I generally look for little Lucky 15’s when in between painstaking form study towards a big festival, whether on the flat towards Ascot, Newmarket, Goodwood, York and onwards, or be it the Holy Grail that is Cheltenham. I have three for the loyal followers at all of the big meetings for this afternoon.
FAITHFILLY will be a good price against an odds on favourite for Richard Hannon, and it could side with laying the jolly. The filly has gradually progressed and won a nice maiden at Sandown, in similar conditions, and although officially 8lb inferior, she is the more progressive of the two. ZENAAT is a Galileo filly who showed promise last year in a Kempton maiden before being well held in two starts this season at Newmarket and Lingfield. As such has got a very lenient mark of 76, and given how expensive of a yearling she was, there should be plenty more to offer. Another progeny of the Galileo is SUN CENTRAL for the in form William Haggas stable, who runs in a weak looking maiden. From the family of 2000 Guineas winner George Washington, he finished behind a subsequent Andrew Balding winner last time out when finishing a decent third. The Haggas and Kelly teams fill the final spot as well with WELL PAINTED. He won a good maiden at Newbury on Lockinge day, before finishing second last time out at Doncaster. The mile trip seemed too strong last time out and drops back to 7f, all four look to have strong claims.
2.10 Chester – Faithfilly
2.40 Chester – Zenaat
3.10 Chester – Sun Central
3.40 Chester – Well Painted
Newmarket holds a fairly strong card with hotly touted Michelangelo running in the three year old trophy, and although he should win, it is more a watching brief whilst at the prices. Newmarket is one of those quirky tracks with its undulations that find many out, so course form is a positive, which swings us towards SANDREAMER for the Mick Channon yard, which is having a particularly fruitful year with juveniles. The Oasis Dream filly should appreciate the extra furlong and looks a decent price to do so. It isn’t a fashionable selection but DANDINO’s solid second behind Sea Moon at Goodwood puts him head and shoulders above listed company, and he should win easy under Hayley Turner. EDINBURGH KNIGHT looks relatively overpriced considering he has one bad run to his name, when not getting a run in The Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot. He returns to his preferred trip and he will appreciate the better ground. MEDIA HYPE looks to still be ahead of the handicapper judging on his win at York last time out, and with the Burke yard still in good order, he can defy an 8lb rise in the handicap over 10 furlongs.
2.30 Newmarket – Sandreamer
3.00 Newmarket – Dandino
3.35 Newmarket – Edinburgh Knight
4.40 Newmarket – Media Hype
Windsor has a nice card on this afternoon, which has relatively gone under the radar, but there looks to be some competitive racing, which means some tasty prices! BLESSINGTON runs for John Gosden in the first and was a 75,000 Guineas purchase as a yearling, and the son of Kheleyf goes for an in form stable, and looks the obvious pick in a weak looking maiden. SHOLAAN was luckily for me, put up in this blog two weeks ago when absolutely bolting up at York, winning by five lengths, going off a nice 10/1 winner for the loyal readers! He looked to have any amount in hand that day and can defy a rise with the headgear retained once more. In the Midsummer Stakes, the ‘horses at the head of the market are there on reputation and connections, and the value could lay with THISTLE BIRD. The Selkirk filly maker a belated seasonal appearance and returns to a more suitable trip, where she is a course and distance winner. Although she has to make up ground with Highland Knight and Coupe De Ville, she showed enough progression last season to indicate she was going in the right direction and way on the way to gaining some success in Pattern Company. Roger Charlton could make it a quick fire double with REX IMPERATOR half an hour later in an open handicap. He is a horse with bags of ability and clearly above handicap class, beaten three lengths in a group three, and a four lengths fifth of six in a listed race on his reappearance, he has since been gelding, and will have all the cobwebs blown away and should be cherry ripe for this.
2.25 Windsor – Blessington
3.30 Windsor – Sholaan
4.00 Windsor – Thistle Bird
4.30 Windsor – Rex Imperator
The Yorkshireman – Jack Milner
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