Those people who thought that the O’Brien stable was not firing on all cylinders saw that theory shot out of the water when 3 of his horses filled the first three places in the Irish Derby. I am sure that Johnny Murtagh the jockey of the winner Cape Blanco was relived that he made the right choice. Murtagh could have ridden any of the five O’Brien runners but after much consideration opted for the son of Galileo.
Today is a very average day of racing with four meetings around the country. As we approach July it might be a good idea to take a look at the 2 year old juvenile flat races. By now most of the new crop has had at least one racecourse outing and the form can be more easily assessed. July is one of the best months for 2 year old favourite backers providing you select the right type of races.
The best races that favour the favourite are Maiden and Stakes which produce 42% and 41% of winning favourites respectively. The races to avoid are Handicaps (27%) and Selling Handicaps (16%). Another aspect to look at is which courses the race is being run on. Brighton (44%), Carlisle (46%) and Chester (47%) are particularly favourable whilst Foss Las (25%) but this is only based on 8 races and Ascot (33%) are best avoided.
Of course if you just back 2 year old favourites blindly you will almost certainly lose money. However, this can be a good starting point for you as you study the form. My approach would be to find a suitable race and then look closely at the form. The favourite should have finished in the first 3 in its previous race and it would be a plus if it had won a race in the last 30 days.
After July the percentage of winning favourites starts to drop off as it gets towards the end of the season when it drops down to 34%. So there is no doubt that July is the month to take a serious look at the 2 year old juveniles.
Three successful Dee Dee Lays on Saturday and we are well on the way to recovering Fridays loss. Today there are 2 selections which have been posted to the Todays Selections area of www.premierbettingclub.com. I am also pleased to say that we seem to have overcome the problems that we were having with a couple of the browsers so you should be able to access the site with no problems.
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