April Review - In The Money Again

A poor final day with all three tips getting beat but GirdysGeeGees still finishes the month in the money with the site tips showing a +4.04 profit to level stakes making it three winning months out of four this year.
Hopefully we can find a few more winners in May starting of course with Memory in the 1000 Guineas.

2000 Guineas Day

The first of the Classics today at Newmarket with Frankel red hot favourite for the 2000 Guineas. I can't be backing him at such short odds, especially when you consider only two of the thirteen Champion two-year-olds who have run at Newmarket since the WTR began in 1986 have actually won the race - Zafonic and George Washingon. The Cecil colt does look unbeatable on all known form but I will be having a couple of bob each way on Fury. The William Haggas trained colt is unbeaten in his two starts, has the assistance of J P Murtagh in the saddle and looks likely to be a nice three-year-old.
Earlier in the 2.30 I like the look of Laaheb. Trained by Roger Varian who has made a cracking start to his training career the five-year-old ran a big race in the Sheema Classic in Dubai and should be capable of winning this Group Two.
Later on the card at 3.45 I fancy another who was running well in Dubai earlier this season in the shape of Iver Bridge Lad. The colt finished second to the great J J The Jet Plane back in March and has put in some good runs since returning to the UK. Tough and reliable he has to have a chance in the Group Three.
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Grey Day

Nice little meetings today in the run-up to the big weekend at Newmarket and I will be investing a shilling or two in the New Jaguar XJ From 0 Finance Handicap at Bath, 2.10.
The Tony Carroll trained Grey Boy has been in good form on the all-weather over the last few months and has made the frame in five of his last six starts. He is back on the turf now on a lower mark and George Downing takes off a further handy 7lb. Take the 4-1 this morning.
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Agent Ascot

Frankie didn't quite get the job done yesterday with an odds on winner and a second place on Paradise Place - the sixth second place I have tipped this month! I am still four points in front for the month though and there is some cracking racing at Ascot today.
I fancy one in the totepool Sagaro Stakes at 3.40. Four of the runners met at Nottingham earlier this month with The Betchworth Kid short heading Free Agent in the shadow of the post. Free Agent put in some creditable runs last term, including wins at York and Salisbury, and the Queens - gawd bless her - five-year-old can reverse the form with The Betchworth Kid and register his first win of the season today.
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Lets Be Frank Again

He got the job done yesterday on Batgirl and I fancy Frankie to have another happy day at the seaside over at Yarmouth this afternoon.
First up we have Song To The Moon in the 3.10. Down in class today the George Baker trained filly should be too good for her opponents, she will be short odds but must be fancied.
In the 4.10 he gets the leg up on Asraab for usual employers Godolphin. The colt has only run twice but looked a decent enough animal winning on his debut at Newmarket back in 2009 before finishing a close second at Sandown last August. The Godolphin team must think he is worth hanging on to and he is fancied to win today.
In the 4.40 he will be piloting Paradise Place for Robert Cowell. The booking would suggest connections are optimistic that the filly can win again despite a rise in the weights following her Wolverhampton and she might just be one step ahead of the handicapper at this time.
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Lets Be Frank

Plenty of racing today as ever on a Bank Holiday Monday but I think I might have been able to find a couple of winners all being well. Mr Dettori is off the the seaside today and has a couple of rides at Yarmouth that might just pay to follow.
But Beautiful has some decent from on the sand and if she goes on turf, which has to be taken on trust, the filly will be there or thereabouts in the 3.05.
Frankie then gets the leg up on Batgirl in the 3.40. He will need to be at his best as the filly is very much a hold-up horse and will need to be delivered at just the right time but she might just be good enough to give weight away to all her rivals.
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Thank You For The Music - Mines A Double

Bet365 Gold Cup day at Sandown today and one of the mixed cards with jumps and flat races.
I will be sticking to the flat toady and in the first of the flat races at 3.45 we have some good milers. The Girdy coppers will be going on a filly I put up more than once last season in the shape of Music Show. To my eye she was the best filly over a mile last year and was simply beaten by the draw in major races until getting a fair crack of the whip and duly winning the Falmouth Stakes. She gets a slight weight advantage and should go well.
All the way up at Musselburgh I fancy a couple of short ones and a quickfire Fahey and Hanagan double.
In the 2.30 Alejandro must have a big chance to go one better than on his debut when beaten only a head - third and fourth in that race have since come out and finished first and second on their subsequent starts respectively so the form looks good.
Straight afterwards in the 3.05 the same trainer and jockey have Glens Diamond who looked a fair two-year-old and having watched the video of his last run last season, when coming home well to win, the trip shouldn't be a problem today and with the stable in such good form he/she can be expected to make a winning debut.
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Guineas Acceptors

Frankel, generally now 1-2, appears to have scared off more than a few with only 19 runners left in the 2000 Guineas at the latest acceptance stage. The main withdrawals were Wootton Bassett, Dubai Prince, Zoffany and my ante-post punt Strong Suit.
The 1000 Guineas has 30 left in with Havant 5-1 favourite followed by Moonlight Crowd, my ante post bet Memory, Misty For Me and White Moonstone in the betting.
My two other ante-post bets, Helleborine for the 1000 and Janood for the 2000, are both non-runners.

