Ascot - 19th Jan

[alexmac]

Nichols has come out and blamed the ground - saying Twist Magic won't run on similar ground in the future. Coming round the home turn Ruby asked him to go and there didn't seem to be anything left. Tamarinbleu ran a solid race, led from start to finish and seemed to love the ground - can't see him recreating the run at Cheltenham though, where the ground will come up good or good to soft.

Lough Dourg now leads the order of merit after what was a highly impressive victory. He sneaked a 10 length lead again at the start, then got pegged back, only for Scudamore to deliver a great run in.

ride of the day must go to Noel Fehily on Wee Robbie. Looked well beaten jumping the last in 3rd position and seemingly going backwards only for the jockey to get up on the line. A cracking finish.

Seemed pretty hard to pick winners at Ascot today - I had to settle for a couple of places and finished the afternoon down.

Onwards and upwards to Cheltenham next Saturday!

[LaRoz]

Originally Posted by LaRoz

2.00 Ascot

At the prices, its Mansony EW bet to nothing for me. 5/5 over distances of around 2M on soft/heavy ground. As discussed above, there is enough doubts over Twist Magic handling the ground.

3.30 Ascot Regal Heights 7/1 EW
All wins have come on soft/Heavy ground with a recent run, in Class 2 or lower, so all looks set for a good run today.

Regal Heights won nicely by 15 lengths.

[bowles10]

Originally Posted by LaRoz

Regal Heights won nicely by 15 lengths.

good call mate