Just like buses...

Idarah (left) runs at Killarney tomorrow, my only bet of the day

...you wait so long for a good day to come along, and then two come along one after the other. Thursday was a good day for me, and today turned out to be a great success as well.

Drunken Sailor was completely unfaniced in the betting, having drifted out to 4/1 before the off, but he travelled like a dream throughout and quickened away impressively to score by 7 lengths. In truth, it could have been a lot more if required, as Fallon still had a lot of horse under him in the closing stages.

Trovare ran a good race to finish 3rd, having gone off at 8/1. He sat just off the pace throughout and when asked for effort about 2 furlongs out, he responded well. He eventually grabbed 3rd approaching the line. I was happy enough with his run, and there's still more improvement to come from him in my opinion.

Those two results mean a profit of 9.5 points for the day. The overall record now reads as follows:

Number of bets: 33

Winners: 5

Placed: 4

Staked: 71 points

Returned: 92.9 points

Profit/Loss: +21.9 points

It's great to be back in profit after a horrific few days recently. Hopefully I can continue the money making in the days to come.

I've only got one horse picked out for tomorrow's racing, and it comes at Killarney's National Hunt meeting.

Killarney 3.25 - Idarah - 1.5pts e/w @ 12/1 (Boylesports)
An 18 runner Grade B handicap hurdle over 2m1f, where the Willie Mullins/Ruby Walsh combination saddle the favourite in the shape of the unexposed Pozyc. Pozyc has only had 3 runs so far in his hurdling, and has impressed so far, finishing a close up 5th last time out where he didn't get the run of the race. While he is an unexposed sort, I feel Idarah is definitely the value bet in this race. Idarah is a consistent sort, having either won or placed on 33% (8/24) of it's races over jumps. He won last time out, over the same trip as tomorrow's race, at Fairyhouse 19 days ago. Here's where I really become interested in Idarah. He won that Grade A handicap chase off a mark of 129, beating some very decent sorts in the process. Idarah now reverts back to hurdles tomorrow, and he gets in here off his lower hurdle mark of 117. If he's in the same sort of form as he was at Fairyhouse last time out, then he looks sure to run a very good race. The trip will suit, as will the ground as he has form on all types of ground conditions, and with the lower hurdles mark in his favour, I'm expecting a huge run from Idarah tomorrow.