Hi all,
A rare Wednesday foray outside the big festivals for me today.
The Listed EBF Stallions John Musker Fillies’ Stakes (2.15) at Yarmouth is the feature race of today’s action. There’s also Listed action at Sandown in the Chasemore Farm Fortune Stakes (3.30). The field sizes for the two Listed races have stood up well and they look decent races for what has been a run of the mill week so far after last week’s excitement.
Ayr’s three day Gold Cup or Western Meeting gets underway tomorrow and there are the normal big fields handicaps. There is likely to be the odd selection tomorrow but before that I have a couple for today.
Sandown
3:30 – Sir Busker is the best horse on ratings has placed in Group 1 company over a mile. The 5-year-old has been running in Group races on his last four starts. A mile his optimum distance and he won’t be far away here. However, he does need a strongly run race to be seen at his best and he’s not certain to get it here.
Mostahdaf a winner of his first three starts including a soft ground Listed contest over C&D in May. Was well beaten in the Group 1 St James Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot when last seen in action but the quick ground may not have ideally suited him that day. His half-sister Nazeef improved with racing and was a double Group 1 winner at four on soft/heavy ground. Get’s his ground and likely to be popular with punters.
Perotto has improved from handicap company, won the valuable Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot, into pattern company. Not disgraced when a 2 ¼ length 5th of 9 in the Group 2 Celebration Stakes at Goodwood last time. He will appreciate the drop-in class here but I’m not sure he wants the ground to soft. Like Sir Busker he might be at his best in a evenly run race.
The softening of the ground will suit the improving Rhoscolyn. Improved to win three handicaps in May/June and was an excellent second in the valuable Golden Mile Handicap at Goodwood two starts back. Not at his best on good to firm when a 3 ¼ length 3rd of 6 behind Toro Strike in a Group 3 back at Goodwood last time. Looks worth another chance to show he’s up to this level which think he is on soft ground.
1pt win – Rhoscolyn – 15/2 @ Bet376 & Paddy Power
Yarmouth
4:10 – Media Guest returned from a four-month break in August to post a a couple of decent looking efforts including putting up a career best effort on RPR’s when a neck 2nd of 10 over C&D 17-days ago. He looks capable of bit more improvement and seemed to handle soft ground well enough on his two juvenile starts in 2020.
Not saying he’s a good thing here by any means because he’s not but at 15/2 & bigger he looks worth a punt. At say 9/2 he wouldn’t. It’s all about the price with this one.
1pt win – Media Guest – 8/1 @ Bet365 or 15/2 @ Coral & Ladbrokes
Cheers
John