Day 5
One Scottish runner on the last day as HAWKEYETHENOO
contests the Wokingham Handicap. He's probably as high as his trainer would
want him in the handicap, but the draw did for him last time and his early
season training has been aimed toward this race.
A winner of big hurdles in Scotland, OVERTURN runs in the
Queen Alexcandra Stakes and will have a class edge over most here. Biggest
rival could be winner earlier in the week Simenon, but I believe Overturn can
land the meeting finale.
…while in Scotland
Ayr stage a decent card today though the going will likely
change significantly from its overnight state of good to firm.
The feature race is the Listed 5 furlong Land O' Burns
Fillies Stakes. Irish trainers normally send fillies over for this as 5 furlong
Pattern races are thin on the ground across the
water, even more so for fillies only. Best of the bunch on this occasion
seems to be MY GIRL ANNA, second in a Listed event at Cork last week having
made most of the running. She's at the top of her game and nothing form the
home contingent looks outstanding. Any rain will be a help and the forecast
suggests a damp day.
There's a competitive mile handicap for three-year-olds at
2.55. This isn't an event I'll get involved in from a betting point of view, there
being a number of progressive sorts, but I suspect a few future winners will
come out of the event and I'd keep tabs on the contestants.
A couple of potentially interesting sorts appear in the two-year-old maiden at 4.05. Kevin Ryan introduces Nordikhab and his juveniles are respected, but the one that interests me is TICKLE TIME. David Barron produced a decent two-year-old in Ahern who ran very well at Royal Ascot despite a slow start, and I wonder if his newcomers might still slip under the radar. This one is sprint bred and from a stable who specialise in sharp types.
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