Commiserations Partypooper, I know the feeling well, but it's surprising how punters look at things differently as I actually laid Black Cigar on Betfair. Along with Laetare in race 7, thought it the standout 'lay' of the day. I based that assessment on Black Cigar's poor strike rate and the fact it was going up in distance to 1600m, when it had only ever won up to 1400m and the fact it was also going up in class (I realise it had won a listed race six months ago, but that was against its own age group and had never won in open company).

But it is annoying when your horse is called a placing only to find out that ain't the case.