Saturday 16th October revisited

First three home in the Dewhurst from the trends cannot be bad 
1 Frankel 4/6F 
2 Roderic O'Connor 25/1 
3 Glor Na Mara 33/1 
got the first two home in the Cesarawitch 
 1 Aaim To Prosper 16/1 
2 La Vecchia Scuola 33/1 
3 Plymouth Rock 50/1 
4 Ocean's Minstrel 14/1

had no result for the trends in the Champion Stakes   but the run from poets Voice in what to me looked one of the roughest races of the day was disappointing - watching Frankie  screaming at Tom Queally  to let him out was only a laugh if you had not backed poets Voice - Tom just ignored him and hemmed him in big time - almost heard him thinking - Jump of that one Mister Dettori! as he sat there impassively.

But the race at cheltenham for the 5.00 really did bring one to the fore that you must notebook -  Tizzard for Tizzard (good ole Joe) ---11/2 cheltenham 161010 An interesting novice chase over the minimum trip, but it didn´t look the best of races for the grade. It was run at a decent pace, though, and it was hard not to be taken with the winning performance of KILMURRY on his British debut for new connections. The 5-y-o winner had only a maiden hurdle to his name prior to going chasing in the summer when with Henry de Bromhead in Ireland, but improved markedly to score on his last two outings at Galway for his previous trainer. He proved easy enough to back here, but travelled with real enthusiasm through the race and went to the front after the fourth-last. He looked a little vulnerable as Ghizao loomed up nearing the second-last, but he pinged that fence and another fine leap at the last saw him hit the ground running. He came right away thereafter and still looked to have a fair bit left in the tank at the business end. Considering the runner-up was rated 135 over hurdles and he gave that rival 8lb here it has to rate a decent effort. This displayfully entitles him to try his hand in something more valuable now and the Grade 2 Independent Newspapers Novices´ Chase back here at next month´s Open meeting looks just the right race for him. That is a well-known trial for the Arkle and he would be facing much stiffer opposition, but with his liking for the track now well advertised he would still have plenty of backers there.

 Hope you did well 

 Bob