In The Chester Cup Austrian School and Cleonte are supposed to be "Well In" because their marks should be higher after good runs last time.
Austrian School is short enough and they were saying at one stage that he might not run in this. For me, the concern with Cleonte is the soft ground because he has little form on it so far. He has Trap 1 on his side but he's only won three of his 21 races and has been beaten favourite more times than I like to see.
I wanted to play something at big odds for an interest and ended up with one of Johnston's others. Not the keenest fan of "Always Trying" but I felt Lucky Deal might have a squeak. He's held by the Fav on their Musselburgh runs but it's further this time and softer. Lucky Deal is yet to try the going conditions but if he takes to it it may prove a great leveller in negating the draw because they were well strung out in the later races at Chester today and other factors may outweigh the draw. In any case Who Dares Wins placed third in last year's race from the same box 15 Lucky Deal will come out of tomorrow.
Lucky Deal has been reasonably good at placing in his races and has won 5 of his 18 starts. He kept on well in second over 2 miles at Ripon last time and aged 4 he is co-youngest in the field. At 22/1 I would rather waste a few quid on him for something to watch.
3.35 Chester Lu
In The Chester Cup Austrian School and Cleonte are supposed to be "Well In" because their marks should be higher after good runs last time.
Austrian School is short enough and they were saying at one stage that he might not run in this. For me, the concern with Cleonte is the soft ground because he has little form on it so far. He has Trap 1 on his side but he's only won three of his 21 races and has been beaten favourite more times than I like to see.
I wanted to play something at big odds for an interest and ended up with one of Johnston's others. Not the keenest fan of "Always Trying" but I felt Lucky Deal might have a squeak. He's held by the Fav on their Musselburgh runs but it's further this time and softer. Lucky Deal is yet to try the going conditions but if he takes to it it may prove a great leveller in negating the draw because they were well strung out in the later races at Chester today and other factors may outweigh the draw. In any case Who Dares Wins placed third in last year's race from the same box 15 Lucky Deal will come out of tomorrow.
Lucky Deal has been reasonably good at placing in his races and has won 5 of his 18 starts. He kept on well in second over 2 miles at Ripon last time and aged 4 he is co-youngest in the field. At 22/1 I would rather waste a few quid on him for something to watch.
3.35 Chester Lucky Deal 22/1