Luck on the side of Cloudy Glen and Beacon Edge last weekend

Despite having studied what it takes to win horse races for more than 30 years now there is still loads to learn, but what happened on Saturday once again reinforced that the one thing any punter needs more than anything else. A good, old-fashioned dollop of luck.

I was very annoyed with myself for not backing Cloudy Glen as I’ve been a fan of his for years and know he is always best fresh.

However, I got over it pretty quickly because I thought Remastered was going to win by miles before he came down, and in the process he slightly hampered runner-up Fiddlerontheroof. Throw in the fall of Enrilo and the quick capitulation of Eklat De Rire and, in my opinion, Cloudy Glen got lucky.