tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post8613081248294360053..comments2024-03-24T15:26:37.931+00:00Comments on PG's Tips: Chepstow's first meetingGeeDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post-34027764142714384602010-10-10T19:38:55.594+01:002010-10-10T19:38:55.594+01:00Horses make fools of you. Speaking as someone who ...Horses make fools of you. Speaking as someone who doesn't need any particular help in that department (from friends equine or otherwise), I was particularly dismayed to see Olofi (2/1f) beaten a nose by 5/1 chance Escort'men; a mistake by each of the protagonists at the final two flights set up the thrilling finish. Fair play to the winner who held on resolutely after landing in a heap at the last - he succeeded in conceding sixteen pounds to the runner up.<br /><br />Le Beau Bai was sent off a 10/1 shot which told you he wasn't ready to do himself justice on his seasonal debut - he finished a distant seventh in a race that went to 8/1 chance Ballycarney.<br /><br />Nicholls' Watamu Bay (even money) did himself no favours jumping right on several occasions in the novice chase; he was beaten by Philip Hobbs' Balthazar King while Kartanian (11/4) took the bumper, Merehead (11/10f) finishing a modest third.<br /><br />At Bangor Robinson Collonges (3/1) won in a common canter and will have gone into many notebooks as a result. His task was made somewhat easier by Tara Royal's unseating of A P McCoy.GeeDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.com