Hi all,
It’s been a quite week on the betting front for the service and today isn’t much busier today.
No less than seven races across Britain & Ireland on Friday. The feature race of seven race card at Haydock which gets underway at 1:00 is the Listed Cecil Frail Stakes (2:05). Down on the south coast there’s also Listed action at Goodwood with Height Of Fashion Stakes (2:15) & Cocked Hat Stakes (3:25) the standout races on a seven race card. Both races are the last serious chance for a colt or filly to stake a claim for an entry in the upcoming Epsom Classics.
I’m going to be approaching the next few days with a bit of caution. The weather still isn’t playing ball and more rain and showers are forecast for today and Saturday on already rain softened ground.
Hopefully the best of the weather will be at Goodwood this afternoon and I have a couple of selections from there. The first goes in the Height Of Fashion Stakes and the other is a recent course eyecatcher.
Goodwood
2:15 – Height Of Fashion Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies) – 1m 2f
This looks between Ready To Venture and Talbeyah.
Ready To Venture will be sharper for last months Ascot reappearance and the daughter of Kingman is likely to improve for the step up to 1m 2f+, dam won over 1m 4f.
Talbeyah had no problem with 1m 2f when winning a Chepstow novice (good to soft) three weeks ago. The daughter of Lope De Vega should be fine on the ground and she’s looks a nice prospect. Has a bit to find on the numbers with likely favourite Ready To Venture but she’s open to more improvement.
Ad Infinitum shaped with plenty of encouragement on her juvenile debut at Kempton in December. The daughter of Golden Horn she should improve as a 3-year-old. Thrown into deep end for her second career start but can’t be totally dismissed.
2pts win – Talbeyah – 3/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes
4:00 – Recent eyecatcher Solar Screen seemed to have been improved for the gelding operation when 1¼ lengths 3rd of 7 here (1m 6f). That was the 4-year-old’s first run since last August and he should strip fitter today. Step up to 2m looks a positive on the way he finished off his race last time and a first career win looks within reach, if he handles softer ground.
1pt win – Solar Screen – 11/2 @ Bet365
Cheers
John