A little glance in the directions of Wednesday’s cards, and there’s plenty of action going on at Hamilton, Yarmouth, Kempton, Fairyhouse, as well as the two cards we’re focusing on at Haydock and Beverley. It is at times like this you just put the quality over quantity argument to the fine folk of the BHA.
Anyway, moving on, we are focusing firstly on Beverley, the usual suspects are out in full force, with Danny Tudhope, Tony Hamilton, David Allan and Graham Gibbons all with good rides, but the man who rides here better than anyone is Robert Winston. He had a winner and two seconds at the last meeting, and is extremely good nick, riding primarily for Mel Brittain, as well as picking up spares from the likes of Brian Meehan and Charlie Hills, has led to him having 24 winners so far this season, including a 25% strike rate around Beverley.
He has four rides on the card, and all look to have decent chances. The first is COTTAM DONNY who has been knocking on the door on his three starts this season, finishing third first time out, followed by two seconds. Both second came over course and distance and on that bare form alone, he should finally get his head in front here, with everything seemingly in his favour.
Similarly TOBRATA can step up from his good third first time out at Southwell in an apprentice handicap in the spring. He is incredibly still a maiden after 21 starts, but has four seconds and six thirds to his name, and given the Brittain/Winston form, if he was to act on previously untested soft ground, he is a serious threat.
His third chance comes in the form of BADA BING for Malton based Scott Dixon, who will be looking to progress from all weather form over the winter. The filly was well beaten in three maidens, but stepped up to score a creditable third in handicap company for the first time. Rated 51, she is potentially very unexposed, and is having her debut on turf.
His fourth ride and the final quarter of our Lucky 15 is GLADSOME for the John Ward camp, who runs in the 5.00; a seven furlong maiden. She sets a good standard based on a fourth and third at Redcar and Thirsk in maidens over 7/8 furlongs. Based on that bare form alone, the filly has a reasonable chance in fairly poor race.
3.30 Beverley – Cottam Donny (Nap)
4.00 Beverley – Tobrata
4.30 Beverley – Bada Bing
5.00 Beverley – Gladsome
They say there are few things guaranteed in life, death and taxes being the obvious ones - actually throw in Frankel to that too. However there is another one, that is a well known but little said fable; being Sir Mark Prescott’s horses come good in June. He starts slow and erupts like a Joey Barton temper tantrum, just with more style and with military precision. Clinical won a good handicap at Epsom, and Athenian won and finished second within the space of ten days, it is vintage Sir Mark Prescott. He has a beautifully bred son of Montjeu running at Haydock GASSIN GOLF, who showed a great deal of potential last year, He has been gelded over the winter, is switched to turf, and has cheekpieces on for the first time. He could turn out to be a very good staying handicapper, and could go off a very big price in the 2.20.
It is said that when there is a bit of juice in the ground, we really start to see the best out of John Gosden’s horses, and that very hypothesis has been toasted at the weekend at Doncaster. Winners a plenty, lead stable jockey William Buick to have trebles on Friday’s and Saturday’s card there. Considering connections have won the Ladbrokes St Leger the last two years running, I think the dynamic duos are warming to South Yorkshire. They have two runners Wednesday at Haydock, the first being CHAT, a well bred Dynaformer filly for George Strawbridge. Closely related to his star filly Rainbow View, she has an exciting pedigree, and with another yard hitting form at the peak time, she has to be respected. Their other runner is REGAL AURA for Cheveley Park Stud. A half sister to the stable’s Robemaker, she is also a son of Jim Bolger’s champion 2yo Teofilo. She travelled powerfully in a hot looking Salisbury maiden, and should step up and make amends here.
GOOD BOY JACKSON rounds off the equine quarter, and is a tentative selection, but has been somewhat unlucky in recent starts. Well fancied at Donny on his return, he never travelled, and similarly didn’t like the heavy going at Epsom next time out. He got his preferred ground at Hamilton (good to soft) and finished second by a neck, getting there with every stride. He has his preferred ground at Haydock, and should be suited by the step up in trip.
2.20 Haydock – Gassin Golf
2.50 Haydock – Chat
3.20 Haydock – Regal Aura (Nap)
4.50 Haydock – Good Boy Jackson
The Yorkshireman – Jack Milner
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