The horse that caught my eye this afternoon was Carrickboy at Market Rasen. A fine big chasing type he was given a confident ride by Sam Thomas and looks one to follow.
The racing tomorrow is pretty low key stuff. In the 3.00 at Southwell I am torn between Shining Gale and West End Rocker. There is not much between them on their form thus far but with the stable in good from I am going to favour Shining Gale.
The 4.00 is an open race and a case could be made for most of the runners. Old Mister McGoldrick looks well handicapped and even at the age of 12 I wouldn’t rule him out. Middleton Dene will appreciate the drying ground while Backbord is another for the shortlist.
The Hollinwell is well regarded by his trainer and showed some promise when 2nd at Doncaster last month. He is one of my fancies for the 4.00 along with Traffic Control a very lightly raced former point to point winner.
In the 5.00 the well bred Flora’s Pride could be interesting.
At Taunton Limerick Boy will be hard to beat in the hunter chase at 4.20. At a bigger price Lord of Illusion makes some appeal.
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