Kauto can’t
Last week I asked if Kauto can, but it seems he can’t. With no racing of note on today I thought I’d review this race for you.
The 11 year old isn’t the same horse as previous years, no surprise there. But it was disappointing to not have another historic moment in racing. There haven’t been many over the last year and it’s nice to hang a news story on these things. I think racing has missed out as a result. Too often good horses are retired to stud too quickly IMHO, no chance here of course!
As predicted the price on Kauto came in during the morning and I was sitting pretty but a blip out evaporated a lot of that. I waded in again when the price moved in, confirming what I had suspected, but I was really caught out by the erratic moments before the off. I ended up closing out for what felt a disappointing total on such a big race.
I can’t really explain why the market destabilised like that and it is unusual. Ultimately I was just a bit slow spotting it or else I would have done much better. I did pretty well on other races and overall Saturday was a good day. This was pleasing being the first day that cross matching was switched on. Any change will always leave you in some doubt on the impact so it was reassuring to put in a decent day. When the race was underway I laid Kauto for the Gold Cup and have now traded out so I already have a profit on the ante post market. Just looking forward to March now!
Category: Horse Racing
