The Saturday Nap - Week Four

We were the victim of a bit of a price collapse last week. It is not the intention to tip odds-on shots here but with the winners of several races in opposition, it was reasonable to think we might get even money or a fraction more at Chepstow. However, the word had clearly got out and he won convincingly enough having looked for a few heart-stopping moments as if he wasn't going to quicken up.
This weekend is another full of interest with Smad Place in the long distance hurdle at Wetherby probably the best advice in the racing taking place on this side of the Atlantic.
The Breeders' Cup can be a graveyard for European hopes. The travelling involved, the end of a long season, the significance of the draw on American tracks and the fact that one doesn't really have proper form lines to be sure about make taking short prices about raids by our best potentially trappy. It is something of an act of faith but faith is something I do have in Excelebration (Santa Anita, 11.40 pm our time), highly consistent, genuinely top class and a complete professional in the best sense of the word who put up his best performance yet (above) last time at Ascot.
According to Aiden O'Brien, the only worry is that the QEII, pictured, was only two weeks ago.
I've taken the 11/8 already and am happy with it.