Stat of the Day, 18th August 2012

Stat of the Day 18/08

Stat of the Day 18/08

Stat of the Day, 18th August 2012

Matt is occupied elsewhere this weekend, so I’m dipping my toes back into the water in a bid to find a successful conclusion to what has already been a good week for us all involved with SotD. Dashwood failed to dash for us yesterday, but at 33/1 it wasn’t a massive surprise, so no major disappointments there.

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Our quest for a Saturday winner takes us North of the border today for a Class 2 Handicap Hurdle. We’re expecting good ground for the eleven runners scheduled to tackle the 2m½f in the Summer Champion Hurdle aka the…

4.15 Perth

Our go-to trainer for Perth has to be Peter Bowen: he doesn’t send hundreds of horses to Perth, but the few that do venture North are often well rewarded. In the past two years, he has only had ten representatives at this track, yet has managed to collect prize money on no less than seven occasions, courtesy of six winners and a place. This has rewarded his followers with a level stakes profit of 16pts from those 10 races.

During these fruitful times, Mr Bowen has called upon the services of Tom O’Brien for 8 of those rides: resulting in 4 wins and 2 places and the pair of them join forces again today for just the one ride on Kian’s Delight, our SotD pick of the day.

Kian’s Delight is a fast improving progressive type and ran really well last time out. On that occasion, he finished second behind Local Hero in a listed event at Market Rasen, despite running from 3lbs out of the handicap. A continuation of his progression or even a run to that same standard should be enough to see him home today in what looks a slightly easier task. With this in mind, the 5/1 BOG currently on offer from bet365, BetVictor and Paddy Power looks quite generous, so I’m in at that price. No half measures today: it’s win only for SotD on this one. I’d expect that price to contract as the day goes on, so it would be wise to…

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