Haydock - 21st Nov

    Having a list of tracker horses or following a trainer means oftentimes one can get in on the ground floor on a price and I took 16s about Tea for Two in today's Fixed Brush event at Haydock when I was perusing the ante-post odds last Saturday evening. Living twenty miles or so from the track I knew the ground would be ok for the horse and of course Nick Williams loves to target the race having won it twice in recent(ish) times. It's easy to make the case for him today - he won the Lanzarote by 16 lengths last January and is only 7lbs higher today. Yes, that race lacked today's depth for sure but it goes without saying that the horse is well handicapped and although I worry slightly about the extra distance today, particularly on ground verging on heavy, against that is the intermediate level of the obstacles which should suit a horse who has a chasers physique. I topped up at 8/1 earlier in the week and although beating the book on a regular basis did me not much good during the flat season, fingers crossed things will be different this winter.

"Fixed Brush" Handicap Hurdle:

Tea For Two £20ew @ 12/1 (lost)

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