RE: Horse racing Tips4 Jan 2016 10:19
from the gee gees email Misfit 11/2 bumper mussel: last race
4 Oct 2015: Castletown-Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath (good)
4yo maiden:
Misfits 4,g Beneficial (Sean Doyle) 4- (R86)
Misfits was the lucky winner of this maiden as Aidan Fitzgerald’s Reilly’s Minor fell at the last fence with the race at his mercy. Fitzgerald’s charge did not turn out again and was bought by Warren Greatrex for £48,000 in the Cheltenham November Sale.
Misfits however has plenty going for him and has a decent pedigree that encouraged the Doyles to give €24,000 for him as a 3yo at the Goffs Land Rover sale. He’s a half-brother to a three-time winner for Noel Meade and a friend of mine gave €35,000 for his Sholokhov half-brother foal at Tattersalls recently. Two very good chasers in Risk Of Thunder and The Listener are also close up on the page. I believe it is significant that Lucinda Russell bought Misfits privately after his win and he is likely to add to his reputation in the UK.
With 8 horses (from 10 winners since 2008) going on from this maiden to score subsequently under Rules it further adds to the appeal