Saturday's Meetings Beverley Flat 7 Races 1:30-4:55p.m. Curragh Flat 8 Races 1:45-5:47p.m. Sandown Flat 6 Races 1:50-5:20p.m. Chester Flat 7 Races 2:10-5:35p.m. Newton Abbot N/H 6 Races 2:15-5:05p.m. Lingfield(E) A/W 6 Races 4:50-7:25p.m. Chelmsford(E) A/W 6 Races 5:40-8:40p.m. Racecards At The Races Sporting Life Racing Post Good Luck
I've been told Appleby will be withdrawing Pacific avenue tomorrow so lump on publish, but probably still be rule4 unfortunately
I liked the look of He’s Waliim in the Solario but soft ground tempers my enthusiasm. I think he is a very nice horse but definitely has a fast ground action which he put to great use at Beverley.
I was looking at backing Publish for the Dewhurst at 10 and 2000gns now at 16 (I had quite decent bet for me at 20)... same path Fields of Gold took last season. I wouldn't want to touch Evens tomorrow on rain softened ground and looking at its dam and second dam pedigree its all American fast ground. Still, he's a big strong colt, the ground might not beat him, the jockey might...so rather the take Evens take 10 for the Dewhurst...
Unless I missed something by skimming too fast, Roger Varian takes just the one to Deauville tomorrow (Saturday) and it is De Sousa's only ride there. Unbeaten in 3 runs this year, the latest being the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot, the Blue Point 4yo colt out of a Nayef mare should go well. I won't be going there to back it because he has never ran on soft ground before, and that's what he will be faced with, so,5/2 seems a bit sshort to me. Big danger is Devil's Point who goes on soft and heavy. 2nd in the G1 Futurity last year on heavy ground and now has the magician Soumillon aboard. Why that one is 20/1 and drifting I have no idea
Publish will be Donald Ducked if it's soft for the Dewhurst or the Guineas. Gosden was the same with Kingman in his day with all the Goldilocks carry on of too soft, too firm. In the end the colt won on just about every kind of going there is, including on soft-heavy in the Irish 2000 Guineas where he pissed up by five lengths. What's the worst that can happen? He's already been beaten. Not as if we know for certain he will be useless on soft. There seem few enough really good horses these days and endless bookies benefit handicaps
