Thursday's Meetings Stratford N/H 7 Races 1:00-4:20p.m. Chepstow Flat 7 Races 1:40-4:35p.m. York Flat 7 Races 1:50-5:20p.m. Killarney(E) Flat 8 Races 4:30-8:05p.m. Fontwell(E) N/H 7 Races 4:55-7:55p.m. Leicester(E) Flat 6 Races 5:15-7:45p.m. Racecards At The Races Sporting Life Racing Post Good Luck
Chepstow 325 Redredrobin at 13/2 goes well at c/d and looks on a nice mark . 400 Clashaniska took 16s ew but 12s average now which still looks fair , clash like redred looks on a fair mark and has run well at 7f at track taking 3rd behind redred in a very quick race . So the drop back in trip may pay .
York 15,00 Cruyff Turn 12/1 e/w seven places with sky, others six Stratford 15,15 Durragh 7/2 bet365 15,50 Flying Verse 11/4 bet365 Second run after WS
Every race in today's card at York is a real tough nut to crack, the Group-1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks (15:35) being no exception. However, one that might be worth a modest e/w wager at current odds of 9/1 at time of writing is Lilac Road. There are some cracking good fillies and mares in this renewal, with the top-class Frankel mare Alpinista trying to extend her unbeaten run of 6 wins in a row. She will be a worthy favourite. It'll be no easy task to win it. Lilac Road ran a fine race at Goodwood against top filly Nashwa over 1-1/4 miles. Step-up to 1-1/2 miles surely a positive? The excellent rider, Tom Marquand, with his forceful, driving, style, should be the perfect partner for the selection. Marquand on board for the red-hot William Haggas yard. At the aforementioned 9/1, e/w the best option for a podium finish for Lilac Road in this 7-runner field. Have a successful and enjoyable day folks!
Ladies’ Day at the Ebor meeting so the Yorkshire burds will be in their finest £20 Primark haute couture; and they will probably get rained on as well as soaked. In the opening Lowther Stakes, the Prosecco fund should be boosted by Queen Mary winner Dramatised, stepping up to six furlongs but burdened with a penalty for her win at the Royal meeting. Last year’s favourite had a similar profile and failed to give away the penalty so she is no banker. After yesterday’s disaster with the smallest handicap field (Soapy Stevens travelling like the winner three out, finished stone last as 4/1 favourite), I think I will bypass the Clipper Logistics (watch Orbaan defy his double penalty). Ordinarily one would expect the Oaks winner to be favourite for the Yorkshire Oaks but Tuesday did not take the conventional route, raced against the boys in the Irish Derby and ran no sort of race at all. The Oaks form does not look great with third home Nashwa having done her subsequent winning over two furlongs shorter. Of the three year olds, Irish Oaks winner Magical Lagoon capitalised on the absence of the Epsom runner-up in a messy race and is no forlorn hope here with some expected progression. Obviously, Andre Fabre’s raider Raclette has to be considered a danger as the daughter of Frankel is not here just for the Yorkshire air but her Prix de Malleret victory in a three-way photo just does not look good enough and she might pick up some place black type. Lilac Road won the Middleton and the step up in trip should not be a problem but she appears to be running the same race all the time as her close form ties with Aristia and Dreamloper would suggest. Pretty Polly winner La Petite Coco is on a four race winning streak, however, all those races have been on easy ground (including beating Love at the end of 2021); and a line through The Curragh third Thunder Kiss gives her something to find with Lilac Road over the extra quarter mile. It is hard to find fault with Sir Mark Prescott’s ALPINISTA. Kirsten Rausing’s Frankel mare has run up a sequence across Europe, last time winning the Grand Prix de Saint Cloud against the boys, including disappointing Hurricane Lane. She chased home Love in this two years ago but will face nothing of that calibre today and looks a worthy favourite. The Sir Henry Cecil Galtres Stakes looks like a fascinating race but it looks almost impossible from a betting angle. The front four in the betting are all lightly raced, well bred individuals from leading yards. It looks like Golden Lyra will start favourite on the back of an easy win on the Kempton kitty litter last time in only her third race. Golden Horn filly Haskoy comes here on the back of winning a similar race at Wolverhampton in similar fashion on her only start. Mimikyu won a four runner handicap at HQ as she pleased and now steps into Listed company but her shrewd trainer would not be tilting at windmills; and in her previous race at Haydock on soft ground she beat Frankel filly Time Lock, who re-opposes on 6lb better terms, having previously won easily on quick ground at HQ. So what I really need is a four-sided coin to toss...
Let’s have a bash today….. 5.20 York. Drops back to his best distance of 7 furlongs. Drops down from Group 3 to Class 2. Puts up a top jockey, William Buick. Sounds sensible, anyway! Eidikos 12/1 William Hill
Queen Me is an interesting runner in the Lowther. IF she wins, she would be the 4th generation of her dam line to win that race, following in the footsteps of her dam Queen Kindly, grand-dam Lady of the Desert and ggd Queens Logic!
Todays York selections... 1:50 - Kerinda, 22/1 2:25 - Matching Sox, 12/1 * 3:00 - Cruyff Turn, 11/1 * 3:35 - Tuesday, 9/2 4:10 - Voodoo Queen, 8/1 * 4:45 - Benacre, 10/1 * 5:20 - Mobadra, 4/1 Actually had a small ew yankee on the * ones just to help pass the day... Good luck if your playing today...
Away from York I think Fit for Flight in the 5.55 at Fontwell is in with a shout at 14/1 Good luck with your punts today.
Well done, Alpinista, fine performance by this outstanding mare. Afraid Lilac Road was very naughty at the start (wasn't expecting that, in fact she was on her last chance to get loaded), but it would not have made any difference to the result. Tuesday ran her heart out, but was just not good enough. Darn good race this year!
I wonder if Tuesday simply needs a bit of juice in the ground. Of the three year olds in the race she was the only one in the first four. The race was run over two and a half seconds faster than the Great Voltigeur on Wednesday, so Lilac Road simply was not good enough and the winner was rated 7lb superior to her. None of the three held up horses ever got involved.
Was this the best looking horse to run at York this week? Tyrrhenian Sea: Dark grey, light grey mane and tail, white socks. Third in the Clipper Logistics Handicap
