Thursday 9th April

Wincanton
3.50 Caoba 1pt win - WON 3/1 => 2/1

Due to the time of year I'm treading carefully over the jumps, however one horse stood out for me; Caoba at Wincanton. She had some really decent form prior to a year off the course and after an encouraging comeback in late March she looked to have a massive chance in an average mares only event. She won comfortably by 16l. She was attractively handicapped prior to this (102) but the handicapper raised her 13lb for this effort, it is still possibly however, that she can be competitive off her new mark.

She was the only bet of the day, I thought the sole flat card (Folkstone) was a little trappy. One horse that came close to being a selection was Marcus Tregoning's Lady Hestia, who ran in the Class 6 'hands and heels' handicap. She had shown nothing in three maiden starts prior but it was interesting to see connections keep faith with a 49-rated horse, instead of sending her to the sales. It was no surprise to see her fare betting in this handicap, she took it up inside the last but was headed on the line by Barbirolli, going down by just a head. She will find a similar event soon.

Will keep a record of non-flat turf bets since the blog started, alongside the ongoing Flat (turf) record.

Non-Flat (turf)
Bets : 1
Winners : 1
P/L : 2pts
ROI : 200%

Flat (turf) 2009:
Bets : 18
Winners : 7
P/L : +10.13pts
ROI : 43%

All bets proofed to the Racing Post.