August 10th - Yarmouth and Salisbury Tipping

Solid racing on Wednesday at both Salisbury and Yarmouth, and both seem to have gone to a lot of effort, which is extremely commendable in times of prize money cuts and Salisbury in particular should be applauded with putting on a 10 furlongs Listed race for fillies worth £30,000.

It is that race that we first take an in depth look at, which to give it it’s full name the ‘Exceed and Excel Upavon Fillies Stakes’, run over 10 furlongs at 4.05 at Salisbury. A lot of good fillies in this race, including some group horses including 1000 Guineas favourite from last year Seta and Anna Salai who was fancied for last years Coronation Stakes. Anna Salai has solid form after finishing second to Timepiece in a listed race behind Seta, before flopping in the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot. Although she is expected to appreciate the step up in trip, she has ground to find on Seta, and should be overlooked. The Sir Mark Prescott trained Clinical is an interesting horse, with her third place finish ahead of Timepiece in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes (Group 3) being a very smart performance, with the form being franked through Timepiece winning a listed race and the Falmouth Stakes in her next two outings. That being said, top rated horse SETA looks to set the standard and should take all the beating. She seems to thrive on good ground, and her only two losses this year have come on unsuitable ground in last years Falmouth and this years Windsor Castle Stakes, Group One and Two races respectively. Her other four victories have all been in listed company, and she seems to thrive in this company, clearly being better than the grade. Kieren Fallon clearly gets on with the horse, and he is the man of the moment after his victory in the French Oaks Sunday on Dancing Rain.

A solid class four handicap is the appetiser to the main course at Salisbury and the Clive Cox trained PERFECT CRACKER looks to hold the answers to this trappy handicap. Dropped in after the mandatory three runs, he was unlucky last time out in a maiden finishing a ¾ lengths third behind the Sir Henry Cecil trained Celestyna. His first run he was just two lengths behind mass prize winning Measuring Time of Richard Hannon, and the form from that race looks good. He is stoutly bred, and would look to hold a solid each way chance, with the Godolphin horse Terdaad most likely to shorten the market, especially with Frankie going to ride.

Deacon Blues hacked up for trainer James Fanshawe Sunday, and ‘The Skeleton’ can have another winner Wednesday through Llewellyn Steadily improving with three maiden runs, the gelded son of Shamardal looks to be on an upward curve and is another who debuts in handicap company. The form of her last maiden looks solid and he should be a decent price too..

4.05 Salisbury – Seta (Nap)

3.35 Salisbury – Perfect Cracker (Ew)

2.50 Yarmouth – Llewellyn

The Yorkshireman – Jack Milner