Good Morning/Evening everyone, I hope we are all ready for a big weekend of racing including the Irish 1000 and 2000 Guineas which will see the return of Kingman. Racing this side of the Irish Sea however is headlined by Haydock who stage the Group 2 Temple Stakes won last year by Kingsgate Native who looks to go for his third win in the race. Goodwood provide a supporting card with two listed races on the schedule whereas there is also racing at Beverley and Catterick. We are also treated to some evening jumping courtesy of Ffos Las and Cartmel with The Curragh stage the Irish 2000 Guineas as well as two other Group 3 events.
As always we have a preview video prepared for you featuring myself (@Lukeelder13), Calum Madell (@Calummadell) and Adam Webb (@Adamwebb121). We hope you can join us on this week's video and I also hope you can join us on BetRacingNation tomorrow morning where I will be presenting the show for the first time from 11am - 1pm. You can watch the show live through a link I will tweet in the morning but you can watch tonight's video through the link below, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MoQtk8ZQIQ
It was harder to pick the selections today so we have two shorter priced horses later on for a nice double... Hopefully!
2:40 Haydock - Pearl Secret
For me this year's Temple Stakes revolve around the two Qatar Racing horses with Hot Streak and and Pearl Secret with the latter finally getting his preferred ground. You would be forgiven for scoffing at the potential reversal of form from Newmarket when Hot Streak finished around 2 and a half lengths ahead of the selection. Hot Streak also gets an extra two pounds from Pearl Secret making it a seven pound difference instead of five, so why will the tables be turned? Depending on what time you are reading this you will get a different going description as early on Friday it was good but in the late evening it will be far softer. It is no hidden fact that Pearl Secret needs it soft to be seen at his best and in my opinion he didn't handle Newmarket at all last time resulting in Jamie Spencer giving him an easy time when his chance had gone. Pearl Secret to make his belated announcement amongst the top sprinters in the country. 4/1
Straight Forecast - Pearl Secret to beat Hot Streak
3:45 Haydock - First Flight
We move on to the Silver Bowl next and we can all have a giggle at my expense through this one, after his Maiden win at Newbury I backed First Flight for the 2000 Guineas which didn't exactly work out in my favour. Now we have that embarrassment out of the way we can move onto the part that matters for today. The sole Godolphin representative with Andrea Atzeni on board has only seen the racecourse three times in his career but was thought highly enough to contest a Group 3 on his second start. He was very green that day and did well to only be beaten four lengths albeit last of the six behind Treaty Of Paris and The Grey Gatsby who has franked the form in a big way this season. Saeed Bin Suroor has only given him one run as a three year old this season which came at Sandown on very testing ground behind What About Carlo. Turning for home he was still last and moved into the race in the style of a good horse before tiring up the hill and seemingly needing the run. It is worth noting that due to the ground that day, not many horses were getting competitive from the rear of the field with Western Hymn the exception. First Flight to get his career back on track with a victory in the Silver Bowl off the same mark of 90 last time out. 12/1
6:35 Ffos Las - Anteros
Anteros has been slightly unlucky over hurdles so far in his career in the sense that he has bumped into good horses on more than one occasion, but it all fell into place last time out over course and distance. That also looks a much stronger race than today's with Rolling Maul who finished third already boosting the form by winning easily at Market Rasen last week. On paper it would look as if there is only one danger to the selection in the shape of Tim Vaughan's Liberty Court, but Anteros should be good enough to dispose of him. Sophie Leech to get a winner with her only runner on the card with the improving Anteros.
7:55 Cartmel - Runswick Royal
Hopefully the late double is still going after Anteros goes to post with Runswick Royal as the last port of call today. The selection was by far the best of these over timber and went off 33/1 for the County Hurdle at Cheltenham after winning the Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso, he was also second in a very good race on his debut over fences behind Master Of The Game. Despite losing out that day he had Orsippus and Ruacana in behind him who are good yardsticks in their own right. Runswick Royal to round the day off in good style and land our evening double.
Double - Anteros and Runswick Royal
NAP - First Flight
Nb - Pearl Secret
Have a great day everyone and as always, Happy Punting!
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