On a very hot day the Ladbrokes office on the approach to Manchester’s Piccadilly station was an oasis of cool today – I can strongly recommend it.
If the weather has been hot of late so has the form of Sir Mark Prescott’s three year olds. They are doing wonders for the stats on my list to follow with Alambic winning yesterday and Liberate today. Alambic looks the sort that could go jumping like some others from the same yard – No Refuge and Inglis Drever for instance. Alambic made it a hat trick of wins when accounting for Platinum Charmer at Yarmouth. Platinum Charmer was originally owned by the ill fated Platinum Racing Club and was ridden to victory by the now suspended jockeys Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams. Liberate was a good thing at Lingfield this afternoon and made all to score by 9 lengths. He is another big strong sort that may go to a jumping yard in due course.
We have 3 runners in action form the list to follow on Thursday and, surprise surprise, two of them are Sir Mark Prescott 3 year olds. Alambic goes for a 4 timer in the 5.00 at Hamilton and looks to have a few pounds in hand of her rivals. This is her 4th run in 10 days but as long as she is not suffering from that workload she will probably win again. Warsaw Pact is going for his 4th win of the season in the 8.05 at Wolverhampton. His performances thus far have stamped as a tough, progressive young stayer and he is sure to start favourite.
The third runner from our list to follow is Raucous, trained by Tom Tate who goes in the 2.10 at Leicester. He was 4th in both his starts last season and should be up to winning a race this term. Something to note about this race is that favourites have an excellent record, winning 8 of the last 10 renewals. In fact the biggest starting price of a winner in the last 10 years is 100/30. I note that Able Baker Charlie won this in 2002 and went on to finish 2nd in the Royal Hunt Cup 2 years later.
See you tomorrow.
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