Lutine makes a right charlie of layers

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

It was difficult to figure out at what point punters considered Lutine Charlie a 999-1 shot during the selling handicap at Brighton. Somebody obviously did, because £18 was traded on him at the ceiling price on Betfair as he ran out a game winner from the fast-finishing Corporal Maddox, who was matched at 1.23.
Ocean Temptress, who was backed down to 1.04 in the selling handicap at Yarmouth, came up agonisingly short in her attempt to make all as Shyarch collared her on the line after trading at 29.
Impressive Day got up in the final stride of the fillies' handicap at Brighton to deny Marie Joseph, who was done at 1.01 (more than £1,677 traded).
I was all over Amood in the 6f handicap at Haydock but he should never have got as low as 1.15 the way he hung in the closing stages and he still had a length to find at the line.

Read the full story

Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.

Subscribe to unlock

Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over £100 per month)
Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing
Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy
Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses
Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker
Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data

Already a subscriber?Log in

Published on 10 August 2017inHorse racing tips

Last updated 17:31, 10 August 2017

Copy