The interestingly-named GOSHHOWPOSH has two ways of running: very well and very badly. He’s clearly talented and two of his four runs this season ended in victories at Exeter and Wincanton respectively.
However, in his other two runs he unseated his rider at the last hurdle when having no chance of winning at Haydock and then he was pulled up in his most recent run at Exeter when 6-4 favourite.
Backing horses like Goshhowposh can be infuriating for punters: it’s too easy to put money on them when they run badly and then it’s frustrating to watch them trot up next time out without a penny of your hard-earned on the horse.
I have what could be the best antepost bet of the season
I am hoping Goshhowposh will be on a going day tomorrow at Haydock when he contests the New Racing TV App Challenger Stayers Hurdle Series Final (2.40 p.m.).
My sources on the gallops in Somerset tell me that Philip Hobbs and Johnson White’s seven-year-old gelding was in sparkling form in the run-up to the Cheltenham Festival earlier this month.
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