The Inside Track

I never like to make excuses for either Toby or David during a losing run, but the weather and ground conditions certainly aren't helping things at the moment.  Conditions at Doncaster yesterday looked awful, and most of the races at the moment are being won by the horse that handles the conditions the best, rather than being won by the best horse in the race.

It's not just punters that are finding things hard at the moment.  I was talking to a trainer yesterday afternoon, who had entered 2 horses for the same race at Sandown.  One of the horses wanted firm ground, and the other requires soft.  With the going described as good to firm in the morning, and the clerk of the course reporting that there was no significant rain forecast, he pulled out the soft ground horse.  Having then battled his way around the M25, he arrived at Sandown to hear that the ground was now soft, so pulled out his other horse too.

These are clearly frustrating times for all, it's just a shame that as punters, we can't cancel our bets once the ground conditions goes against our selections!