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A couple of decent efforts at Cheltenham on Saturday, but we walked away with no winners.
It's incredibly frustrating that the results can't be consistent. It's either extremely good or the complete opposite.
Vincenzo looked like he was going to go past after jumping the final fence, but he wandered around a little, and the winner kept finding for pressure under Sean Bowen.
Game Colours had to switch at a vital point in the race, but I don't think she was good enough to win. If you backed her EW, you'd have got some place money back, but I advise a win at those odds.
She Is For Me Boys was a little keen in the early stages, and his jumping lacked conviction, and a lack of confidence showed. His jumping got better, but maybe a combination of the things just stated and the rise in grade was too much.
Groovy Blue 9/4 (1pt) – Southwell 1.00
Sundays during the jumps season are normally quite good; we get the occasional class 1 race and some decent handicaps. Today is one of the worst Sundays you'll see in the season.
Not a lot stood out, and that's why there will be no Lucky 15 thread for Sunday.
I was drawn to Groovy Blue in this handicap chase, as his first run over fences was a solid effort at Sedgefield.
When the likes of Ben Jones or Kielan Woods don't travel for a ride on a Ben Pauling horse, you generally know the chances of the horse winning are much lower. His run at Sedgefield was solid, and chances are that he was undercooked.
The form of the race looks solid. The winner was running off a mark of 87, and is now rated 107 after winning again and going very close since. The runner-up at Sedgefield has also won since.
The front three pulled miles clear of the rest, so I am more than happy to believe he's still on a good handicap mark despite going up 4lbs.
Strong Run 5/4 (1pt) – Southwell 2.00
It could be a foolish mistake backing Strong Run at short odds, but based on her bumper form, she has to be winning a race like this.
There are a couple of horses who could cause her problems, but you'd like to think that she has more scope and ability than the rest.
She has a cracking jumps pedigree, and chances are that she'll be better when they put her up to 3m, like her full brother Strong Leader.
She was third in a Listed bumper on her second start last season, and was a solid sixth of twenty in a Grade 2 at Aintree.
It was a solid effort in a Class 2 on hurdling debut to finish third, and now that she is going up in trip to 2m 4f, she should be too good.
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