Friday's Meetings Market Rasen N/H 7 Races 1:40-5:05p.m. Chester Flat 7 Races 1:50-5:15p.m. Ascot Flat 7 Races 2:00-5:30p.m. Nottingham(E) Flat 7 Races 5:20-8:20p.m. Down Patrick(E) N/H 7 Races 5:25-8:25p.m. Cork(E) Flat 7 Races 5:35-8:35p.m. Wolverhampton(E) A/W 7 Races 5:40-8:40p.m. Ripon(E) Flat 6 Races 6:00-8:30p.m. Racecards At The Races Racing Post Sporting Life Good Luck
XCITATIONS 16/1 M Rasen 5:05 This will not be an easy race to win with Skelton and Henderson running nice horses but if all eight stand their ground I am quite keen on this one. Pam Sly knows the family really well and while the dam was a very average maiden she has produced some nice offspring, most notably Actinpieces who has some very decent form and Haafapiece who the yard trained to win on debut in a bumper at 33/1. The market should give a few clues and I expect the Skelton horse to go off fav but if as I suspect there is good support for this one then the hint should be followed.
Huge punt building in this bumper on BONSAI BAY who does have a nice pedigree, all bets off for me as this looks a well informed punt. I think it opened at 20/1 and is now 5/2
Only 850 quid traded on it on Betfair suggesting that it’s not a big gamble. Just bookmakers suggesting it is!!
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
Chester Telly pics ....... 1-50 Sha La La La Lee 2-25 Addeybb 3-00 Restorer 3-35 Austrian School Good luck all
So, if any Country wants to invade England. The end of May and the beginning of June should be penciled in on their calendars. Most of London will be traveling to Madrid or Baku and half of Liverpool will be heading to Spain via other European countries. For the people that are not traveling, I expect lots of alcoholic beverages will be consumed during this period. So any wannabe conquers of our green and pleasant land, fook off cus we have 4 teams in the finals. Can’t wait
There's a guy on Twitter called @RealRacingBet who often latches onto these big punts and they then get bigger. He tipped it at 4/1 around 10 o'clock.
Morning 2.00 Ascot-Star Alexander Each Way @ 7-1 [Skybet] Clive Cox on record as saying his 2 year olds are a nice bunch this season
i suppose he’s not going to say “ we ve got a right croque of donkeys this year “! they won this last year with a debutant so likely been a target this time , just depends if one of the others is more forward ..... good luck with your shrewd selection G1 .
WINKLEMANN 8/1 Nott 5:50 It must have been a real bad weather day when I was stuck indoors to have been watching this one run in an Amateur riders race at Salisbury last time out but he went in the tracker. A year ago he was plying his trade in class 4's off a mark of 78 but here he is today in a class 6 running off 59. He should have won that day but his jockey, the owners daughter, was worse than useless. The handicapper thought so to as after today he is up 3lbs. I am not saying that this horse is a plot job because I think he has been here to provide some family fun but he is now off a mark where he almost cannot fail. My one reservation is the ground as his better form has been on a firmer surface so hopefully it will be a nice drying day in the midlands today.
The first race at Chester looks a good one. Looks very competitive and one of those races where you couldn't rule any of the runners out with 100% confidence. Some might say a minefield. Richard Hughes with a short price (in comparison to the rest) favourite. Cold Stare for the in form O'Meara, Shady McCoy usually a model of consistency even if he struggles to win and Dragons Tail with the very much in form De Sousa up both at a decent price. Further down the betting there is Calder Prince at around 20/1. Failed to see out the 7 furlong trip on Wednesday but that was it's first run in 8 months and the fact that it runs only two days later over the same trip could suggest they think this horse has a race in it and should strip fitter for Wednesday's run. The other one I'm drawn to is Another Batt at around 14/1. Yard 'second string' with the stables jockey been on the fav but I'd take James Doyle over most 'first choice' jocks anyway. The horse won as recently as January and didn't run too badly last time out in a big field. Tough race but hopefully it's not one of those where I've tried to look for something at a price and fav romps it. My selections Calder Prince 20/1 ew Another Batt 14/1 win Reverse forecast
Bollocks, typed it out posted it went to put bet on and Calder Prince is non runner. Win only Another Batt now 12s
john flint is in very good form atm , big priced winners , they used to be a yard to look out for with fresh horses over hurdles , often used the old pipe method , making all the son rhys used to be the jock ......
As the 14 races over the last 2 days at Chester have seen just one winner drawn in stall 1, I sincerely hope there will be no nonsense on here today about the effect of the draw in the Chester Cup
Stickfact; twice in the last 10 years the word "soft" has appeared in the going description for the Chester Cup and on those two occasions the winners were drawn 11 and 13
