I was reading an interview with Lawney Hill in the RFO this week and she spoke about her son riding King Ozzy this Friday in an amateurs race. So I was more than a little surprised to see the horse taking his chance at Wincanton tomorrow with Nick Schofield taking the ride rather than Joe "ginge" Hill.
I may be reading way too much into this but the yard could hardly be in better form with 2 winners and 2 placed from the last four NH runners. Factor in that horse has been ridden by Joe Hill, Charlie Deutsch and Gina Andrews in his last five and that in that period his rating has dropped from 113 to 94 and he starts to look like betting proposition.
His last three runs have been over 21f, 22f and 24f but tomorrow steps back to two miles. His three wins have been over 19f, 18f and 17f so tomorrows trip looks a whole lot more suitable. His sole win in a chase was at Bangor over 18f on soft so I am hoping that tomorrows ground will not inconvenience him.
Its not a great race and wouldn't take much winning.
The yard like a little touch and I think the market will tell us all we need to know.
KING OZZY 8-1 Wincanton 3:00
I may be reading way too much into this but the yard could hardly be in better form with 2 winners and 2 placed from the last four NH runners. Factor in that horse has been ridden by Joe Hill, Charlie Deutsch and Gina Andrews in his last five and that in that period his rating has dropped from 113 to 94 and he starts to look like betting proposition.
His last three runs have been over 21f, 22f and 24f but tomorrow steps back to two miles. His three wins have been over 19f, 18f and 17f so tomorrows trip looks a whole lot more suitable. His sole win in a chase was at Bangor over 18f on soft so I am hoping that tomorrows ground will not inconvenience him.
Its not a great race and wouldn't take much winning.
The yard like a little touch and I think the market will tell us all we need to know.
KING OZZY 8-1 Wincanton 3:00
Cheers for sharing as always!