
On The Cusp is a non-runner so the level stakes money now gets split between Brave Decision and Colamandis. The latter named filly hasn't shown much form to get excited about but I must stick with the system. On the plus side the grey gelding Brave Decision shaped well enough on his return race at Lingfield after a lay-off to suggest he is capable of taking a race such as this.
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Happy Valley?

Not much luck yesterday with the Super 7 system, Steel City Boy got within half a length for us in the 5.10 and Ocean Of Peace appeared to be going well in the 6.10 before fading in the final furlong.
We have another qualifier today in the shape of Avonvalley in the 5.10 at Kempton; the filly hasn't been flying of late but at 14-1 here's hoping she will have us singing in the valleys later.
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Super 7 At Kempton

The Class 7 system has several qualifiers today at Kempton. In the 5.10 we have Thoughtsofstardom, Mythical Blue and Steel City Boy so I will be splitting the level stakes three ways. In the 6.10 we have one qualifier, carrying the 6lb penalty for his win here 10 days ago, Ocean Of Peace.
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Fontwell Fancy

Another winning day on Saturday and I have a little fancy today at Fontwell. Ilewin Tom put in an impressive performance at Folkestone last time out and despite having to carry the 7lb penalty today is expected to follow up; the gelding is due to get a 16lb rise in his OR for future races.
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Two At Sandown

A winning day yesterday which is always nice.
We won't learn too much we don't already know about Binocular and Oscar Whisky today and both are expected to take easy wins at ridiculously long odds-on.
I do fancy two at Sandown and the first is Dirty Dozen list member Medermit. Two and a half miles is possibly stretching his stamina, I am convinced he is an Arkle horse, but he might be able to take this Novice Chase at 2.25.
My other fancy is Mister Hyde in the 3.00. The six-year-old is in fine form of late and I can see the beast progressing again today, and with the assistance of A P McCoy, he should take the Totesport6 Handicap Hurdle.
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Handsome Squirrel

No joy with the Class 7 system yesterday and no races today. We do though at Wolverhampton tonight have the Bet On Winning Distances At bluesq.com Apprentice Handicap at 5.00 and Cyril The Squirrel is worth a small investment. I don’t usually get to involved with Apprentice Handicaps but the gelding seems to like it round her with two wins to his credit and a couple of good efforts so is given a tentative nod.
In the Stay At The Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap at 6.30 Justcallmehandsome looks to have a chance back over the extended mile with the usually reliable George Baker booked for the ride and is also worth an investment.
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UAE 1000 Guineas Goes To Mahbooba

Mahbooba, a daughter of Galileo, has won the UAE 1000 Guineas in some style for trainer Mike de Kock. Pulling away from her rivals in the final furlong to justify odd-on favouritism she won more than a shade cosily to give the great South African trainer his first win in the race, one of the few major Carnival races he hadn't won previously.

Mary Helen, Grace And Virtue

The title sounds like the start of a Priests speech but no I haven't found religion it's todays tip!
No luck yesterday with Farmers Dream turning into a bit of a nightmare looking like he might challenge before fading out of contention and Valentino Swing having a bumpy ride and finishing a staying on third beaten a neck and a neck.
We have another Class 7 race today, this time at Wolverhampton, in the shape of the one mile one furlong Great Offers Online At Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap at 7.30.
Two of the beasts qualify for the Super 7 system so I shall be splitting the level stake between Mary Helen and Grace And Virtue.
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Dreaming Of Valentino - Super 7

A couple of recent Super 7 qualifiers are out again today at Kempton but they do not qualify to be backed this evening.
The two runners that should be backed are Farmers Dream in the 5.50 and Valentino Swing in the 7.50. Neither beast has been setting the world alight, in fact on paper their form is average at best even at this level, but a system is a system so I will be sticking with the level stakes bet on both as the system showed a nice 9.33 point profit for me in December.
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January Review - Another Winning Month

Not a bad start to the year – following on from a winning December – GirdysGeeGees hit the high notes again in January. I showed a + 2.68 points profit to level stakes on all bets in January.
If we look at the ‘Super 7’ system alone it is showing a handsome + 9.33 points profit for the month to level stakes.
Here’s mud in your eye and to another winning month in February.