Epsom In The Sun - I Wished

Unfortunately I am stuck in the office rather than enjoying the sunshine today but that won't stop me having a little flutter. The 3.10 at Epsom today is the rather grandly titled Investec Derby Trial but in all truth it is unlikely any of the runners will be troubling the judges come June. That said Musawama, trained by John Gosden, looks to be going the right way having won a couple of minor races this season already and it is hoped the Azamour colt will continue to progress today.
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Strong And Dandy

So here we are then and it is the first outing of the season for red hot Guineas favourite Frankel at Newbury today in the Greenham. At around about 1-3 he is no betting proposition but it will be a fascinating race to watch to see if he has progressed as reported; it should be remembered that Midsummer Sun got turned over for the Cecil yard at Newmarket when well fancied earlier this week. I am of course a fan of Strong Suit, I backed him ante-post for the Guineas after his Coventry Stakes win, and Richard Hannon has a habit of winning the trials so I will be having a little investment at 4-1 in the hope that the Rahy colt might be a bit further forward and sharper than the odds-on favourite.
Over at Leiceser shrewd Yorkshireman Dandy Nicholls has a nice type in Lovelace who ran a fair race in defeat on his seasonal debut at Doncaster. That should have blown away any cobwebs and the seven-year-old should run a big race in the Listed 3.15. Up at Doncaster this evening the trainer will be looking to recoup a bit more of the 105,000gns he paid for St Moritz, the gelding won nicely first time out for the stable at Ripon, and a big run from the five-year-old can be expected in the Doncaster Mile at 6.15.
World Domination makes his racecourse debut in the 4.15 at Newbury and is another Cecil inmate that has be getting rave reports from the gallop watchers. That said we must again remember what happened to Midsummer Sun and the colt is a bit skinny price wise at 7-4 but nothing ventured nothing gained and all that and he might be vey good.
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Newbury Friday

There is some nice racing at Newbury this afternoon in the build up to the big races tomorrow afternoon. At 4.25 we have the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup Conditions Stakes in which the betting mainly revolves around Thimaar and Al Kazeem. I though quite like the look of Failasoof. The colt was beaten on his only start at two by Splash Point who won the UAE 2000 Guineas earlier this year in Dubai and he looked a nice prospect when winning at Lingfield last month. Having fetched the not insignificant sum of $650,000 in the sales ring as a yearling, big things must be expected of him and if he is to justify that price tag a race such as this should be well within his grasp.
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Craven Meeting Day Two

Another second place yesterday (fifth this month) with Sing Softly getting beat a neck; Midsummer Sun was a little disappointing and his run might have a few backers of Frankel wondering if Henry Cecil’s horses might be a week or two behind in their preparations. Onwards and upwards as they say and there is more great racing at Newmarket today.
I am still holding a 20-1 ante post voucher about Janood for the 2000 Guineas (see The Classics 2011 page) which obviously is not worth the paper it is written on at this time as the colt failed to progress last year. I am convinced he is still at least a half decent horse though and has an each-way chance at 16-1in the 3.00 at Newmarket today.
In the 3.35 we have another horse I talked about on several occasions last year in the shape of Dinkum Diamond. He won the National Stakes at Sandown last year and was second in the Flying Childers. The Aussie Rules colt should make a nice three-year-old and todays six furlongs should suit. I will be surprised if he doesn't finish in the money and I will be have an each way punt on him also.
Bullet Train is yet another horse I was backing last year and he also, like Jannood, disappointed ultimately last season following his impressive Lingfield Derby Trial victory. He may have progressed over the winter though and shouldn’t be written off just yet and has a definite each way chance at 12-1 in the Earl of Sefton Stakes at 4.45.
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Craven Meeting Day One

