I know what you mean LW, might be right but…
To be fair, trainers often just look at who’s running and how good the opposition is and end their form study there.
On "form" SDG did seem up against it. However, there were good reasons to believe all three with by far the best form (namely Sactuaire, Wishful thinking and Finians Rainbow) might all run poorly… Sanctuaire had a spell of running well, but increasingly looked as though reverting to type, untrustworthy. Wishful Thinking’s breathing problems made him inconsistent/temperamental and Finians Rainbow also had a breathing oporation since showing his best…
So if the punter’s conclusion was the aforementioned would not fire, then SDG was the most likely to benifit. Just because the horse shortened up doesn’t mean it was the trainer’s money. Unfortunately not mine either. Although must admit when the trainer says negative things about a horse I do look at the market to see whether it bears out.
In these situations I sometimes reduce my liability, not losing as much if the trainer is prooven right.
Henry Daley wasn’t keen on Quentin Collonges going right-handed today, but it didn’t stop me taking a chance.
That’s true Ginge. I wouldn’t say much if it worked the other way and it drifted and i backed it. It didn’t have the obvious form, but the horse did run very well LTO, and there were question marks over the others. It’s just one of these things as the concensus on here suggests. Quentin Collonges ran a cracker, well in. The horse showed alot of courage.