Daily Racing Thread Thursday 21st. September 2017

Thursday's Meetings

Ayr
Flat 8 Races 1:40-5:20p.m.
Yarmouth
Flat 8 Races 2:00-5:50p.m.
Ballinrobe
N/H 8 Races 2:15-5:55p.m.
Pontefract
Flat 7 Races 2:20-5:35p.m.
Chelmsford(E)
A/W 8 Races 5:45-9:15p.m.

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Good Luck

 

Hello, people. Really like one running of the morrow and that one is monikered DIPTYCH (8.45 Chelmsford).

This one had 3 runs in maidens last term and was beaten 24 lengths, 4 lengths and 21 lengths respectively. Those efforts earned the old boy a perch of 60 - something I would imagine his shrewd trainer, that terrible old rogue Prescott, is now ready to now exploit to the full. That belief is further enhanced by the eye catching fact that on his handicap bow, tomorrow, Diptych is stepped up to a much more suitable looking 10 furlongs having been previously campaigned over just 6 or 7, I say just 6 or 7, furlongs.

Diptych is bred to be far, far, far better than a 60 rated performer – his dam was a dual winner and finished 4th at Listed level whilst she in turn is a daughter of Last Second who won both the Sun Chariot and Nassau Stakes (Group 2’s at the time but both heats now Group 1) and finished runner-up in the Coronation Stakes. Through Last Seconds daughters animals of the calibre of Coronet (this year’s Ribbisdale winner) and Midas Touch (Irish Derby runner-up) have emerged.

The one drawback to the selection is, of course, that he has been off the track for some 332 days. To use that terrible forum cliché I’m not going to employ an elaborate ‘I’ve been told…’ story, crew. The simple fact is that I have no idea re Diptych’s current level of fitness and that is the obvious drawback re any wager. However, the trainer has a history of winning with horses after a break and he is currently in respectable form with, at the time of writing, 4 winners (and a further 6 runner-ups) since 31 August.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see Diptych (from such a humble rating) run up a sequence starting at Chelmsford tomorrow evening. Recommended.

Good luck, pilgrims.

 

One for me at Yarmouth in the 4.10 great hall for Micky Quinn . His horses tend to run well here. Still on a lenient mark and fran berry up top and a cd winner.
Cheers.

 

Ayr abandoned

 

Small interest on Sir Michael Stoute's Nadaitak in the 16:10 at Yarmouth at the generally-available 8/1 atm. Nicely bred, hopeful will run well in this Class 2 Handicap.

(Started slowly and didn't want to know, apparently. Trust me to find that one!)

 

Ryan Moore 1st 3 at Yarmouth. Singles and a treble

 

The 4.00 Ponty is an interesting race. Haggas has Tirania in this and interestingly has brought her back to 6f having appreciated a drop to 7f last time out. From memory Ponty is a stiff track so a stiff 6f should not present too much of a problem? Kassia won the race last year and is 2 from 2 over C&D. The best horse in the race appears to be Clon Coulis. She has the speed to win at 6f but will stay further. I think that with her speed and likelihood of getting further she will appreciate a stiff 6 so I'll give her the nod

 

Chelmsford 6.15 Regal Gait won easily over C&D after long lay off. Should be even better today and at 5/1 should be an ew banker

 

Yarmouth 2.00 Fancy Istanbul Sultan to overturn the odds on fav here. Optimistic I know but can't be interested in the fav at 1/2

 

And to round off the day Big Tour 5/4 in the last at Yarmouth

 

Shout

 

Shout

 

Nice one, Florida, well done indeed!

 

11/1 winner. Excellent FP

 

One more from me at Yarmouth
Pastoral player. A bit quirky but with lots of ability a multiple distance winner, could nick this
Cheers.

 

Crikey, 6/4 even. Didn't expect that

 

Crap

 

Cainhoe star in the next Chelmsford

 

Took a chance on Arlecchonis Leap ew at the monster price of 50/1 in the next

 

Great to see Nina Carberry back riding a winner at Ballinrobe today