Miler entering the last-chance saloon - again
Storm Ahead
2.35 Ascot
1pt winThe Feathered Nest
3.10 Ascot
2pts winMister Manduro
4.55 Ascot
1pt each-wayWhen you give a horse one last chance and it doesn't win that really should be it, but once a horse gets into your head it's very hard to leave it alone.
, who I've backed on all five runs this season without a draw, was supposed to be in the last-chance saloon for me at Ascot four weeks ago, but he's teased me into sticking with him for another crack in the Neptune Investment Management Classified Stakes (2.35) back at the same track.
I really should know better, but Marcus Tregoning's four-year-old ran his best race of the season when second to Leader Writer and if he hadn't frustrated me all season I'd be all over him like a rash.
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