Hi all,
A good win for Simply The Betts gave us a small profit on the day to advised early pricesbut I’m a bit frustrated that I let Sky Bet Handicap Chase winner O K Corral go unbacked.
Not the best of Sunday’s from a betting perspective with the best meeting either side of the Irish Sea being at Naas. The two handicaps on the Naas card both look tricky puzzles to solve.
Naas
3:10 – Seventeenhurdles are set to go to post for what looks a competitive 2m handicap hurdle.
Like An Open Book doesn’t win very often 2 wins from 27 runs over hurdles but the mare was travelling as well as anything and in the process of going close when falling two out at Thurles last Sunday. If her confidence hasn’t been dented by that fall, she’s capable of going close here on drying ground that will suit.
Morning Skye a winner on the flat when trained in Britain by Hugo Palmer has yet to win on his seven starts over hurdles but ran some good races in maiden company last year for previous trainer Dennis Hogan. Returned from a 101-day absence to finish a respectable 3rd of 16 at Thurles on first start for Peter Fahey back in November. Up 3lb but if he reproduces his Thurles run on this stiffer track he shouldn’t be far away.
Trainer Martin Brassil trained last year’s winner and he’s represented by handicap hurdle debutant A Different World. The 5-year-old has shown promise on his three starts in maiden company and wasn’t disgraced when 6th of 23 to the useful Captain Guinness at Navan last month. Looks a workable mark off 102 and could be a different proposition now going handicapping.
Verdict: A slight preference for Morning Skye but I wouldn’t put you off Like An Open Book or A Different World if you fancy either of them.
1pt win – Morning Skye – 7/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes
Cheers
John