Posts Tagged kauto star
Klassy Kauto
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on December 26th, 2009
Great performance by Kauto Star in the big race on boxing day. He was priced to win, but not with such certainty. In the end Kauto Star completely and utterly destroyed the opposition in spectacular style. Compilers have now upped Kauto’s rating into the 190′s making him one of the greatest chasers the sport has ever seen. It’s been great to watch the progress of this gelding in the time I have been on exchanges. I think it’s a shame that there isn’t more coverage in the media about the achievement.
I didn’t actually do as well as I should have on the race itself as I had too large a position open just as the price surged out. Some odd betting on this race, an odd SP and various other titbits to examine. Such is life, I did very well elsewhere so it wasn’t a problem. It just would have been nice to bag something decent on the big race. The race itself had matched bet volume of £5.5m of which £4.5m was matched on Kauto. £73k of £100k at SP was on Kauto. You would think most would be backing but curiously the SP returned at near to 1.70!!
So close for Kauto
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on November 21st, 2009
Well, what a race that was. I really though Kauto Star had lost it, but it was always going to be a bob of the head that got it ultimately. The market got the photo finish wrong for once, but I must admit I also thought Kauto Star had lost it.
Benefit of form and horse related knowledge made this a good trade opportunity today. This morning I phoned around a couple of horse racing types and talked to them about the race. One thing came across and that was that Kauto liked soft ground and it seemed to be a race well set up for the horse. You can see the market thought so also.
I managed to equal my total on the race from last year, on what turned out to be a good day. But I should have done better to be honest. With plenty in the bank I kept trying to catch a bounce out, but it never happened. I wasted a lot of money doing that. Sometimes it works very well and it was worth a go. Made more on other races, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.
In reaction to this race I laid Kauto Star for the King George VI. Will hold the position for a little while, but it looks like I have made a mistake there as well. I don’t trade Ante Post much unless I have a good reason to do so, so I am not well practiced but it seemed an opportunity. Denman runs next week so I guess that will define how the Gold Cup ante post looks between these two.
