Last night at Sandown wasn’t a very good meeting for me as Dylan had his friend round and I missed backing Jo’burg in the first as we were all playing G1 Jockey on the Wii. Nothing better than beating a couple of 6 year old’s over a virtual 3900 metre chase course with some superior riding tactics. I reckon Timmy Murphy (and a few others) should have a go on this game to try and brush up on their timing!

Anyway they got bored of losing quite quickly and decided to play Star Wars instead meaning I did get to back Cape To Rio, Darley Sun and Prince Seigfried. I would have been better off taking them up on their offer to ‘let me be Darth Vader’ as the force definitely wasn’t with me. Cape To Rio was beaten by a better horse but I think my money was lost on the other two before the races started. In hindsight Darley Sun at 2/1 was a crazy price and I should have left it well alone.

Why? Well, have you noticed just how bad Saeed Bin Suroor’s horses are running?

He must be a very worried man at the moment because Godolphin’s results so far this season have been nothing short of disastrous. They changed their tactics slightly this year and brought their horses over from Dubai a few weeks earlier than normal but it hasn’t helped them overcome their usual slow start and they’re finding winners even harder to come by than in previous seasons.

If you look at all the runners over the past fortnight for the Suroor stable it makes for some sorry reading…..

- Since 14th May they have sent out 27 horses throughout Europe for just 1 winner.

But it’s only when you consider how fancied their runners have been that you realise just how bad the situation is….

-26 of those 27 runners were sent off at under 10/1 (the 27th was 11/1 at Sandown last night)
- 8 of the 27 were clear favourites
-6 of the 27 runners finished stone cold last at odds of 4/6F, 8/1, 15/8F, 5/1, 7/4F and 13/2

For the whole of 2010 they have run 38 horses in Britain for just 3 winners,  £50,000 win prizemoney and a level stakes loss of -30.30. Admittedly over 50% have finished in the top 4 but well over 60% of those races were contested by 8 or fewer runners.

That’s not a lot to show for the multi-millions Sheikh Mohammed ploughs into his racing and Mr Suroor will be hoping their fortunes change in June as Epsom and Royal Ascot loom else he’ll be being served with his P45.

What price Mahmood Al Zarooni is in charge of the entire Godolphin Spring by the end of the Summer? If Rewilding wins the Derby it could be even sooner than that.

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Lottery Numbers

For all members of last weeks Scoop6 Syndicate here are the lucky numbers we’ll be hoping come out on the Lottery tomorrow night. No syndicate member has requested their share back so there are 87 lines with, like last Saturday, everyone getting 10/1944th of any winnings……

Today…

Gary’s posted his biggest bet so far in his Tips section and if you’re interested in following him you can find the horse by clicking on the ‘Gary’s Tips’ tab on the left hand menu.

For those of you who were at Newmarket for Matt’s racing day you may remember Kristofferson who most of us backed at a big price at one of the away meetings. He got brought down by a horse falling at the top bend (although the Racing Post claimed he slipped up) when just getting back into the race and the way the front ones stopped that night he may have sneaked into the places if he had avoided the trouble. He runs again tonight in the 8.50 Stratford and is currently 25/1 with Paddy Power. Both Gary and I are looking to get our money back.

The weekend

I’m off with the family to North Somerset for half term so postings may be few and far between for the next 7 days. I’ll be back in plenty of time to see Henry Cecil win the Oaks and Derby but until then, enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend and…..

Good luck,
Gavin.

P.S. Lord Shanakill at Haydock tomorrow will decide if it’s fish ’n’ chips or the Harvester for food all next week .

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