A rare Daily Thread starter from me but I've had a look at the mile handicap at Ripon tomorrow and I'm intrigued.
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As can be seen Timeform make a point that DD is held by AM.
On Saturday's running, yes, by about 12l; but AM just failed to get up that day, indicating that he may have had a hard race, whereas DD, ridden by Seb Sanders was struggling under pressure 2 out and weakened over 1 out. On 28th June DD, under P J McDonald, finished 13l behind Memory Cloth (5th and 3rd respectively) with AM 24l further back. On 8th June, under James Sullivan, DD was only 2½l behind Pintura and on 11th May only 2l behind Pintura when fav. Now I may be wrong but I would have thought Pintura would win this race tomorrow if running.
The last time P J McDonald rode DD before then was on 28th April when 5th to Memory Cloth (K Fallon) beaten only 8l giving away 6lb and not getting a clear run 2 out. Again I would have thought Memory Cloth would beat this lot.
All in all it would seem to me that DD with P J McDonald aboard has better form than AM so I tend to be at odds with Timeform.
The forecast fav Satanic Beat and second fav Sam Sharp* seem to perform better on a sounder surface.
DD has shown best form on soft and AM has shown best form on heavy. With DD being twice the odds of AM I'm thinking it's worth opposing Timeform and taking DD as a decent ew bet at 6/1 if the going is soft as forecast.
* Edit
Having read Stick's comments a double check reveals that Sam Sharp does have a decent piece of form on heavy - I missed that one
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As can be seen Timeform make a point that DD is held by AM.
On Saturday's running, yes, by about 12l; but AM just failed to get up that day, indicating that he may have had a hard race, whereas DD, ridden by Seb Sanders was struggling under pressure 2 out and weakened over 1 out. On 28th June DD, under P J McDonald, finished 13l behind Memory Cloth (5th and 3rd respectively) with AM 24l further back. On 8th June, under James Sullivan, DD was only 2½l behind Pintura and on 11th May only 2l behind Pintura when fav. Now I may be wrong but I would have thought Pintura would win this race tomorrow if running.
The last time P J McDonald rode DD before then was on 28th April when 5th to Memory Cloth (K Fallon) beaten only 8l giving away 6lb and not getting a clear run 2 out. Again I would have thought Memory Cloth would beat this lot.
All in all it would seem to me that DD with P J McDonald aboard has better form than AM so I tend to be at odds with Timeform.
The forecast fav Satanic Beat and second fav Sam Sharp* seem to perform better on a sounder surface.
DD has shown best form on soft and AM has shown best form on heavy. With DD being twice the odds of AM I'm thinking it's worth opposing Timeform and taking DD as a decent ew bet at 6/1 if the going is soft as forecast.
* Edit
Having read Stick's comments a double check reveals that Sam Sharp does have a decent piece of form on heavy - I missed that one
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. HEAD SPACE tomorrow 