The Improver Factor
Hi all,
Not surprisingly we lost Wetherby’s Wednesday card to waterlogging. I don’t live far away from the racecourse, and we’ve had two dry days out of the last 16. Indeed, we’ve just had one day where in the sun made an appearance in the last two weeks. The weather has been one shade of grey, it been cold, wet and thoroughly miserable. Looking outside it’s hard to believe that were just 26 days away from the start of the Cheltenham Festival.
Ninety per cent of midweek racing, outside the big summer festivals, exists to fund the bookmakers’ benevolent fund.
The likes of Hugh Taylor thrive in low-grade midweek racing, particularly on the all-weather. But they thrive because they specialise. That’s the key word: specialisation.
I prefer to focus on Class 3 and above contests. That’s my specialism if you like. Thankfully there’s a Class 3 handicap at Taunton this afternoon that I’ve looked at inside today’s main piece.
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