Wednesday's Meetings Worcester N/H 8 Races 1:00-4:53p.m. Newmarket Flat 7 Races 1:48-5:18p.m. Navan Flat 7 Races 2:12-5:32p.m. Kempton(E) A/W 8 Races 4:38-8:10p.m. Racecards At The Races Sporting Life Racing Post Good Luck
Kempton 18.10 Wild Dahlia at 5/4 looks a good bet but I think, I would have a quid on Champion Island to cause an upset
Kempton 19.10 Sarab Star ay 5/4 would be a banker over 7f but with a small ? over the 8f I think the 7/1 about Blue RC looks tempting. Seems to be on the drift so will see what price she is tomorrow. Sarab Star is blue across the board so the confidence in the extra furlong is there. If that one goes pink tomorrow and Blue RC goes blue, that will be the one for me. Otherwise it could be a simple task for the fav
Newmarket 4.43 SUPERIOR CHOICE 15/8 The ones who have raced don't set a daunting standard. The son of Dubawi out of Loving Dream is trained by the Gosden's, who also trained the Dam. Loving Dream won the Ribblesdale and the Prix Royallieu and this colt should have no problems staying a mile, and further next year. Cost 1.1 Million Guineas and it would be hoped he is up to winning a race such as this. Not a huge price but massive potential and could easily start shorter once punters get a look at him. I would imagine the owners backside will be making chocolate buttons when the stalls open.
Should be odds on really. Poetry of Time's two seconds don't inspire great confidence, although if it came up soft he could go close. Another newcomer, by Sea The Stars looks a bigger danger. Difficult to know with these newcomers though, whether they are going for the win or is it an educational debut
The Newmarket meeting today is one I've attended many times. I can't believe the card today. Usually one finds large fields with often split divisions as trainers send out their 2yos to get some experience but that's not the case today. After a summer of firmish ground you'd expect there to be lots of runners. It's even good ground. What's happening? A lot of the top jocks are riding at Kempton tonight.
Yes a big ticket price but you'd struggle to find a better pedigree than Hannon's charge as he's by Sea the Stars out of a three parts sister to Dubawi.
No money for Superior Choice and out to 11/4 Poetry Of Time is Fav but as Ron said the form level is modest and he was beaten by a horse who was having his 4th start and an official rating of 78 last time. That is decent but fairly exposed and certainly beatable if any newcomer is of a decent standard. Of course experience is an asset but a mile race gives a newcomer time to recover from a sluggish start. As Bustino observes, the Hannon colt Waves Of The Sea is choicely bred but the trainer has not had a 2YO of much note this season and in general has had a year to forget, notably being unable, thus far, to get a win out of Rosallion.
At some point I will feed race details into CHATGPT (£5 a month version) and see what that comes up with. Can't be worse than my selections First thing is to identify all the relevant criteria to enter Eg ground conditions, distance, current form, best form, latest 2 runs, time since run, trainer recent form; Race times, course suitability, jockey quality, draw, weights Try with a sprint, then 12f then a 2 mile or more - all handicaps Some going that
