Yes, Clemmie Saves The Day!
Racing Ahead|November 2017

Ben Morgan went large with his last bet of the month – and got out of trouble

- Ben Morgan
Yes, Clemmie Saves The Day!

It was late September, Tim Vaughan’s Dadsintrouble (£20 win) had just fallen early in a novice chase at Worcester and Nyaleti (£30 win) had got touched off by a nose in the Rockfel. By the time Robin The Raven (£20 win) came home at one pace also at Worcester I was staring defeat straight in the face. I was £245 down for the month with one day remaining and very little chance of getting it back.

Thankfully the remaining day of the month was a Saturday which meant I had plenty of options to choose from in my quest to get back into the black. I was looking for a good thing, a cert, something that I could rely on and with Heartache a defection in the Cheveley Park, I made Clemmie just that.

At 15/8 she rated a good price, especially as her rivals didn’t look all that strong. I ploughed in with a maximum bet of £100 on the nose which would have yielded £287.50, enough to save the month and enough left over for a celebratory pint or two.

I hadn’t staked that much on a horse for a while and I did feel a little anxious about it, although I knew deep down, she had a favourite’s chance and that I wasn’t chucking my money around aimlessly.

Arriving back home from watching my beloved Shrewsbury Town beat Scunthorpe 2-0 and head to the top of the league, I was feeling somewhat buoyed about the chances of Clemmie. I flicked on the recording and saw Ryan Moore hold her up just off the pace, an ideal position. She would stay 7f easy so I was happy to see her close to the pace which wiped out the chance of a bad luck story.

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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

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