If you watched The Morning Line on Saturday you will have noted that Richard Hoiles gave Mistoffelees as his charity bet and the 4 year old won at 4/1 for his inexperienced rider. The horse looks one to follow and it will be interesting to see how he gets on with a more experienced jockey on board.
The National Stud Stakes at Newmarket went to the previously frustrating Dafeef, well ridden by Ted Durcan. The placed horses Deacon Blues and Bated Breath lost nothing in defeat and all 3 are worth noting for the future.
Lucky Windmill was an emphatic winner of a maiden at Pontefract this afternoon for trainer Alan Swinbank. This horse ran twice last season over inadequate trips and I was waiting for his third run to see what his handicap mark would be. He won by rather a long way today and the handicapper is likely to be quite hard on him. He won over a mile today and there may well be further improvement to come, possibly if he is tried over further.
Selections for Monday.
Kempton 3.00 Wulfrida
4.00 Mass Rally
Windsor 5.40 Higgy’s Ragazzo
7.40 Official Style
Today’s picture is courtesy of the artist Katy Sodeau.
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