Borderlescott kept the list to follow ticking over winning the Stewards Cup at 10/1. Royston Ffrench rode the winner. He is in good form having won twice on Mark Johnston’s Crosspeace during the week at Goodwood.
Crosspeace’s half sister So Sweet won on Saturday, landing a bit of a gamble. Crosspeace himself won twice as a two year old. The one to take away from So Sweet’s race may be Cliché who only got the hang of things late on her debut but ran on well towards the finish.
There are 3 meetings on Monday with Ripon looking the most interesting.
The card starts with a two year old race where all 5 runners are previous winners. Fool Me is a horse I have been following and he was a winner at Leicester in a maiden on his second outing. This race looks tougher though. The trend has been for the winner to be well backed. In 2001 this race was won by Million Percent.
There is quite a strong sprint handicap at 3.20. Unfortunately from an each way backers point of view there are 15 runners. Our list to follow is well represented with a third of the field, and I will concentrate on them. King’s Gait has been running quite consistently but he carried top weight here and may just be a bit high in the handicap. His last win was at Musselburgh when he beat Fullandby by a head. Fullandby is 2 lbs better off now and is also in good form having won last time out. Zomerlust has won at Ripon twice from 6 attempts and has also finished second at the Yorkshire venue. Tim Easterby has 3 runners in the race and the booking of Kevin Darley for Game Lad looks noteworthy. Rather like a few others Game Lad may want some ease in the ground.
Our final runner is Ice Planet, who comes here on the back of a 2nd to Wyatt Earp at York. Ice Planet has been running well this season without winning. He was 2nd to Stewards Cup runner up Mutamared in May and 5th, beaten only a length to the winner of the Stewards Cup, Borderlescott also in May. He has only been out of the first 5 once in his last 15 starts and acts on firm ground. I think this might be his opportunity and he gets the selection.
We have a couple of runners in the 4.20. Phone In has been expensive to follow and I am not too keen on him now he has left Sir Mark Prescott’s yard. Raucus has run well on his 3 starts and should be suited by the trip. Looks to have a good chance of being in the shake up here.
Kerriemuir Lass also comes into the category of expensive to follow. Her last 4 runs read 2322. She is quite lightly raced and has not gone up in the weights from her last run which was not a bad effort. She is upped in trip for the 6.40 at Carlisle where Philip Robinsom might just try and make all with her. He will have the stiff finish to contend with. The main danger may be Bauer from the in form Luca Cumani stable.
I remain convinced that Harrison’s Flyer has a win a win in him this season. He goes in the 6.55 at Windsor.
That is about it for tonight. Hope to see you tomorrow evening.
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