Short Head

todays bets:

2.20 Tasheba £20 - lost - £20

2.50 Shammick Boy £80 - won 2/1 + £160

4.40 She's Humble £20e/w - lost - £40

today + £100                          total - £104.70                     bank + £895.30

A quiet day with just the three wagers but never the less a good day and the bank increased by a century.

Tasheba seemed to have confidence behind it judging by the market support close to the off, but the money had soon gone west as he jumped badly and to the left and was behind when the business end of the race came, not a good start by any means.

My next bet Shammick Boy was also supported in the market where not many horses seemed to have any chance.  As expected he shot off faster than Linford Christie's underpants but was stalked by his market rival and they where soon twenty five lengths clear, the pack closed with a couple of hurdles to jump and too be honest i thought they had cut each others throats but they pulled clear before the last, we looked booked for second after a poor final jump but Dennis kept after him and he got up in the last stride to win by short head.

Was my luck about to change, errrr no it wasn't, my final wager was an each-way bet but with an outsider being pulled out the field was reduced to seven so i needed a win or second place to get a return!

It turned out to be a very humbling experience watching it finishing absolutely last and well beaten last at that, the drift in the market before the race certainly told a story there.

Hopefully i can build on this success and get this blog back on track, a short head was the difference between success and failure, and a few more grey hairs and heartbeats to the second after today!!