Daily Racing Thread Saturday 8th. Dec. 2018

Saturday's Meetings

Aintree
N/H 7 Races 11:55-3:15p.m.
Navan
N/H 7 Races 12:00-3:20p.m.
Wetherby
N/H 7 Races 12:05-3:25p.m.
Sandown
N/H 7 Races 12:15-3:35p.m.
Chepstow
N/H 7 Races 12:20-3:40p.m.
Wolverhampton(E)
A/W 8 Races 5:15-8:45p.m.

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Hello, all. Hope everyone well. Good, good. I’ll nominate, to the regular readers, a filly with a lovely name re the morrow.

APPLE’S SHAKIRA’s last 2 races have both been at Grade 1 level and she started at odds of 11/10 and 7/4 in these 2 contests. Ran respectably in both as well finishing 4th in the Triumph Hurdle and then 3rd in Aintree’s ‘Anniversary Hurdle’. The old girl though takes a step down tomorrow to handicap level (for the first time) and is set to run off a more than fair mark of 142.

Prior to this pair of Grade 1 defeats Apple’s Shakira had won 3 out of 3 for the forum’s favourite trainer (including twice at Grade 2 level by a combined total of 25 lengths). She didn’t simply defeat ‘trees’ either, in those heats, as left in her wake were such types as Gumball (subsequently Grade 1 placed), Eragon De Chanay (won 2 subsequent races and runner-up in £40k handicap), Speedo Boy (dual winner since) and Look My Way (has gone onto win the £50,000 Chester Plate, on the level, off 93).

Apple’s Shikara’s opponents look a noble bunch but you would have to say if there is one animal, in the field, with the potential to being capable of being a lot better than their current marks then it would be the Lieutenant’s representative. That great man also knows what it takes to win this prize having been victorious in the event in 3 of the previous 6 runnings.

You do, of course, have to take her fitness on trust but I’m sure that the Lieutenant, ably assisted by his Privates, will have sufficiently prepared the old girl on the gallops at Seven Barrows. In Lieutenant Henderson we trust and all that.

So then, pilgrims, I think Apple’s Shikira can commence her term with a win, of the morrow, and believe her capable of conceding weight all round.

Good luck old girl and good luck, team.

 

Off to Sandown tomorrow for what looks a cracking card. Really looking forward to seeing lalor and am edging towards un de sceaux in the tingle creek, sorry if I’ve put the mockers on.

 

Morning, great days racing today!

A few look worth a bet, up at Aintree 1.30 I am taking David Pipe to have got his runner VIEUX LION ROUGE 11/1 E/W back to form after a wind op.

 

Should be good day of sporting action. My arrows are.
1.30 Ain Missed Approach
2.25 San Apple’s Shakira
3.15 Ain Shanahan’s Turn
3.35 San Milansbar
EW Lucky 15, little acca Altior, Lalor, Deffo Red and Apple’s. Skybet Price Boost with on football. Have a good weekend fellas. Good luck.

 

With the ground going Chepstow heavy, I’ve gone for two horses carrying little weight at the bottom of the handicaps.

The first being Venetia’s Top And Drop, who is carrying a mere 10’2 from a lowly mark of 96. She has form from last year on soft surfaces and I thought she was going nicely enough at Wetherby in her first chase to suggest that this mark will be exploitable.

She’s had a pipe opener and now the soft ground has come, I expect to see better from the horses from this yard who’ve already had a run.

Then later on the card we have Falcons Fall who is on 10’9 in the eights but gets another 7lb off his back with his jockeys allowance. I like the lad too, he’s got a 15% strike rate this season and is worth a bit more than his claim suggests.

This horse has winning course form on this going and is coming back from a poor season last year. This means his mark could be exploitable and at 16s he looks a fair bet.

Two 16s shots at Chepstow

 

I was thinking pretty much the same about Chepstow and have done Venetia's four as her horses seem to flourish in this type of ground. The one I liked best is her YALLTARI, 1.55. Has won the last 3 and in heavy so as long as the fences don't catch him out I can see this one going close. At 8/1 I will go ew.

 

Not that I'm a lover of Billy hills, but they're paying out on 7 places in this race

 

Just Cameron 5/1 wetherby , drops in trip and grade at his favourite track,

 

Also off to Sandown and I’m edging towards Altior! Reason being I think Sceau Royal has just as good a chance as Un de Sceaux, so I’m just going to stick with what I think is the classier horse.

Should be a great day though!

 

Got this doubled up with Wakanda in the race before. Singles on both aswell as think they both have a cracking chance today

 

Seriously
WTF

 

Place money from the first one!

 

So do I, although the market suggests otherwise