We had a disappointing haul from the 5 runners from the list to follow on Tuesday, with only 1 winner, Mannikko at evens. I think that some of the others will come good eventually though and I will be sticking with them.
Apart from the listers, I was pleased that a couple of other horses that I mentioned, Clear Impression and Sierra Vista ran well in the sprint at Bath. They were 3rd and 4th at 18/1 and 9/1 respectively.
Regular readers may remember a horse called Mr Sandicliffe. His career form figures now read 222242. He has turned finishing 2nd into a positive art form. Can he break his duck in the Nottingham 2.10? I wouldn’t bet on it!
Woolly Bully, from our list to follow seems bent on emulating Mr Sandicliffe as he has finished runner up on both his starts this season. He was only beaten a short head last time out at Leicester and tries to go one better in the 4.10. He has not gone up in the weights since his last run and now has a good 3 lbs claimer on board in Adam Kirby. Woolly Bully deserves to win a race.
Miss Thailand represents our list in the maiden at 4.40. Geoff Wragg’s filly made an encouraging start to her career when a close up third at Yarmouth last September. She is related to the classy Asian Heights and looks one to follow.
Cool Customer is probably nothing special but he has won for us this season already in a weak maiden at Leicester. He runs in the 8.52 at Kempton, another ordinary looking race and he must have a fair chance.
Lingfield 2.00 Fairfield Princess won nicely at Kempton last time. The 2nd that day was Crystal Gazer, who reopposes here. Should be close between these two.
3.00 Mostashaar and Stronghold represent out list to follow. Mostashaar was an easy winner of the Britannia Handicap at York last season and if fully would up on his first run of the season looks the likely winner.
3.30 River Thames is a horse that I featured a few times last season and he did win a couple. I didn’t include him in the list to follow this season as he looks the type that could be a bit difficult to place as a 3 year old. I will continue to monitor his progress though.
4.00 Tungsten Strike is a course and distance winner but may need the run after being off the track for 200 Days.
5.00 Imperial Gain went into my notebook last season after he had run 2nd to Signor Peltro at Haydock. He has had 3 runs and now makes his handicap debut.
Pontefract 2.20 Jack Rackham and Seriously Lucky are interesting runners here. Jack Rackham finished well when 3rd on his debut at Musselburg and one of the horses behind him has since won. He gets the selection on the basis that his experience will stand him in good stead. Seriously Lucky is bred to win as a 2 year old and is one to watch on his debut here for a stable that have a good hit rate with juveniles.
4.20 Chess Board runs for Sir Mark Prescott. On Tuesday I had high hopes for another horse from this stable, Phone In, but he could only finish 4th at Kempton. He was allowed to start at 6/1 which was surprising and I am wondering if the Prescott 3 year olds are in need of a run to put them right. I will be watching Chess Board with interest.
That is about it for now. Plenty of interesting runners on Wednesday. I will be back tomorrow night to review the day and preview Thursday.
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