Racing and Football

Well I'm back from the slopes after a rather unpleasant delay in Geneva yesterday, but no time to waste, lets get back into the action and head to Ludlow this afternoon before some football tonight

3.30 Ludlow Matuhi 2/1 (WON +28.63 - Ouzbeck pulled up with more than half the race to go, but Matuhi accelerated away from the field so well when Noel Fehily pressed the button)
Matuhi ran well on debut over hurdles at Leicester last time and Gary Moore's winner, Numide, looked a good thing. This time Matuhi receives 7lbs from the favourite, Ouzbeck, and I expect that to be enough.

4.00 Ludlow Prince Vector 5/1 e/w (LOST +27.63 - The race was run at a very strong pace and neither Prince Vector ot Panjo Bere went with the pace and were soon found wanting)
Panjo Bere looked good in his victories, but I feel his last run showed the handicapper may be ahead of him now, so with 5/1 the field, leaves a few decent each way prices. Prince Vector seemed to appreciate the minimum trip last time and so at 5/1 e/w he seems a decent insurance bet.

7.45 Palace to beat Leicester 13/8 (LOST 0-1 +26.63 - It all looked like a 0-0 was on the cards until 83 year-old journeyman Barry Hayles netted a much-needed winner for the Foxes after good old Stevie Howard had done his best to keep the bet running!)
It took Neil Warnock a while to turn things around at Selhurst Park, but once he did there's been no stopping them. Unbeaten in 15 league games, they have risen to 5th and I think they are a decent bet to join West Brom in the automatic promotion positions. Leicester however, are still waiting for the Ollie effect, with only 2 wins in 11 games (one against an Ipswich side yet to win on the road) under their latest manager. They have taken just 17 points from 14 home games, while Palace have amassed 23 in the same number away from home. And with Clinton Morrison having bagged 11 in his last 13 league games, I expect the Warnock juggernaut to continue.