Spot on Xanadu,

I won a good deal of money over the Autumn from the hype over Niello (Hawkes), Untouchable (Gai) ad Victory Vein once she stepped up against half decent 3YO opposition. I love finding these horses.

At the same time there are horses that don't get the hype they deserve and hence the market constantly has them overs. The best example I can think of in recent times from a personal perspective is Yell. My betting record over the last 12 months shows five winning bets from seven races on this horse, all of them at what I considered to be overs relative to the form and overall ability of others he was meeting. He continued to win running brilliant speed figures yet the market kept serving him up at overs.

If Bel Esprit had on won those string of races he would have been hailed as the best sprinter we have seen in 20 years.