Gamla Stan
At the Start
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Heritage Handicaps aren't usually my thing but this event interested me a great deal with a likeable favourite and three very appealing big priced EW selections.
I think the favourite is a very good thing and is a clichéd "group horse in a handicap" and the 6/1 seems very generous and should be snapped up asap. He's won his last four and the time of his Sandown race was sensational and was most definitely a group class time, one only needs to compare it with Paco Boy on the same card to see the small difference given the gulf in class. The second also came out and won a decent handicap at Newmarket last weekend and he should be about half his price.
A couple of outsiders that caught my eye were two horses that were drawn high in the 6f handicap on 1000 Guineas day; Golden Desert and Rileyskeepingfaith who are both 50/1 pokes but ran respectably when trapped on the outside from their poor draws last weekend. The time of that race was very hot, the best on the card in fact and as they are also both polytrack horses, they should, like most of their ilk, go well at Ascot.
David Marnane should also be respected when he brings one over and my fourth bet in the race will be Dandy Boy at 25/1 who also ran in a very hot race on the clock at Dundalk lto and I suspect he'll enjoy Ascot and be in the mix bar any trouble in-running or draw nonsense.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I think the favourite is a very good thing and is a clichéd "group horse in a handicap" and the 6/1 seems very generous and should be snapped up asap. He's won his last four and the time of his Sandown race was sensational and was most definitely a group class time, one only needs to compare it with Paco Boy on the same card to see the small difference given the gulf in class. The second also came out and won a decent handicap at Newmarket last weekend and he should be about half his price.
A couple of outsiders that caught my eye were two horses that were drawn high in the 6f handicap on 1000 Guineas day; Golden Desert and Rileyskeepingfaith who are both 50/1 pokes but ran respectably when trapped on the outside from their poor draws last weekend. The time of that race was very hot, the best on the card in fact and as they are also both polytrack horses, they should, like most of their ilk, go well at Ascot.
David Marnane should also be respected when he brings one over and my fourth bet in the race will be Dandy Boy at 25/1 who also ran in a very hot race on the clock at Dundalk lto and I suspect he'll enjoy Ascot and be in the mix bar any trouble in-running or draw nonsense.
Anyone have any thoughts?
