Racing

Quiet day today. Liverpool v Chelsea is too tough to call, and the snooker I'm happy just to collect when Mark Williams finished off this afternoon. No upsets yet at the Crucible although Stephen Hendry was made to really scrap and the Nugget gave Stuart Bingham a real scare coming back from 8-3 to 8-8 last night. Marco Fu has a potential upset in him as his form of laste has been decent and Ding has been prone to nerves previously. I can't back it, but it wouldn't surprise me.

7.45 Bath Tapas Lad e/w 9/1 (5th +11.11 - reverted to hold up tactics, but as the field fanned out he couldn't get round or through. When he finally found room up the inside he finished well but couldnt get to the leading bunch and was 2 lengths short at the line)
This colt reached a rating of 63 after winning a seller at Wolverhampton in January, and had found it tough going since. However, last time out he was back down to 55 and a change of tactics saw him stave off all bar one runner in a 10 runner handicap. On the official ratings he is the best weighted horse in the race and it shouldn't be overlooked that 5 of his 6 place efforts came when he was rated 55, one at 58 and his win at 57. His last run on turf in October was on GS and so I expect him to be in the mix again tonight.