The action continues to come thick and fast and after a
successful day yesterday I'm hopeful of continuing that run of form.
My
first selection runs at Wolverhampton in the shape of ROCKING REG. Roger Teal's horse has put in two good runs here at
Wolverhampton the past twice and a replication of either performance should be
enough to gain victory here. The form in behind Auchterarder has worked out
very well and his run behind Triple Spear also looks good now the winner has
come out and won since. You would have to say an opening mark of 71 is very
lenient when looking at the form and when you factor in a recent gelding
operation potentially eeking out a bit more improvement I can't let him go untipped.
I managed to get a bit of 15/2 when the odds first came out but at the time of
writing he was 9/2 pretty much across the board. Hopefully he stays around that
price for you to get on.
I'm taking a chance on SKY COMMANDER in the 6.45 at Yarmouth
which is something I wouldn't usually do in such a trappy novice event. James
Tate has stated once or twice now that this lad could be anything after he
romped home at Kempton last time out. That was his second career start and that
experience is what I'm banking on here. Saeed Bin Surorr has the unraced
Discover Dubai in here, who at the time of writing is taking up a lot of market
attention, and John Gosden has the beautifully bred Magical Morning also
declared. The latter didn't impress too much on debut and will have to come
forward quite a bit to figure here whilst the former, I feel, will have to be
pretty smart in order to get past the selection on debut. Apart from that there
isn't a lot else in here which I am afraid of, Tilly Frankl is another who is beautifully
bred but the stable do like to bring them along slowly. I think it's between
the three at the top of the market and Sky Commander is the solid bet here at
11/4.
I'm also taking a punt on ROSADORA in the 8.20 at Kempton. Ralph
Beckett is in red hot form currently and any of his runners deserve maximum
respect. With that said I am slightly surprised that she is openly available at
14/1 in an open fillies handicap. Ok, she doesn't scream ‘good thing' after a
two year old season spent running well without winning too often in nurseries,
stepping up to take on older fillies on seasonal reappearance but this is a
handicap and not all of these will be tuned up. I'm banking on Beckett having
her cherry ripe and if she is I can easily see her running into a place at
least as there is no reason why she wouldn't have improved over the winter.
Wolverhampton 2.10 Rocking Reg – 1.5pt win
Yarmouth 6.45 Sky Commander – 1.5pt win
Kempton 8.20 Rosadora – 0.5pts e/w
