Sunday's Meetings Cartmel N/H 8 Races 12:45-4:20p.m. Wolverhampton A/W 9 Races 1:20-5:40p.m. Sandown Flat 8 Races 1:25-5:20p.m. Naas Flat 7 Races 1:50-5:00p.m. Racecards At The Races Racing Post Sporting Life Good Luck
Cartmel 1245 away at dawn 5/4 115 finisk river 4/5 145 the steward 7/1 215 yccs portocervo 3/1 245 takingitallin 2/1 315 elmono 7/2 350 top billing 10/3 420 lostnfound 14/1 e/w
Sandown 230 taking a chance on Hyanna at 13/2 . If it stays on the g/s side Hyanna should have more staying powerthan the close rivals.
Bit of a cliff horse for me is this one. Was chuffed to bits when it finally won again and amazed when it followed up. I'm abandoning it tomorrow as I just can't see it winning again. I might end up being wrong but the horse has had enough off me and I'm happy enough at the last two returns. If I carry on backing it I'll end up back over the cliff. Good luck.
Always disappointing to see a young jockey ‘jocked-off’ and Jason Watson gets the treatment today. To be honest he’s been suffering this for the last month.
The first race at Cartmel caught my eye, with an odds on jolly who has tongue tie and first run since wind surgery today. Jamie Snowden has had 19 runners with t1ws1 since the BHA have forced the declaration of wind surgery, with two winners from those runners. He has had 65 runners with ws1 and only 6 winners from those which to me suggests that we need to be cautious with this one. They started him in a good Cheltenham bumper where he was very short in the market, and failed to fire. He then went to Huntingdon for hurdles debut, finishing a decent third and did show a good hurdling technique. He didn't finish strongly, so it doesn't surprise that they've had his wind done. He is a big horse though, and I worry that on seasonal reappearance he might need this and he probably will make a better chase prospect. Away At Dawn is the one i've backed, he made all at Bangor in a race that looked wide open beforehand. He beat Del Duque that day who won a handicap hurdles yesterday off 105. He beat that horse an easy 7 lengths and I think AAD could easily be a 120+ horse. If so, it would mean that others would need to run to a good level to challenge him.
Morning all.. Sandown 3.05pm Quadrilateral 11/8 win . Dropping down to group 3 from group 1 company, getting the weight allowance and with a change of jockey I will be disappointed if she does not win this. Sandown 3.40pm Etonian 5/2 win. Was impressed with his debut run where he sliced through the field. I expect him to come on a ton for his debut which was over course and distance. Big chance. Good luck all.
I had a good long look at this race last night and actually liked two ar biggish prices, STONE OF DESTINY and SAAHEQ. The defectors mean that the market is ruined now and there will be a big Rule 4. I couldn’t choose between so in a rare moment of madness I backed both and also the reverse forecast.
I like the chances of Saaheq, Stick, and I quite fancy an Amanda Perrett treble on the card with Crowley on the other 2 for the sister in law.
The Prix Morny field at Deauville is totally dominated by the raiders but do I want to back Campanelle as Happy Romance is the only filly to have done anything for the Queen Mary form by winning two sales races? The extra furlong and the soft ground look like other reasons to give her a miss. Richard Fahey’s Rhythm Master could be anything, coming here from an easy win in a Haydock novice event on debut. So that does kind of lead to The Queen’s Tactical, winner of the Windsor Castle and the July Stakes, but Yazaman hardly did anything for the form of either race at York. I hope the Fahey colt proves that Haydock was not a fluke but otherwise this is just one to watch. Whilst Frankie could be out of luck in the Morny, he ought to pick up the Prix Jean Romanet on Nazeef, who is clearly the best horse in what looks a Group 1 in name only. Nazeef’s third in the Nassau looks the best form on offer, although the runner-up did little to advertise it in the Yorkshire Oaks. Of the other raiders, Bolleville has won a couple of Listed races and Audarya is a handicapper. The home team features Ambition, winner of a five runner Group 2 at Lyon and Dariyma, winner of a Chantilly Listed race. Frankie’s best chance of a winner at a backable price looks like veteran Red Verdon in the Prix Kergorlay, facing Northumberland Plate third Collide and last year’s runner-up Call The Wind, coming here after running second in the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at Chantilly – the winner of that race San Huberto ran behind Red Verdon last time, so the form here is a bit of a mess because of the way races are run in France. The British bookies taking no chances with any of Frankie’s rides, with Grand Glory in the Prix De Pomone favoured over German raider SATOMI, winner of a Hamburg Group 2 last time, and Group 3 winner Ebaiyra. Clearly the German horse is being aimed at another go at the Prix Royallieu. At Sandown, last year’s winner of the Atalanta Stakes, Lavender’s Blue will find it tougher this year and the Perrett yard’s last winner was Cozone in the middle of July (11 places from 39 runners since). The form book makes this a match between the disappointing three year old Quadrilateral and the 2018 1000 Guineas winner Billesdon Brook; and my preference would be for the latter. I expect I will not be the only one with the notebook out for the Solario as it occasionally throws up a decent horse.
Telly avoiders: After Safe Voyage yesterday, I jokingly said that I bet you all want to see what else is in my tracker. Unsurprisingly, no one did, but I have another today, it is Lady Bowthorpe. She can't possibly beat the two market leaders though. Or can she .....? San 200 Stone Of Destiny – spent ages looking at this race before deciding that none of them are good enough to win, so went with SOD it 230 Hyanna 305 Lady Bowthorpe 340 Dubai Fountain Cart 145 Glan-y-Gors 215 Court Royale Naas 250 Measure Of Magic 320 Kastasa Good luck all
Devious Company makes a quick reappearance at Naas in the 2.50 The Dacscombe horse took a long time to get rolling dropped to 6F at York but he did reel in all bar one in finishing second. He seemed sure to be returned to7F based on that run but stays at 6F for a race where the winner will trouser £150,000 If Devious Company can get away better today his class should see him go close. Monaasib is improving but it wasn't much of a race he won last time. Measure Of Magic has a chance as well but steps up from 5F for the first time, so that is a question mark. Devious Company to swoop late and win this. 2.50 Naas Devious Company 5/2
