Hi all,
No joy for Prejudice on Sunday. Horse racing returns to Scotland on Monday with a fixture at Ayr. I have a selection from there and Thirsk.
Thirsk
3:20 – We haven’t seen Cape Coast on a racecourse for 1034-days. When last seen in action he was a highly progressive 3-year-old winning at Pontefract & Ripon before bettering that form when occupying the runner-up spot in a valuable handicap’s at Ascot & Chester.
I don’t know what’s kept him off the track for so long so his well-being has to be taken on trust. However, given such a long absence I would expect him to be fit enough to himself justice and first time up could be the best time to catch him.
A mark of 90 looks winnable, if he’s over what has kept him from racing and I think he can go close for the inform Mark Johnston yard.
1pt win – Cape Coast – 8/1 @ Bet365
Ayr
5:20 – Boardman is rare Ayr runner for Lambourn based trainer Joseph Tuite. The 4-year-old is having his first start for the trainer after switch from the Pascal Bary stable. Good enough to finish runner-up to the talented Persian King on his second start as a juvenile.
Last season he didn’t build on the form of a Saint-Cloud maiden last spring although wasn’t disgraced when 3rd of 4 behind the now 107 rated Charlie Appleby trained Art Du Val back at the same venue.
First run after a gelding operation and the son of Kingman looks on a workable mark for his first Britain debut.
1pt win – Boardman – 17/2 @ Paddy Power
Cheers
John