Category: Racing diary

 

Fontwell

4.00 Pearls Legend

Worcester

1.40 Seven Woods

2.40 Catch the Rhythm

4.55 Fox Run (danger Horatio Hornblower)

5.30 Josh’s Dreamway

 

Exeter

2.10 Vintage Kid, a point to point winner at Tralee looks the likely victor here. It remains to be seen if he needs testing ground to show his best form. The 15/8 in the RP does not look over generous.

2.40 Melodic Rendezvous has top class bumper form and could be very good. Hereford bumper winner Mr Mole looks the danger.

3.10 Module won a competitive Cheltenham handicap hurdle in January before suffering a setback. His switch to fences now looks significant.

4.40 This is a tricky race with several in with chances. My two against the field would be Gullinbursti and Rocky Creek. The latter may perhaps have the edge.

Today’s picture is of Best Mate by the artist Lisa Miller.

 

Spirit of Shankly won a bumper under a penalty at Market Rasen which is never easy tom do. He faces some decent rivals in the Kempton 3.20 but at 5/1 he seems value.

 

Cheltenham

2.00 Rendl Beach is unbeaten after 2 bumpers and a novice hurdles. The extra distance here should not be a problem and the stable are in form. He should go well but the price looks a bit skinny.

3.05 Paul Nicholls seems to have found a winning opportunity for Dodging Bullets.

4.20 I started with a short list of 3 for this, Handy Andy, Barlow and Captain Sunshine. The latter looks the best handicapped and he just gets the nod.

Kelso selections

2.05 One for Hocky

2.40 Sydney Paget

3.15 Lie Forrit

 

Cheltenham

2.10 Smart bumper performer The New One won well on his hurdles debut at Newton Abbot and represents a stable that inevitably has winners at this stage of the season.

2.45 Domtaline goes well fresh and runs here for the last time as a novice. King of the Night is highly rated and goes well on good ground.

3.20 Fox Appeal has a good engine and stays well. He has an each way chance here.

3.55 Tour des Champs won at Uttoxeter in May and the form has worked out well as the runner up has weon 3 times since.

4.30 Rysbrack won a Worcester bumper and has run well on the flat since. Population is another to consider.

 

Uttoxeter

3.40 Pearl’s Legend

Wincanton

2.20 Cowards Close

2.50 Twelve Roses

 

After a good winner today I will try my luck with a couple at Wetherby for tomorrow.

In the 3.55 Mac Aeda and Wolfe Shield in the 4.30.

 

There is an interesting novice chase at Huntingdon tomorrow, the 3.50. None can be safely ruled out with both Well Regarded and Tour D’Argent very much respected on their hurdles form. Hildisvini could be the value. He likes going right handed and the ground should also be about right for him.

 

The 4.00 at Ffos Las looks an interesting novice chase. Paul Nicholls runs Keppols Hill an unbeaten pointer while Makethe Mostofnow was unbeaten over hurdles at Ffos Las.

 

Chepstow

1.55 Handazan

3.00 Fingal Bay (danger Poungach)

3.40 Hinterland

4.10 Handy Andy & Ulis de Vassy

Hexham

4.30 Green Flag