Following 3 year old handicaps can be qite a profitable line at this stage of the season and I quite like the look of Hughie Morrison’s Stow (pictured below) in the 2.40 at Pontefract. Stow is a full brother to Bajan Pride who rather let us down the other day but I won’t hold that against him. With 3 runs over inadequate trips last season Stow is open to improvement now he tackles 12 furlongs.
Knot in Wood appeared in these pages regularly last season and is a horse I like. He runs in the 3.10 at Pontefract where he is set to carry top weight. The useful claimer Jamie Moriaty takes 3 lbs off but I would just worry that the handicapper may have this one in his grasp at present. Watch out for him if he slips down the ratings though.
Although Lang Shining won on Saturday some of Sir Michael Stoute’s runners have performed below par recently. He has a couple of well fancied runners at Windsor tomorrow evening so it will be interesting to see how they get on. Adversity (pictured below) runs in the 6.25.
He is by Oasis Dream who has made a good start at stud and won on his second appearance last season on the all weather at Kempton. The runner up that day has won since and Adversity could be quite well treated off his current mark. The Stoute team are represented by French Riviera in the 7.25. This colt holds a Derby entry and will be all the rage tomorrow after making a promising debut in his only outing last season.
On Tuesday I am interested in Hereford Boy in the 3.25 at Folkestone and Pertemps Networks in the 5.00 at Southwell.
I will be back on Tuesday evening.
Pictures by kind permission of British 2YO Racing
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