Betting expert Dave nevison shares his fancies for QIPCO British Champions Day and also likes a trio running at Catterick. Watch both meetings live on Racing TV.
QIPCO British Champions Day is very worthy of the name and Saturday’s action is the best afternoon’s racing I can recall this year.
I am firmly in the Trueshan camp in his attempt to retain his Long Distance crown and probably with Art Power in the sprint, but the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes has me spinning and I will just be an interested observer.
I have a feeling we may be seeing Sunray Major, who is a short price for the Balmoral Handicap, in one of these big races next term.
He’s one of my four fancies on Saturday, starting with:
2.30 Catterick: Coase
Looks as though he is ready to win again. The headgear probably livened him up a little too much last time but that was over a mile and this drop to 7f might be just what he needs.
He was beaten by an in-form rival two starts ago and he still ran well at Pontefract last time despite not lasting home at that stiffest of tracks. There is plenty of pace on the inside here and I expect him to be able to travel comfortably before hopefully being produced late on.
3.40 Catterick: Militia
Can record a third win at Catterick for this year and, as I said the last time he won here, if he breaks well he wins.
It did work out last time I tipped him up and, even though he is 5lb higher, I am not really concerned about the rise as he has run well off marks in the 80s before.
Militia seems to get on particularly well with Graham Lee, who is back on board. With a swift start, the combination will take some stopping.
4.30 Ascot: Sunray Major
This horse is simply not a handicapper and I am confident this will be his last run in this grade.
He would seem to have everything in his favour in attempting to follow up after he bolted up in a big field here over 7f last time out. He is drawn high, which looks to be where the pace is likely to be, and certainly had no problems with soft ground last time out.
He arrives here fresher than most with two runs, both resulting in impressive victories. Sunray Major’s penalty takes him up to a mark of 101 but if I fancy this half brother to Kingman might have at least a stone in hand.
4.50 Catterick: Lord Torranaga
Ryan Sexton is starting to get a few outside rides and the 5lb that he claims against other apprentices here might prove invaluable.
Lord Torrenaga showed last time that he does not have to lead to go well. He will be suited by the step up in trip and provided he doesn’t get into an unnecessary battle for the lead I expect him to stay on well.
He is back down to his last winning mark and has performed with credit off higher recently.
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17:46
Kap Vert provided the training partnership of Philip Hobbs and Johnson White with their biggest winner since taking out a joint licence when causing a 20-1 surprise in the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr.
Having just his fifth run over fences, the six-year-old was always travelling strongly in the hands of Sean Houlihan.While for one so inexperienced his jumping stood up to scrutiny, the same could not be said of Midlands National winner Isaac Des Obeaux, who still had every chance until belting one early in the home straight and fading into fourth.
An even bigger mistake came from Git Maker almost a mile from home and, while he almost parted company with Jonathan Burke, he rallied to be beaten just a length and a half in second, holding off the 4-1 favourite Kim Roque in third.Hobbs and White finished second in the Scottish Champion Hurdle earlier in the day with Captain Hugo, but with the £112,000 first prize to take back to Somerset this was more than handsome compensation.
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6:41
There was a home-trained winner of the Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr when Dedicated Hero shone for Sandy Thomson.
The race changed in complexion greatly at the second-last flight when leader and top-weight Tutti Quanti came to grief, but perhaps more pertinently he badly hampered All In You, who was still on the bridle at the time.
That left Dedicated Hero, running from 6lb out of the handicap, on his own in front and the 12-1 chance had five lengths to spare over Captain Hugo. A Grade Two winner as a novice, he had lost his way until a recent wind operation and is two from two since.
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The Lost Sock has been declared to run at Thirsk on Saturday over five furlongs in the Stirrup Bar For Deli-Style Dining Packages Handicap. The Racing TV and RaceShare syndicate horse ran a race full of promise on his return to the minimum trip last time on the all-weather and makes his first start on turf since scoring at Catterick last summer.
The son of Cotai Glory, who will again be partnered by Callum Rodriguez, will face 13 rivals and has been drawn in stall four. Racing off the same mark of 83, he takes on a competitive field of three-year-olds and the going is described as 'good' at the time of writing.
Speaking at Newmarket on Thursday, his trainer Roger Varian said: "It was a good run last time at Wolverhampton. He probably didn't get the run of the race, but he did it the right way round and was more professional [than his first run of the season at Kempton].
"He ran well at Thirsk when second there as a juvenile and he should enjoy the ground if it is fast. I don't know if he is a well-handicapped horse, but he ran well enough last time to suggest he should be competitive off this sort of mark."
Varian continued: "The race looks quite warm. With early-season three-year-old handicaps, it doesn't matter what trip you are running over, there are horses who have won their latest starts as two-year-olds and you don't know how good they are. So it's hard to get a true measure of what you're taking on, but he should run well.
"He's in good form and he should keep on improving. He came out of his last race well and you can forget his Kempton run as his trainer had him too fresh and he didn't race as a professional. He was much better at Wolverhampton and could be better again on Saturday."
In what is likely to be one of the strongest assignments The Lost Sock has been given so far, three of the runners come into Saturday's contest off the back of a win last time out, whilst the weights are headed by the 92-rated Exclamation. The Grace Harris-trained colt finished fifth in the Group Two Flying Childers Stakes as a two-year-old, but was well-beaten in a Chantilly Listed race when last seen a month ago.
Archie Watson's Merlier, rated 85, is likely to attract plenty of support, having won the last two of this three starts, all over the minimum trip, although this is his first race on turf.
Other contenders are likely to include the Andrew Balding-trained Simplify, who re-opposes with The Lost Sock, having beaten Racing TV's gelding by a length and a half at Wolverhampton three weeks ago, though The Lost Sock is 3lb better off at the weights this time around.
Kevin Ryan saddles the consistent Mo Of Cairo, who has never been out of the frame in four starts and was last seen finishing a close second in a valuable Class 2 nursery handicap at York in August. He has been raised 3lb by the handicapper since that defeat.
Don't forget to tune into Racing TV to watch The Lost Sock at 5.07pm on Saturday. Racing TV members head to https://www.racingtv.com/syndicate to claim your free share!
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Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Gaelic Warrior's full-brother Sparkling Wit makes a winning debut at Limerick.
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Godolphin's Maho Bay could be bound for the French Derby as he retained his unbeaten record at Newmarket.
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A perfect start for Sparkling Wit at Limerick.
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