On Wednesday last these horses won, both at 10/1 :
3.00 Bath PETERBODEN
Ginger, you may have a ready explanation for their amazing
turnaround in fortunes. I look forward to hearing it.
PETERSBODEN:
4th Sept:
Held up
off a
good, possibly overly strong
gallop. Ran to form. 1st of 6. Improving his Timeform rating by only 1 lb.
31st Aug:
Tracked pace
off a
slow
gallop. 7th of 7. Well below form.
20th Aug:
Raced
mid-field
off a
good
gallop. 6th of 13, but (according to Timeform) running to his best.
7th Aug:
Held up
off a
fair
pace. 2nd of 8, at that point a career best performance.
16th July
One of 4 who went off
too quickly
,
tracking
an
overly strong
pace. Well below form but still did best of the prominent runners. 2nd of 6.
Not saying it is definitely the case Woolfie, but looking at Petersboden’s form suggests to me he’s best nowadays
held up
(with more than a couple of horses in front of him) where the pace is
at least
reasonable. Position and pace of the race are important factors for many horses to show their form. Certainly means in this case there is no reason to question connections motives.