Neil,

Must have had a "Seniors moment" re. 2nd up.
However, I stick with the weak race view in that for a "Memsie Stakes" it was a weak race. Le Zagaletta is an 8yr. old and the young and fit couldn't catch him. Dosn't say much about the comp. for a race of that standard.

2nd up horses do tend to run flat [thanks Party pooper, I ment also after winning] the older they get. 2 and 3yr. olds are usualy fine. It's the 3rd. or 4th. run to be on with older horses I think.

Heard a good story recently about tricky Trainers Kenchar.
Up at Newcastle a punter was told about a 10/1 chance by the trainer that the horse was "sour" , but convinced the horse was a good bet anyway on recent form for the odds, and with only 2min. to go it was a Tote rather than Bookie bet due to prices on offer.
At the Tote window the punter looked across to the other windows only to see the trainers whole stable gang lining up to back the "sour" horse!

Cheers.

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