We have the big Newmarket meeting coming up later in the week but in the meantime there is not a lot of quality on show on Monday and Tuesday.
I will however take a quick look at 3 horses that I have been following this season. Venture Capitalist has not paid anything to those investing in him thus far and he remains a maiden after 6 career starts. He ran his best race a couple of starts ago at Leicester when 2nd there in May but then only beat one home last month at Yarmouth. His half brother ran well in both English and Irish Derbies but Venture Capitalist is clearly not in that sort of class. He runs in the Brighton 4.30 tomorrow where Jamie Spencer has the ride for the first time. If reproducing the Leicester form he would have a chance.
Lochstar is yet to win on turf but comes from a stable in excellent form and cannot be ruled out in the Windsor 7.30.
There is just one runner from my list to follow on Tuesday and that is Hey Up Dad in the Pontefract 5.30. He won a maiden at Ayr on heavy ground as a 2 year old but has given his supporters little encouragement in 4 starts this term. He was too keen in first time blinkers on his last start at Haydock and the headgear has been left off this time. He has come down in the weights but would need to show some form before I will back him.
All in all I can’t get too excited about the chances of this trio with perhaps Lochstar presenting the most promise, particularly with Andrew Balding’s horses going so well.
My thanks to David Hebb for the photograph of Pontefract racecourse.
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