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Ashforth's Angles: Fantastic Pendleton getting the hang of it

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Victoria Pendleton at Newbury

Victoria Pendleton: much better now she’s stopped trying to pedal

  PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)  

 By David Ashforth 6:05PM 2 FEB 2016 

Wednesday’s racing: Down Royal, Kempton, Leicester, Ludlow and Newcastle

Isn’t what Victoria Pendleton is doing fantastic? (Yes). It’s only a year since the cycling Olympian first sat on a horse. Now that she’s stopped trying to pedal she’s got much better and what a blow she’s struck for the elderly (aged 35). She would have won a point-to-point at Milborne St Andrew on Sunday if that horrid Bryony Frost hadn’t just beaten her.

Today, at Ludlow, we’ll be able to see the fences I believe Pendleton will soon be jumping on Pacha Du Polder.

There’s the open ditch – over they go – and there’s the water jump – whoosh! And there’s the winning post which, hopefully, she’ll reach before all the others in a hunter chase either next Wednesday or two weeks later.

Yes, I think one of those would be a suitable prep race for Cheltenham. It’s nice to have something to look forward to, apart from porridge at Waitrose. I’d just like to say, well done and good luck.

My Aunt Beth used to say, “Just look at her – Lady Muck,” and years ago, she may have told Nigel Twiston-Davies “where there’s muck there’s brass”. Twiston-Davies believed her and that’s why, after Mrs Muck, Miss Muck and various other Mucks, Ludlow is graced with Mini Muck (out of Madam Muck) (3.20). It’s hard to see Mini Muck taking much brass home with her today but there’s a better chance that Reyno (4.30) will, even though he’s never won a race in his life.

There’s no point going into the sophisticated analysis underlying this conclusion. Suffice to say that trainer Stuart Edmunds has been doing well, rider Miss Gina Andrews is jolly good and even Reyno – quite an important ingredient in the equation – has shown sufficient competence to merit what is often called “respect”. Each-way, I suggest.

I thought Newcastle had given up staging racing but they’ve obviously changed their minds because they’re racing today, although not very many of them.

Pain Au Chocolat has only got three lesser opponents in the novices’ chase (2.35) but even if things go wrong connections can always eat him. It’s amazing how many horses are edible. There used to be a Knickerbockerglory but that’s gone out of fashion and somehow Apple Dumpling isn’t the same for pudding.

I’ve given up on Little Glenshee (2.00) even though she’s a good looking grey and wears nice colours and has quite often done well in the past. Instead, it’s to be hoped that Nick Alexander will have a winner with Clan Chief (4.20) even though he unseated Lucy Alexander on his sole previous go over fences. Let’s hope he’s learned his lesson.

If you’ve looked at the card at Kempton (someone’s got to) you may have noticed that Tsar Paul is running in the first (5.05). Tsar Paul is an 11 year-old and therefore roughly half the age of Ana O’Brien, who has joined him on the trip from Ireland to ride for only her second time in Britain. Interesting, isn’t it?

Tsar Paul’s old but against this lot the Dundalk regular might – you know, win.

 

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