The flat season really gets into gear today with the start of the Craven meeting at Newmarket and I fancy a couple over in Suffolk.
Sing Softly, a recent Listed level winner at the Curragh, the filly has the benefit of being race sharp, and it would appear in good heart, and she should also go well in the Nell Gwyn Stakes at 4.10.
The 5.20 sees the much anticipated debut of Midsummer Sun for Henry Cecil. A half-brother to the stables top class Midday many column inches have been dedicated to the three-year-old before the colt has even seen a racetrack and if gallop reports are to be believed he should take this Maiden Stakes on the way to better things.
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Grand National

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Eyes North

Day two at Aintree today but my eyes are even further north up at Newcastle. John Gosden has started the season well, has a good strike rate at the track, and has two nice sorts lining up today in the shape of Trumpington Street and Raajih.
Trumpington Street looked a nice prospect in his only start last year and looks to have a fairly straight forward task in the 2.55.
Raajih is a nicely bred colt who should do well as a three-year-old over middle distances and the trainer looks to have found this one a nice maiden Stakes in the 3.30.
Roger Varian has made a decent start to his training career having taken over from Michael Jarvis and his Ittirad looks a strong bet in the 4.05 Maiden Stakes.
Richard Fahey and Paul Hanagan look to have another likely winner in the 5.15 with Las Verglas Star. The three-year-old won at Musselburgh last week and carries a 6lb penalty for that victory but is still ahead of the handicapper as he is due to go up another 3lb next time. A bold bid for a quick double is expected today.
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Aintree Day One

The sun is shining for the first day of the big Aintree meeting. There is some really good racing today but I shall be leaving the first three races alone as although Big Bucks, Zarkandar and Denman should on all known form win, all three may well go off odds-on and this meeting is notorious for a few of the favourites getting turned over.
I will be sticking with a couple of horses I backed at Cheltenham later on the card today.
Baby Run is the bet Hunter-Chaser about at the moment and although prone to the odd error, as at Cheltenham, he is the best horse in the Fox Hunters at 3.40 and is fancied to gain some compensation for his Cheltenham defeat.
Medermit is a horse I have been backing all season and back up to two mile four furlongs today, following a slightly disappointing showing in the Arkle, Alan Kings’ charge is expected to win the 4.50.
My main fancy of the day is actually over at Ripon in the 3.20. Monitor Closely is a Group performer and run against some very good horses during an injury interrupted season last year. Reportedly fully recovered now if the five-year-old has retained his old ability (won a Group Two in 2009) he will be far too good for his opponents in the Ripon silver Bowl Conditions Stakes.

Horse For Courses - Rowan Again At Beverley

Ollie Pears has a cracking strike rate at Beverley with Rowan Lodge being one of the many horses who have done the business for him at the track. The nine-year-old won the 2.10 in 2008 and 2009 and was fourth last season. With a record like that the gelding has to be worth a look and is tipped to take the race for the third time this afternoon.
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Aintree Update

At least someone is happy to see the rain; Andrew Tulloch, clerk of the course at Aintree, is reportedly ‘very pleased’ with the condition of the track.

The going on the Grand National course remains good to soft, good in places, while the Mildmay and hurdle tracks are described as good, good to soft in places.

The meeting begins on Thursday and all being well the rain should have passed by then leaving us with good racing ground and a little spring sunshine to enjoy.

Lincoln Day - Feeling Dandy

Beautiful day for the Lincoln. Dandy Nicholls has four runners in the big one and I like the look of Docofthebay. The hold up type seven-year-old is on a nice mark, due to go up 6lb, and has been running well on the All Weather. Drawn bang in the middle Ian Mongan will have the chance to judge what side the pace is on and settle in behind. He might need a little luck in running due to his running style but he is a solid each-way punt at 16-1.
In the Spring Mile Jane Chapple-Hyam runs Norman Orpen who has put in a few decent performances over the winter and is another due to go up 6lb so is nicely weighted. Ably assisted  by Ryan Moore today the four-year-old is another solid each way punt at 11-1.
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March Review - Another Winning Month

Happy to report that GirdysGeeGees did it again in March with the sites tips showing a + 3.40 points profit to level stakes (Cheltenham and Dubai results can be found on their specialist pages). That's two winning months out of three so far this year.
The ‘Super 7’ system finished the month -0.59 points to level stakes.
Here’s mud in your eye and looking forward to another winning month in April with the Flat back in full swing.
The new 'Flat Notebook' page is up and running, the 'Classics 2011' page will be constantly updated as the season progresses and the 'Flat Dirty Dozen Trainers and Jockeys' page for 2011 is also now live.

Scottish Diamond

Eyes up to Musselburgh today for a bet in the BDO LLP Classified Selling Stakes at 2.50. The Jim Goldie trained gelding Grand Diamond has a bit of good hurdles form on the card and is fancied to take this little seller.
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