6.40 Kempton
Mitie Mouse 9/2
I like the look of Mike Murphy's relatively unexposed 3 year old who I'm hoping he can repeat the exploits of his debut over C+D by landing this event. Murphy's colt made his debut as a 2 year old at Kempton in June of last year when running out a neck victor when beating odds on favourite Excavator by a neck. After running a bit free in the early stages of the race, Mitie Mouse came alongside the front running favourite coming into the home straight and put in a game performance to land the Class 6 event. The form of this race is pretty decent, with the 3rd Lupo Doro, who had the benefit of a run prior to this race, finishing 2nd 5 times and 3rd twice in his 7 handicap starts between marks of 71 to 78. After this Mitie Mouse was switched to the turf where he ran at Royal Ascot in the Windsor Stakes. Although last of the field, it demonstrated to me that connections believe he has a bit of ability about him.
On his 3rd start and handicap debut off a mark of 74 in July, Mitie Mouse ran an excellent race to finish a head 2nd in a Class 3 handicap as he was denied on the line by Guru Girl. It was a a good effort and demonstrated that his debut effort was no flash in the pan. The form of that race has worked out pretty well with the winner Guru Girl finishing a 0.25L beaten 2nd on her next start off a 5lb higher mark. Furthermore, the 3rd Kool Henry ran a very promising 4th in a Listed race subsequently and the 6th See Clearly won off the same mark on her next start. On his final 2 starts, Mitie Mouse was pretty disappointing finishing well beaten in Class 4 and Class 2 events although I think something may have been wrong with the horse as on his 2nd last start jockey Neil Callan can be seen looking down and restraining his mount soon after.
Tomorrow Mitie Mouse makes his seasonal reappearance having been off the track since September and given he won on debut I have absolutely no concerns that he will need the run to be seen at best effect. Now a 3 year old, I'm hoping Murphy will have been able to strengthen him up over the winter period. He returns to the scene of his only success off a mark of 75 in a Class 5 event and given his 2nd off only a 1lb lower mark in a higher grade I'll be pretty surprised if he's not good enough to defy this mark in his career, given he has been campaigned in Listed, Class 2 and Class 3 events in his brief career. Furthermore, as most of trainer Mike Murphy's runners are campaigned on the AW I think its significant he has kept Mitie Mouse for the turf season which I am sure he will be campaigned over after this event. The talented Jim Crowley takes the ride for the first time and although he's 0-8 for Muprhy, this will be his first time riding for the trainer since 2010 so I think its an eye catching booking. With Murphy in great form at the moment, I am pretty confident Mitie Mouse can repeat the exploits of his debut and maintain his 100% strike rate on the AW.
Got to have saver on that Macdonald Mor yoke now at 8s as like Nass has pointed out he could be absolutely thrown in off 74.
Mitie Mouse 9/2
I like the look of Mike Murphy's relatively unexposed 3 year old who I'm hoping he can repeat the exploits of his debut over C+D by landing this event. Murphy's colt made his debut as a 2 year old at Kempton in June of last year when running out a neck victor when beating odds on favourite Excavator by a neck. After running a bit free in the early stages of the race, Mitie Mouse came alongside the front running favourite coming into the home straight and put in a game performance to land the Class 6 event. The form of this race is pretty decent, with the 3rd Lupo Doro, who had the benefit of a run prior to this race, finishing 2nd 5 times and 3rd twice in his 7 handicap starts between marks of 71 to 78. After this Mitie Mouse was switched to the turf where he ran at Royal Ascot in the Windsor Stakes. Although last of the field, it demonstrated to me that connections believe he has a bit of ability about him.
On his 3rd start and handicap debut off a mark of 74 in July, Mitie Mouse ran an excellent race to finish a head 2nd in a Class 3 handicap as he was denied on the line by Guru Girl. It was a a good effort and demonstrated that his debut effort was no flash in the pan. The form of that race has worked out pretty well with the winner Guru Girl finishing a 0.25L beaten 2nd on her next start off a 5lb higher mark. Furthermore, the 3rd Kool Henry ran a very promising 4th in a Listed race subsequently and the 6th See Clearly won off the same mark on her next start. On his final 2 starts, Mitie Mouse was pretty disappointing finishing well beaten in Class 4 and Class 2 events although I think something may have been wrong with the horse as on his 2nd last start jockey Neil Callan can be seen looking down and restraining his mount soon after.
Tomorrow Mitie Mouse makes his seasonal reappearance having been off the track since September and given he won on debut I have absolutely no concerns that he will need the run to be seen at best effect. Now a 3 year old, I'm hoping Murphy will have been able to strengthen him up over the winter period. He returns to the scene of his only success off a mark of 75 in a Class 5 event and given his 2nd off only a 1lb lower mark in a higher grade I'll be pretty surprised if he's not good enough to defy this mark in his career, given he has been campaigned in Listed, Class 2 and Class 3 events in his brief career. Furthermore, as most of trainer Mike Murphy's runners are campaigned on the AW I think its significant he has kept Mitie Mouse for the turf season which I am sure he will be campaigned over after this event. The talented Jim Crowley takes the ride for the first time and although he's 0-8 for Muprhy, this will be his first time riding for the trainer since 2010 so I think its an eye catching booking. With Murphy in great form at the moment, I am pretty confident Mitie Mouse can repeat the exploits of his debut and maintain his 100% strike rate on the AW.
Got to have saver on that Macdonald Mor yoke now at 8s as like Nass has pointed out he could be absolutely thrown in off 74.
... So i will put some up to avoid then...
. 2s in places if you shop around and I still think there's a little bit value in that.
