Tim Vaughan is rapidly making a name for himself in the trainers ranks and he had another winner today thanks to Moorlands Teri in the closing bumper at Bangor. She looks a big scopey sort and it will be interesting to follow her progress.
On the all weather at Southwell this afternoon evergreen sprinter The Tatling (pictured below) chalked up his 14 career win at the age of 12.
All eyes tomorrow will be on the return of Denman in the 2.50 at Kempton tomorrow. I am not sure that I want to take 1/2 about a horse that has suffered an irregular heartbeat so I think I will sit this one out and just enjoy watching the race. Hopefully Denman (pictured below) will come through OK as we need superstars in the sport. Alberta’s Run would be the obvious one to benefit should Denman not be A1 although the ground will not be ideal for Jonjo O’Neill’s horse. From a personal point of view I will be interested to see how An Accordion gets on now that David Pipe’s stable seem to be emerging from the doldrums a little. An Accordion is a horse I have always like and could just be one to watch out for in a race at the Cheltenham Festival next month.
There are 3 runners from my list to follow involved in the 1.10 but they all have questions to answer. Pancake has proved very expensive to follow and always seems to find one or two that are too good for him. Non de Guerre unseated last time out while Andytown was a beaten favourite over hurdles on his last start. In the hope that he has more to offer than he has shown so far I will nominate Andytown as the best of the 3 but again this is not a race to get too heavily involved in.
Tartak has been running well in strong company and if he jumps well he must stand a good chance in the 3.25.
From a winner finding point of view the meeting at Ayr seems to offer us more cause for optimism – unfortunately it is under severe threat from the weather.
If it does go ahead Merigo would be my selection in the 1.00 with Grizebeck the likely danger.
Money Trix has always been held in high regard by his trainer and looks the one they all have to beat in the 4.00 while Open de L’Isle impressed me on his last run and shouldn’t be far away in the 4.20.
Other runners entered from my list to follow at Ayr are Great Approach and Master Builder in the 1.30 and Raysrock in the 3.45.
Today’s pictures are by courtesy of the artist Lisa Miller. See links for further examples of this artists work.
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