Sin King

1:20 Catterick – Claiming hurdle (class 5) 2m 3f Soft (heavy in places)

SUN KING – (K G Reverley - James Reverley)
# Record at Catterick over hurdles is 3 runs - 3 times unplaced.
# Course form figures = 7/12, 4/15 & PU
# 5 career wins on gd-frm and 2 wins on good, never won on softer than good.
# 5 out of 6 hurdles wins came at a right handed track
# Unplaced on both career runs on soft ground – 6/13 (beaten 40 lengths) & 14/16 (beaten 22 lngths-flat race)
# Also unplaced only run on heavy – 11/15 (beaten 46 lengths)
# 12 Stone is his biggest ever weight carried. 11-7 was his previous biggest weight.
# Was comfortably beaten in a claimer last time.
# Has the highest OR but does not look up to that rating judging by defeat in claimer last time.
# Best at 2mile, this trip stretches his stamina.

Overview:
On official figures Sun King is the horse to beat, however with some pretty big negatives against him including – ground worries, trip worries, poor course form, big weight and the fact he is better racing right handed. Add in, that his current Official rating appears to flatter him and we should have a good chance of getting him beaten at a short price. Diamond Mick looks a solid e/w horse at 6/1.

Advised Bet:
LAY – SUN KING @ 2.88

Result: http://horses.sportinglife.com/Full_Results/0,12493,251393,00.html

Sun King won the race and so of course I am not happy with the result, but I was happy with my reasoning for taking him on so have no complaints. My E/W fancy Diamond Mick ran a good race in 2nd but wasnt good enough to beat the favourite.