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A strong card at Haydock on Wednesday, with some useful pointers for some of the staying handicaps later in the season at York, Goodwood and Doncaster, well that’s the plan anyway!
There is something to be said about a mare in good form, and Apache Glory is just that. After completing her hatrick emphatically at Beverley, she put in two further good runs at Doncaster and Beverley in defeat. She clearly thrives at the trip (her last five runs all over the 10f) and on ratting quick ground. Although up 16lb since the start of her streak, her attitude means she looks a cracking each way bet to nothing at the very least.
Argent Knight will be popular in the 3.20, but a horse that should be better through a reasonable form line is Grendisar for Marco Botti and Andrea Atzeni. The colt has progressed nicely since going into handicaps, with form figures of 2121, his latest win at Kempton seeing him stay on strongly over a mile and a half. The run before, he finished ahead of Lion Beacon, who put Argent Knight well and truly in his place at Sandown, despite conceding 6lb. Although Graham Lee was caught napping, I see no reason why Grendisar can’t cement his superiority here.
Frequent readers will know how much I am a fan of Keith Reveley’s operation, and his usual handicap plots have surfaced this time on the flat, with Swinging Sultan thriving since ditching maiden company. In his bumper days he was second to Champion Bumper second New Years Eve, and he has transferred that form over to a mile and a half handicaps. An obvious selection, but despite another 7lb should be still ahead of his mark, and with some popular jockeys and stables having runners in the race, will be able to get a much better price.
The form of Battalion’s maiden at Chester is an emphatic franking of the form, with three wins and five places from the next thirteen subsequent runners. He stayed on for pressure, before tiring in the closing stages, and the Authorized colt is bred to love the mile and a half trip, out of a Halling mare. Bomber Thorn will likely be fancied for the Dascombe yard, and is related to their St Leger second Brown Panther, but the William Haggas colt just edges it for me.
2.20 Haydock – Apache Glory
3.20 Haydock – Grendisar (Nap)
4.20 Haydock – Swinging Sultan
4.50 Haydock - Battallion
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