1.30 Meydan
Energia Carioca 16/1
Can't see anything I really like tomorrow but this caught my eye and I'm going to play a small e/w, as the jockey booking is very strange. Fabricio Borges is a trainer who I know next to nothing about (if anyone has any info feel free to share) and appears to operate in Sweden but does have 2 Group 1 wins to his name so he must not be all that bad. Tomorrow, Colm O'Donoghue rides Energia Carioca and this is the thing that really caught my eye as David Marnane has another more fancied in the runner in the race in the shape of Angels Pursuit but O'Donoghue appears to have chosen this horse instead. C O'D has ridden Angels Pursuit once before (albeit it when with Hannon) and is regularly used by Marnane including with his two runners at Meydan today and has ridden 17 times for the owners in England and Ireland, which makes it looks even stranger to me. As this is the last race of the Meydan Masters International Jockey Championship, with every race finishing position accumulating points, it appears to me that O'Donoghue has chosen this horse over Angels Pursuit as he believes it has a better chance of winning.
To the horse itself, and I haven't a clue where to get much information for him, Energia Carioca was a wide winning 3 year old in Brazil before coming over to Meydan to win on the Tapeta surface in late 2010 in a Conditions race beating a horse rated 109 (although he's shown no real subsequent form). He raced twice subsequently in better races at the track and disappointed and after a 6 month break he was last seen on the track in Sweden where he was a disappointing favourite. He looks quite unexposed and his mark of 95 may be quite workable. This is a major shot in the dark to be honest but the booking of O'Donoghue was so eye catching that I think he warrants a small play.
Energia Carioca 16/1
Can't see anything I really like tomorrow but this caught my eye and I'm going to play a small e/w, as the jockey booking is very strange. Fabricio Borges is a trainer who I know next to nothing about (if anyone has any info feel free to share) and appears to operate in Sweden but does have 2 Group 1 wins to his name so he must not be all that bad. Tomorrow, Colm O'Donoghue rides Energia Carioca and this is the thing that really caught my eye as David Marnane has another more fancied in the runner in the race in the shape of Angels Pursuit but O'Donoghue appears to have chosen this horse instead. C O'D has ridden Angels Pursuit once before (albeit it when with Hannon) and is regularly used by Marnane including with his two runners at Meydan today and has ridden 17 times for the owners in England and Ireland, which makes it looks even stranger to me. As this is the last race of the Meydan Masters International Jockey Championship, with every race finishing position accumulating points, it appears to me that O'Donoghue has chosen this horse over Angels Pursuit as he believes it has a better chance of winning.
To the horse itself, and I haven't a clue where to get much information for him, Energia Carioca was a wide winning 3 year old in Brazil before coming over to Meydan to win on the Tapeta surface in late 2010 in a Conditions race beating a horse rated 109 (although he's shown no real subsequent form). He raced twice subsequently in better races at the track and disappointed and after a 6 month break he was last seen on the track in Sweden where he was a disappointing favourite. He looks quite unexposed and his mark of 95 may be quite workable. This is a major shot in the dark to be honest but the booking of O'Donoghue was so eye catching that I think he warrants a small play.
at Wolverhampton a few weeks ago but not beaten far on his only hurdle start to date) and the "second string" in Don McCain, Record Breaker, looks interesting e/w at 14/1 (assuming 8 go to post). This one had 60 career starts on the flat for Mark Johnston, winning 9 and achieving a highest rating of 102. I find it interesting that they are going hurdling with this one so late in life and, even though he has no form to shout about on soft ground and Jason Maguire has chosen to ride Absinthe (one assumes), I think a small e/w dabble for interest could liven up a dull Friday afternoon.