Uttoxeter stages an interesting card tomorrow and I will start there.
In the 1.10 Serabad looks the likely winner. A listed race winner on the flat in France he has the benefit of a recent run.
Super Nick has his first run for Venetia Williams in the 1.30. He won a couple of bumpers last season and also showed promise over hurdles.
There are two runners from our list to follow in the 2.40. Alan King’s ex French Ouzbeck was 3rd on his UK hurdling debut and went into a fair few notebooks as a result. He does look a bright prospect. The main danger could come from The Package, trained by David Pipe. He won a bumper at Towcester on his only start thus far and it could be significant that the ground that day was good to firm. If the ground dries out at Uttoxeter The Package may be able to overturn the Alan King runner.
In the 3.15 there are 3 from our list to follow. Nevada Royale may well start favourite. This one has a good record in point to points winning 3 out of 3. One of these wins came on good ground. Teamgeist is a big, old fashioned chasing sort who has shown promise on his 2 starts, one in a bumper and one over hurdles. He does look the type to do well in this sphere. The Real Deal won twice over hurdles last season but fell on his chasing debut last month.
In the 4.20 Ballaroyale represents our list. He was 3rd in a bumper at Warwick last season when well backed. After this he is likely to be going novice chasing.
In the 3.25 at Warwick the admirable Mister McGoldrick and Howard Johnsons ex flat winner, the grey Coat of Honour have sound claims. I will take a chance of the ultra consistent Three Mirrors trained by Ferdy Murphy.
The 2.45 at Down Royal is an interesting contest bringing together some promising hurdlers. Bob’s Pride could be the one to be on. He won a Derby Trial on the flat and looked good when winning two handicaps over hurdles last April. Both those wins came on good ground and he could eb hard to beat here.
Kevin Ryan sends his Ayr Gold Cup winner Advanced over to Maison Laffitte for a Group 3 contest (2.20) and he may well have found another winning opportunity.
The only runner from our list to follow on the flat is Cadwell who is having his first run for Tim Pitt in the 8.25 at Wolverhampton. He was 2nd on his first start this season but has run pretty dismally on his 3 subsequent starts.
See you tomorrow
ahorse 