Desert Orchid
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About time too, there's nothing flat about a winner! I had some winnings from yesterday so today just did a lucky 15 on Dark Red..Above N Beyond. forum member Viking's fancy Braavos at Uttoxter.... last but not least Light Entertainment at Wincanton. See what happens. Braavos is next up.
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I've taken the 14/1 about Perfect Pasture in the 2:10.
Mick Easterby has an excellent LSP at this track and he sent two here yesterday. One ran arguably better than you'd expect an 80/1 shot to (beaten 4l) and the other was just touched off into second @ 13/2.
Perfect Pasture ran a cracking race in a decent handicap at Goodwood last weekend and with today's claimer on board gets to run here effectively off a 5lb lower mark. The claimer who's been riding plenty of winners had his first ever ride here on yesterday's runner up and that will have helped him get to get to know the track.
For a horse who's been spending most of his life running over 5 and 6f the way he ran last weekend over 7f suggested he'd improve for the extra yardage with his sprinting experience hopefully giving him the necessary pace to hold a position.
Mick Easterby has an excellent LSP at this track and he sent two here yesterday. One ran arguably better than you'd expect an 80/1 shot to (beaten 4l) and the other was just touched off into second @ 13/2.
Perfect Pasture ran a cracking race in a decent handicap at Goodwood last weekend and with today's claimer on board gets to run here effectively off a 5lb lower mark. The claimer who's been riding plenty of winners had his first ever ride here on yesterday's runner up and that will have helped him get to get to know the track.
For a horse who's been spending most of his life running over 5 and 6f the way he ran last weekend over 7f suggested he'd improve for the extra yardage with his sprinting experience hopefully giving him the necessary pace to hold a position.
I've taken 16/1 about Whoopsy Daisy in the 5.20. Drawn 10 but likely to handle the track and step up to 1m 4f no problem. If she can hold a decent position she should be staying on strongly and looks a bit of value.
E/W double?
N/R this is. I've already backed Sound Advice in the first, a tentative choice it has to be said. Good luck Wilson.
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2.10 - Chester - Glenalmond. 1 pt e/w. Available at 12/1.
Decent Juvenile who started his three year old career on a mark of 107. That saw him take in the 2000 Guineas, a Group 3 and a Group 2 on his first three starts. He didn't make any impression in those races and was dropped into handicap company on a mark of 98. The best of his final three starts in that sphere was his four length fifth of thirteen over this C/D in July, a performance which needs marking up as he tried to come from off an unsuitably steady pace. His reappearance at Thirsk this season came on much softer ground than ideal and he could be seen to much better effect now he returns to better going. He is now eight pounds lower in the weights than he was here last season, the jockey who rode him then returns for the first time since and he has a good draw in stall three. The yard have a profitable 14% strike rate with their older horses in handicaps in recent seasons.
4.20 - Chester - Khelman. 1.5 pts e/w. Available at 10/1.
The surprise of this meeting so far is that Richard Fahey has drawn a blank. That may change today and, if it hasn't by the time this race comes round, it could be Khelman that gets him on the scoreboard. He starts off this campaign just two pounds higher than when winning at Epsom last September and he has run well on his reappearance in two of the last three seasons. His form has generally tailed off in the latter stages of the last two campaigns and the Spring/Summer months are the best time to catch him. He is drawn in the box seat here and ridden by a very good seven pound claimer who has an 18% strike rate for the yard this year.
5.20 - Chester - Trendsetter. 1.5 pts win. Available at 7/1.
Trendsetter was last seen slipping up over hurdles at Cheltenham in November and it's likely he has been given time to get over that experience in preparation for a flat campaign. Aside from disappointing in soft ground at Nottingham in August he performed very well in his other six starts, placing three times and winning over an extended 13 furlongs here in August. He is normally seen over further than this but there looks to be enough pace in the race for his stamina to be a factor and he is a good traveller; the type of horse who does well here. He still looks feasibly weighted and is ridden by a seven pound claimer who has been placed twice and won on three of his last eight rides.
Decent Juvenile who started his three year old career on a mark of 107. That saw him take in the 2000 Guineas, a Group 3 and a Group 2 on his first three starts. He didn't make any impression in those races and was dropped into handicap company on a mark of 98. The best of his final three starts in that sphere was his four length fifth of thirteen over this C/D in July, a performance which needs marking up as he tried to come from off an unsuitably steady pace. His reappearance at Thirsk this season came on much softer ground than ideal and he could be seen to much better effect now he returns to better going. He is now eight pounds lower in the weights than he was here last season, the jockey who rode him then returns for the first time since and he has a good draw in stall three. The yard have a profitable 14% strike rate with their older horses in handicaps in recent seasons.
4.20 - Chester - Khelman. 1.5 pts e/w. Available at 10/1.
The surprise of this meeting so far is that Richard Fahey has drawn a blank. That may change today and, if it hasn't by the time this race comes round, it could be Khelman that gets him on the scoreboard. He starts off this campaign just two pounds higher than when winning at Epsom last September and he has run well on his reappearance in two of the last three seasons. His form has generally tailed off in the latter stages of the last two campaigns and the Spring/Summer months are the best time to catch him. He is drawn in the box seat here and ridden by a very good seven pound claimer who has an 18% strike rate for the yard this year.
5.20 - Chester - Trendsetter. 1.5 pts win. Available at 7/1.
Trendsetter was last seen slipping up over hurdles at Cheltenham in November and it's likely he has been given time to get over that experience in preparation for a flat campaign. Aside from disappointing in soft ground at Nottingham in August he performed very well in his other six starts, placing three times and winning over an extended 13 furlongs here in August. He is normally seen over further than this but there looks to be enough pace in the race for his stamina to be a factor and he is a good traveller; the type of horse who does well here. He still looks feasibly weighted and is ridden by a seven pound claimer who has been placed twice and won on three of his last eight rides.
