Hi all,
In what turned out to be a disappointing day. Brian Boranha ran on into the places in the Durham National and Lakemilan finished runner-up to an improver at Cork.
There will be the odd selection between now and Friday. So, keep an eye on your inbox’s for updates.
The weekend action looks good with Cheltenham’s first meeting of the winter jumps season on Friday & Saturday and the final Group 1 of the flat season with the Vertem Futurity at Doncaster.
On Sunday Aintree gets its season underway with the highlight being the Grade 2 Old Roan Handicap Chase.
Before all that there’s an interesting Listed race at Pontefract this afternoon.
Pontefract
1:45 – bfstallions.com Silver Tankard Stakes (Listed Race) – 1m
Just the seven go to post for this juvenile contest which is a shame from an each-way perspective. Ralph Beckett saddled the winner in 2015 & 2018 and he’s got a contender in Iconic Queen. A winner at Chester (good to soft) two starts back she wasn’t drawn where the action was when 5th of 16 behind one of today’s rival Mystery Angel in a valuable Newmarket nursery 23-days ago. Really testing ground is a unknown for the filly but she should be suited by the step up to a mile.
Percy’s Pride is the outsider of the field. The filly ran a cracker to finish 3rd of 13 on her Salisbury racecourse debut (soft). Bred for middle distances, being a full sister to Blakeney Point she did well to get so close as she did over 7f at Salisbury. Should relish the Pontefract mile and goes well in rain softened ground. Up in class but she’s open to improvement and i fancy she can out run her odds here.
1pt win – Iconic Queen – 13/2 @ Sky Bet
0.5pts each way – Percy’s Pride – 20/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes (paying 2 places ¼ odds)
Cheers
John