She had been pretty well backed into 13-2 but appeared completely unsuited by Goodwood's undulations and from an early stage that dreaded phrase "...and Sea of Heartbreak is having to be ridden along" rang out and we knew our fate. But we punters are a stoical lot and you don't back horses for the best part of 40 years without taking defeat on the chin and rising to the next challenge.
As it happens it was a busy afternoon here at the B&B which meant a couple of hours slouched in front of the TV was not an option with the Punter's wife threatening all out war at any moment unless he went and made some beds. Therefore the punting opportunities were somewhat curtailed, which is probably no bad thing.
There was still time to lose money on a rare Richard Hannon unplaced 2 year-old but the fightback got into full swing with the other two bets of the day, the first one coming in the 5.10 when Seradim was backed each way at 8-1 and was beaten a short head by the 7-4 favourite Dance East to give a small profit. Seradim was trained by Paul Cole, who is in brilliant form, and ridden by Tom Quealley who has an excellent Goodwood win ratio and was three lengths clear of the third after a protracted battle in the final furlong with the eventual winner.
The final bet of the day was another jockey inspired punt on Black N Brew in the opener at Sandown, which was ridden by Kieren Fox in an apprentice race. He is a cracking young jockey and with the horse having finished a close up second on his only other visit to Sandown it was a very appealing combination and he looked all over the winner from two out when beginning a relentless forward advance which swept him to victory. I backed him at 9-1 each way and as a bonus he eased to 10-1 and the superb Best Odds guarantee came into play to give a very nice return courtesy of Stan James.
Tomorrow's blog selection goes in the open looking 2.10 Turf TV Summer Vase Handicap where 17 runners go to post. Mark Johnston and John Gosden both have good records in this race and I have narrowed it down to two of their runners, Solicitor and Beachfire with preference for the latter.
Gosden's Beachfire has winning experience over this specialist distance of 1m2f and is well drawn in stall 13. The same could be said for Solicitor but he has disappointed too often whereas Beachfire is on a definite upward curve and hopefully can defy a 6lb hike in the weights. He is also ridden by one of my favourite jockeys, William Buick, and at 10-1 with VC Bet is my punt of the day, with a saver on Solicitor at 6-1.
Happy punting!
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