I am penning these notes on Tuesday morning as I am off to watch Macclesfield Town’s latest pre season friendly tonight. My selections didn’t fare too well yesterday. Northside Prince was brought down in the horrific pile up at Ayr, one of the worst accidents I have ever seen in a flat race. Thankfully all the horses appeared to come through unscathed and only Joe Fanning suffered a significant injury of the human fallers. Plymouth Rock was a big disappointment last night although his jockey did lose an iron early in the race.
After recent failures it might seem as though I need divine intervention to tip a winner. What better then than to try Sent from Heaven in the Kempton 7.20. This filly, by 2,000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand is related to several winners and apparently well thought of by her trainer.
Later on the Kempton card Miss Eze runs in the 8.20. She comes from family that I have followed over the years. They are all named after locations in the South of France. Miss Eze is now with Michael Bell as her trainer from last year, Geoff Wragg has retired. In truth Miss Eze has disappointed in her last couple of runs but she showed some ability last season and Michael Bell has his horses in good form.
Casual Garcia is the only runner at Lingfield to really catch my eye. He has a most unlikely career record. He looked a bit of a donkey after 6 runs finishing last or next to last on 5 of his 6 races. He then romped home in a Lingfield seller. He improved again when upped in distance winning at Nottingham and Folkestone. On his reappearance at Ascot this year he was last appearing to spit his dummy out. He is worth another chance in the 3.20 where he may be able to dictate the pace from the front.
Today’s picture is courtesy of the artist Ruth Buchanan.
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