Aleatricis (picture below) provided my list to follow with a winner on Monday, and there was a nice story to go with it as it was jockey Rosie Jessop’s 19th birthday. The horse will not be penalised for the success and it is long odds on that his trainer will finds another winning opportunity for him before he is reassessed by the handicapper. I wasn’t sure that the drop down to 10 furlongs would be ideal but his young jockey gave him a positive ride, making plenty of use of his stamina. In the evening meeting at Windsor, First Avenue was a beaten favourite and is proving expensive to follow.
At Catterick tomorrow Lenny Lungo’s Rehearsal runs in the claimer at 4.00. Rehearsal has won three times in his career, once on the flat, once over hurdles and once over fences. All 3 wins have been on good ground. He is an Elite Racing Club horse so I hope he wins but he doesn’t have a great strike rate.
I had Rivington Pike in my notebook earlier in the season as he looked the type that might improve when tackling middle distances. To be honest he has not given followers much encouragement but he is racing off a mark of only 56 and his trainer is in splendid form. He runs in the 5.00.
Down at Kempton Walter Swinburn’s Brief Candle, who runs in the 7.20 is interesting for a number of reasons. She is presumably named after the tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow speech from Macbeth, although she is out of a mare called Bright Hope which might also explain the name. Anyway, more to the point she is a half sister to multiple winner Birkside, and also to Wintercast who won over a mile at 2.
The picture of Aleatricis is by kind permission of British 2YO Racing
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