Friday 24th April

Sandown
1.25
Thief Of Time 1pt win - 2nd
4.00
Howard 0.25pt E/W - unpl
Khan Tengri 0.25 E/W - unpl

Perth
2.10
Hazeldene 1.5pts win - WON 11/8 (adv) *2.24 after R4

Level or thereabouts. Thief Of Time was ridden with confidence by Alan Munro in the first at Sandown. He made decent headway from the rear but caught a tartar in Racketeer. I don't think he is the best handicapped horse in the world but he is consistent and will find easier tasks that this. His success will rely on placement.

In the maiden won by debutant Star Ruby, John Dunlop's Hoboob ran better than the result suggests and will improve for the outing and on easier ground.

Despite an ill-judged ride from Ted Durcan, Antinori fared best of those to race off the pace in the 4.20. He has a few placed efforts to his name though so perhaps isn't the most resilient but this was a decent effort.

At Perth, Hazeldene took advantage of a massive drop in class and was a facile winner of the maiden hurdle. Not disgraced in handicaps off a mark of 108 he was entitled to win this and looked over priced at odds against in the morning. Like Gloucester the day before, his SP was more indicative of his chances.

Will keep records of N.H. and A/W bets since the blog started, alongside the full Flat (turf) record...

Combined
Bets 81
Winners 30
P/L +24.98pts
ROI 26%

All-Weather
Bets 23
Winners 9
P/L +13.22pts
ROI 50%

National Hunt
Bets 7
Winners 5
P/L +11.01pts
ROI 138%

Flat (turf) 2009
Bets 51
Winners 16
P/L +0.75ts
ROI 1%

All bets proofed to Racing Post