Good Morning Racing fans, I start today with an apology as last night my internet went not 5 minutes after I finished writing, meaning I couldn't advertise as much as I would have liked. My apologies if you weren't able to read it but it was something that was out of my hands as my landlord controls the internet upstairs. We are back for another day though and after an impressive winner of the 2000 Guineas yesterday, its the turn of the girls today.
Hot Snap has been favourite since her impressive defeat of Sky Lantern in the Nell Gwyn, they reoppose here but off level weights. Mikel Delzangles brings over the exciting filly, What A Name, who will be in the hands of top French Jockey, Christophe Lemaire. Ballydoyle also have the impressive Curragh winner in Moth running, ridden by Aidan O'Brien's son Joseph. Last year the trainer landed both Guineas, firstly with Camelot, then in this race Homecoming Queen blew away her rivals under Ryan Moore. Whatever happens we are in store for a very exciting race.
One side note from the 1000 Guineas is the fact we wont get to see impressive Royal Ascot winner, Newfangled run after she lost her life racing at York. She was a hot favourite after Ascot only to be shot down in only her next run, vets did everything to save her but in the end she tragically had to be destroyed.
Yesterday was a great day for the blog with two winners and two large priced placed efforts. Burke's Rock flew the flag when taking the Listed Fillies race at Goodwood, incredibly she drifted to 12/1 after I put her up at 6/1 in the morning. I hope you backed her through a company who offer a best price guarantee like I did with Bet365 meaning we get paid out at double the price. A separate high of the day was for Siobhan Miller who rode her first winner up at Doncaster, when Moment In Time bolted home at 13/8 by 11 lengths. Huge congratulations to her and as mentioned yesterday a big thank you as she was my first interview, Well Done Siobhan.
We had two selections that placed at working man's prices, the first of them was Kingsgate Native who ran to near his best to grab second at 33/1 for us. The other placed runner was Van Der Neer in the Guineas under William Buick who grabbed third late on from stable mate Toronado. All in all it was a good day for the blog and here is to another one!
One last thing to clean up before we begin today's action is the competition between me and George Gorman, we both had one winner putting us level. However George had Dawn Approach as his winner at 11/8, my winner came in the form of Burke's Rock who as I say won at 12/1. I have taken this one, though he may argue differently, but we are having round two today and the selections are already in. So without further a do, todays selections are as followed.
Luke George
2:05 Newmarket - Suegioo No Heretic
2:35 Newmarket - Thistle Bird Dank
3:50 Newmarket - Agent Allison Just The Judge
5:35 Newmarket - Naru Carry On Sydney
Hopefully we once again find a couple of winners in them selections. Now onto the action today and another top class day of racing.
3:10 Newmarket - Swiss Cross
Swiss Cross has been on the go for a while now for Phil McEntee but is still running with a lot of credit. He has also been slowly but surely slipping down the weights and is now 12 pounds lower than he was back in December. The claim of Racheal Kneller makes him all the more dangerous as he hasn't ran off a mark this low since 2011 when winning at Brighton. If you read my interview with Racheal you will have noted she put this horse up as her one to follow for the season, it may not have started as she would have wished but it's picking up. One his last start there was stable confidence behind him and that showed in the market after halving in price throughout the day. However the step up to seven furlongs was a bit too much for him and a step down to six furlongs today will be much more to his liking. Swiss Cross can get the job done as our first bet of the day. (25/1)
3:50 Newmarket - Agent Allison and Sky Lantern
I was quite taken with Agent Allson's performance behind Maureen in the Fred Darling at Newbury. She was held up by Jamie Spencer but spent most of the race detached from the rest of the field, not by design however. Coming out of the stalls she was the meat in the sandwich between Maureen and The Gold Cheongsam, losing valuable early lengths. Spencer played the waiting game however and started to get closer just outside 2 furlongs and in good style, despite their best efforts they never quite reached the lead. From that run she should relish the step up to a mile and obviously has plenty of class about her from previous efforts. Jamie Spencer jumps ship to ride Just The Judge, but William Buick steps in for the ride, he is also the only jockey who has won aboard Agent Allison which is a bonus. Agent Allison to run well at a big price. (33/1)
Sky Lantern was the ante-post favourite for a while before being beaten by Hot Snap in the Nell Gwyn, punters then deserted her. To me that was a very rash move as she travelled better than the winner before being outpaced and looked sure to suit a mile. One added thing is that she was carrying 3 pounds more than the winner, off level weights Hot Snap has three quarters of a length to find. There is also every chance that Sky Lantern will be much fitter for her run as she didn't find a great deal off the bridle, but remains a strong contender. You may remember last year that she was taken over to the Breeders Cup and was one of our leading hopes, however she got a horror run and had to settle for eighth. More notably however, she won the Moyglare at The Curragh pretty easily beating some nice types in the process. Another strong piece of form is her second to Certify, who obviously cant run today as she is banned down the Mahmood Al Zarooni doping scandal. She pushed Certify to a length though and that could just be the strongest two year old form on offer. (10/1)
2:55 Salisbury - Fig Roll
One last selection in Fig Roll who represents Richard Hannon and Pat Dobbs. She ran a great race on debut at Kempton and would probably have won were she to have had a clear passage, but that was not the case and a stride after the line she was ahead. Fig Roll looks the typical Hannon speedy 2 year old and will appreciate the underfoot conditions, it is also worth noting that she was slightly green early on at Kempton. Despite that she showed a fantastic attitude when sticking her neck out from the furlong marker and really wanting to win. She enters a Conditions race as a maiden but definitely wont be out of place and looks the most likely winner in the field. Get on early if you are having a bet as it wont last. (13/8)
NAP - Fig Roll
Nb - Agent Allison
Good Luck to everyone having a bet, I will be back next week with a post and the week after that will be when I hope to get up my Kirsty Milczarek interview.
Happy Punting
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