Hi all,
Both King Ragnar & Springfield Fox disappointed in their respective races yesterday but at least Shanty Alley gave us a good run for our money finding just one to strong in Wincanton’s feature race.
Not the best of starts to a busy few days racing. Today I was going to leave alone but I have found a couple at Chepstow to be interested in, albeit to modest stakes.
Chepstow
3:20 – Alminar won a heavy ground, 3m handicap chase here last January and shaped well when 3rd of 13 at Cheltenham back in October. Not far off his best when third at Kelso last time and can go close.
Holdbacktheriver won this race 12 months ago, off 1lb lower, and was an encouraging 5th of 11 at Exeter last time. He’s capable of going well again and the cheekpieces he wore when winning this race return, for the first time since.
1pt win – Alminar – 9/2 – Gen
4:20 – Destin D’ajonc remains a maiden after five starts over fences.The 8-year-old has shaped a bit better on his last two starts though and finished runner-up at Uttoxeter 49-days ago. Clearly not the easiest to win with as 1-14 career record shows but he’s on a what looks like a competitive mark and connections landed Wincanton’s feature race yesterday.
1pt win – Destin D’ajonc – 5/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes
Cheers
John