Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
King of Dixie was a disappointing beaten favourite at Doncaster a couple of weeks ago but may return to form tomorrow in the 4.30 at Lingfield. His record on the all weather surfaces is 3 wins from 3 starts. Both Fortuni and Scene Two got off the ...
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Sir Mark Prescott sends Alicante (pictured below) up to Redcar to contest the 3.40. This grey filly had the customary 3 runs over sprint distances last season but is related to a host of middle distance performers and is likely to show marked improvement now she runs over ...
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Rose Diamond should have both trip and going in her favour in the Ascot 2.45 tomorrow. She is a consistent sort and with the benefit of a run already this season she should go well. Henry Cecil has two runners in this race, Apple Charlotte and Honest Quality. ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
It is a little difficult to get away from tipping the obvious contenders at Punchestown tomorrow with Cheltenham form likely to be upheld in at least two of the major races. The exception could be the 4.20 however. Go Native travels really well in his races and ...
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Michael Bell has not had a winner with his last 21 runners so we do need to exercise a degree of caution with his horses for the moment. I will put forward his runner in the Windsor 5.55, Halfway House, as one to have a close look at ...
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
No trainer has been in better form on the flat than John Gosden but one of his runners yet to live up to expectations is Invisible Man who was a beaten favourite when making his seasonal reappearance at Newmarket. He does have a question or two to answer now but ...
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Tomorrow is the penultimate day of the jumps season and there is racing from 4 venues in the UK. One feature of the season has been the number of red hot favourites from the Paul Nicholls yard that have been turned over. Fistral Beach is one such ...
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
At Beverley tomorrow my two selections are Sir Royal, a lightly arced 4 year old in the 4.00 and The Fonz who will hopefully give us a happy day in the 4.30. I haven’t had much joy at Perth so far this week and the card tomorrow ...
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
The Epsom Blue Riband Trial has gone to the favourite or joint favourite 7 times in the last 10 years so the trends point to John Gosden’s Debussey to hit the right note in the 3.40 tomorrow. While respecting his chance I am going for Ouster who is trained by ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Jeremy Gask’s Street Power has notched 3 wins on the all weather this year and tries his hoof on the turf at Bath tomorrow in the 6.50. He could be one to follow this season. Ben’s Dream was runner up in a couple of races last October. ...
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