2.30 Beautiful Diamond was certainly impressive on debut and the stable seem keen on her chances , but the draw could be against her with the low numbers seemingly favoured on Day 1. Born To Rock was another impressive winner on debut and does have a slightly better draw 7 the booking of Buick catches …
Author Archives: Carl Nicholson
Royal Ascot Day 1
2.30 Plenty of eyes will be on Frankie Dettori has he takes his final rides at Royal Ascot & in this opener Inspiral looks to give him the ideal start. There is no doubt she is high class and getting a bit of weight is also a positive , on the negative side no run …
Saturday 17th June
York 2.00 A very trappy opening race , one restricted to lady riders. Not a race no get too involved in my view , but a couple of interesting runners look to be Noble Anthem , who is on the last winning mark for a husband and wife team that know how to win these …
Saturday 10th June
It’s all going to change ! , that’s the message coming from the BHA about Saturday ( ITV ) racing. For too long now the quality and field sizes for what is supposed to be prime time racing has been rather low on both counts. The aim of this service when I started it some …
Saturday 3rd June
Epsom 12.50 Imperial Fighter 1/2 pt ew @ 12’1 – Capable of very useful form; trainer has won this race three times; could be interesting at a price Epsom 1.30 Arrest 3/4 ew @ 7’2 firms offering 4 places (NAP) – Continued the improvement at 3 when bolting up at Chester in a recognised trial …
Friday 2nd June
Epsom 2.00 Haatem 1/2 pt ew @ 7’2 firms offering 4 places – Eyecatcher at Goodwood then won by 6l at Bath; should improve further & has a Group 2 entry already Epsom 2.35 Fantastic Fox 1/2 pt ew @ 13’2 firms offering 4 places – Good third off 5lb higher in this contest 12 …
Saturday 27th May
Haydock 1.15 Auld Toon Loon 1pt win @ 13’8 – Close second when upped to 1m2f on handicap debut and every chance he’ll stay this far and will be the one to beat Goodwood 1.30 Francesco Clemente 1pt win @ 11’8 – Most progressive in winning all three starts last year and retains any amount …
Saturday 20th May
Newbury 1.50 Shaquille 1/2 pt ew @ 4’1 firms offering 3 places – Improving colt who won at Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas day, taking 6f record to 3-3 Newmarket 2.05 Burdett Road 1/2 pt ew @ 12’1 / 11’1 – firms offering 4 places – Ran to a fair level when 6th on handicap debut …
Friday 19th May
York 1.50 Gaiden 1/2 pt ew @ 6’1 – Second on debut at Windsor ( winner won a good race yesterday at Salisbury ) ; improvement needed but she should have a bright future & stable do well with juveniles Newbury 2.05 Tuxedo Junction 1/2 pt ew @ 6’1 firms offering 5 places – Third …
Thursday 18th May
York 1.50 Clarendon House 1/2 pt ew @ 12’1 firms offering 4 places – Has some strong form in 2022, particularly on reappearance; on this year’s comeback he has to be of interest Salisbury 2.05 Juniper Berries 1pt win @ 10’11 – Stylish effort to win at Bath on debut and the form has been …