Talking Horses: best bets for day one of York's Dante meeting


Annoyingly, the nap has already crashed from 25-1 to 9-1. But we still like his chance, while Richard Fahey may get a double


Well, I’m annoyed. It’s encouraging, up to a point, when the betting market sees a case for a horse you fancy but you can have too much of this ‘encouragement’. In witness whereof, see Repercussion (2.20), today’s nap, who was 25-1 in places when betting opened for York’s opener but is now no bigger than 9-1 and I’m still not on and neither are you.

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