My punting week - episode 3
Excellent start on Wednesday. It must have been very cold for another evening meeting at Brighton but there was one horse I really fancied - Marselan in the 6.50. My note was as follows "Shaped ok on debut. Could be worth considering at some point". What put me off was the form of the Eve Johnson Houghton stable so I went each way but he won cosily at 11/1 (14/1 in the morning) as part of a treble for the 'out of form' trainer! Mixed day on Thursday. Could not decide who to back in the 1.00 at Lingfield. 4 runner race and I fancied Sgt Tibbs and Breakfast at Tiffanys (nothing to do with Audrey Hepburn, although what she saw in Cary Grant in Roman Holiday was beyond me). There was no each way option so backed them both, and put them in a forecast - they finished 3rd and 4th. Sgt Tibbs pulled too hard and in a bigger field where he settles better might be worth sticking with. But my salvation came from Gometra Ginty (4.35 Musselburgh). My notes said "Dodger but co...