BEST of the BETS

Busy day for first day at York. Looks as if weather has behaved and at last we may have normal ground!

155 Duke of Firenze...been told to have a few quid from a shrewd yard (not who told me....dont know them). Drawn 5 which may be good. Its 33/1 first 5 places and more places available on B365 ewbet

225 What a cracker of a race. Our Iriosh guy cant separate Harpocrates at 10/1 and Vitagology at 4/1 and thinks they will be 1 and 2 but I was so impressed with Persuasive at Goodwood although the fast finishing Cole horse was very unlucky which may made Hills look even more impressive. 7/2 was massive last night so i had a max bet on it with a csf the 3 to cover my stakes

300 Lots of reputations but i keep landimng at Norway! Being allowed to race on its merits today, 12/1 is bonkers and i think it will beat Moores (hes on wrong one again?) and Gosdens. A bit of a sly one but honestly this is Gp1 form against handicappers

335 Right, lets end this nonsense about Crystal Ocean being the best horse in training...its won 8 out of 16a nd been beaten in listed and gp2 and 3s fgs! It couldnt even beat its own average stable mate in last years King George! It also means its lost 50% of his his races....how can that be top rated? The same idiot who thinks Cyrname is the best chaser and hes only won 25% of his races!!! Look the BHA are a bizarre bunch of idiots who are not in the real world. They see things through gin tinted glasses and are mates with the Sir Michaels and fat Oafs of this world!Enable beat it when it was only 755 and the o Brien mafia trieed to get it beat. Frankie had to circumnavigate the world but still won hands and heels. Admittedly todays opposition aren world beaters. This years 3 yos are the worst ive seen for years. look at the Derby fgs, has there been more than 2 or 3 winners come out of it? that said Im backing Japan despoite having the burden of carrying clueless Moore onits back. It woon in a canter at Ascot and should have won the the Dante but for said buffoon above being asleep and then Wayne Lordan unluckily dropping its whip in the Derby. It hacked up in its prep race. JG sends his sub King of Comedy to beat Crytal Tips and Alastair and i think it will. Tremendously unlucky at Ascot, i still cant believe it was beat"! apparently a loony at home and all that faffing about in Gp1s at York may end its race before it runs. Unless you can get 4/1 plus id wait til its in the stalls healthy before betting on it and watch the prelims like a hawk. If it sweats or pulls, abandon ship and double bet on Japan. Crystal Tips will probably win and it should on ratings but if you think (like me) the ratings are decided by a 3 year old dalmatian called max youll take it on!

Look, Enable is the best flat horse and Altior is the best jumps horse.

450 i never bet on nurseries but remember John Ryan saying Bill Neigh will be well served by a handicap. Its badly drawn in my opinion but 25/1 several places ew is worth a punt

Away from York, Willie fancies General Zoff in the 745 at Kempton at 5/1 ew and Greatex likes North Star Oscar in the 700 at Worcester at 7/1

Good luck on day 1