chaumi
Rookie
12.07 Kelso tomorrow Romeo Brown
My immediate thoughts when Hills opened with 18-1 earlier were...1. That looks a rick and 2. only another 2 points and it would have been on the longshot thread.
However, 90 mins later and he's now only 17-2 WH and a best-priced 10-1 365.
Course, distance, ground all should be spot on. No rain other than light drizzle forecast, and he can go on GS. Dry night could see it more towards good.
Romeo showed last time over an inadequate 2m1f (although at Carlisle so more like a bit further) that he still had the will, always front two at a good pace and only giving way at the last then fading up that stiff finish after a 218-day break. Even noted as an eyecatcher that day by the RP.
Two to beat on paper. Bois Guillbert may not have shown yet fully what he's got, the Nicky Richards fav Luckie Seven is a Soldier Of Fortune and may be better in this class over further but could well still have enough to win it.
It was 2 years ago that Romeo was winning a 2 and a half Aintree Class 2 from the front at 50-1 (and doing us a favour in the process), and a further 6 months before that winning a Haydock 3-mile C2 in good style (understatement, ran a big field into the ground). 4 out of 5 of last season's runs were on unsuitable proper soft ground. Tom Midgley rides and did so at Carlisle, he should know what to do.
I think the stable will be disappointed if it turns out that haven't found a strong opportunity to at least run very close. As a 10yo, probably won't have too many chances of this type left.
My immediate thoughts when Hills opened with 18-1 earlier were...1. That looks a rick and 2. only another 2 points and it would have been on the longshot thread.
However, 90 mins later and he's now only 17-2 WH and a best-priced 10-1 365.
Course, distance, ground all should be spot on. No rain other than light drizzle forecast, and he can go on GS. Dry night could see it more towards good.
Romeo showed last time over an inadequate 2m1f (although at Carlisle so more like a bit further) that he still had the will, always front two at a good pace and only giving way at the last then fading up that stiff finish after a 218-day break. Even noted as an eyecatcher that day by the RP.
Two to beat on paper. Bois Guillbert may not have shown yet fully what he's got, the Nicky Richards fav Luckie Seven is a Soldier Of Fortune and may be better in this class over further but could well still have enough to win it.
It was 2 years ago that Romeo was winning a 2 and a half Aintree Class 2 from the front at 50-1 (and doing us a favour in the process), and a further 6 months before that winning a Haydock 3-mile C2 in good style (understatement, ran a big field into the ground). 4 out of 5 of last season's runs were on unsuitable proper soft ground. Tom Midgley rides and did so at Carlisle, he should know what to do.
I think the stable will be disappointed if it turns out that haven't found a strong opportunity to at least run very close. As a 10yo, probably won't have too many chances of this type left.