Leviathan was beaten a neck at 8/1 today while Oldjoesaid again ran well despite being given too much to do by his rider and we will have to stick with him I think.
Tomorrow sees the start of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster. Sweet Lightning won well at York last month and is respected in the 2.35. He was ridden by the underrated Tom Eaves on that occasion but I see that Richard Hughes is on board this time. All Sweet Lightning’s turf wins have come on good ground. The stable are going well at present.
Only two clear favourites have won the 3.45 in the last 10 years so it may be worth looking for something at a decent price. Rumoush and Ship’s Biscuit both make some appeal with Rumoush perhaps having the better chance.
In the nursery at 4.20 I a m going for Honeymead. She was disappointing at York last time but may be better than she showed then as she had previously run in a Group 3 at Ascot.
The 5.25 is a wide open sprint where I will take a chance with Roker Park who was runner up at Chester on his last start. He handles any ground and won at Doncaster on his last run on the Town Moor.
At Kempton I will stick with Hamloola in the 8.15 after she gave us a winner at Yarmouth last month. She has already shown she can handle the track.
Today’s picture is by kind permission of the artist Sue Malkin.
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