Ayr and Sedgefield 2 cracking Northern N/H courses well worth a visit .
A decent day on Wednesday thanks mainly to the Alan King horse SEVENTH SIGN who obliged at a very nice 22/1 , we also selected TIME FOR RUPERT e/w and he finished a gallant 2nd at advised odds of 10/1 although he was well gambled on the day and ended up 4/1 fav ,a good example of why reading the blog and taking BOG is the way to go.
Onto Ayr and Sedgefield on Thursday and some competitive races to have a look at starting with Ayr’s 15.20 class 5 hurdle over 2miles , DOUBLE WHAMMY was a fair maiden at both codes when with Jamie Poulton and ended his time there with a lingfield third that was 763 days ago though and new trainer Ian Jardine has admitted he’s been a hard one to get right ,without doubt though has talent in this sphere and the booking of Maguire is interesting although I will only be watching him today. ROSQUERO showed the real first signs of ability last time out at Newcastle when finishing 3rd where SCIMON TEMPLAR was 2nd 7 lengths ahead of him ,the visor has now been removed and cheekpeices fitted comes from a shrewd stable and no surprise to see him thereabouts now he seems to be getting the hang of it, speaking of SCIMON TEMPLAR he ran well for a long way over 2 m 4 f last time out here before finishing 4th ,this return to 2 miles should help him, the Lucinda Russell trained THE STARBOARD BOW finished closer to the same 2 horses at Ayr in January again over 2 m 4 f and similarly this drop back to 2 miles should help as he travelled really well for a long way on that occasion,that was only his 2nd race in 2 years and he is looking very nicely handicapped now.
The 1620 has cut up to a 5 runner field but some decent quality , THE FRIARY had won a small race at Hexham but then looked quite at pains when finishing 3rd of 5 at Carlisle on heavy going off his new mark, The other Russell runner OUTLAW TOM has been a great servant and ran some really cracking races however his 3 runs this term have been lacklustre and a watching brief today.Irish raider MISTER PHILSON for Stuart Crawford Won at Hexham last April but had looked out of sorts on 3 of his runs this term howver his most recent run at Down Royal was better and he may be coming to himself again. That leaves the 2 market leader OIL BURNER for Willie Amos at the bottom of the weights who fairly bolted up on his last run here when scoring by 10 lengths and he has been duly put up 10 pounds for that success,he is not the most trustworthy though and has the tendency to be in and out of form,the McCain trained KNOCKGRAFFON KING done us a good turn last time out at Newcastle in a grade 3 chase having been heavily supported a rise of 6 pounds may not stop him progressing further.
The Sedgefield 15.00 for me is all bout the Sue Smith trained STAGECOACH JASPER and how he jumps,a very good 2nd on chasing debut he has since fallen 4 times and remains a bit of a risky proposition ,however Mrs Smith knows these Sedgefield fences are some of the easiest around and he is so well handicapped it has to be worth risking his jumping frailties here on this occasion. The John Wade trained MANNERED won a 2 horse race on boxing day 2012 and has been mostly disappointing since but his most recent run at Catterick where he finished 3rd was a bit more like it and if he can build on the and with John Dawson taking 7 pounds he must have a squeak. WAVE BREAKER is consistent and looks more at home when chasing and his recent 3rd here certainly was a step in right direction.The Smith yard have set a poser by running WHISKEY RIDGE who was subject of a heavy gamble last time out but pulled up before 4 out and this seems to have been his story as he has failed to finish on 3 out of last 4 runs,going back to last May this fella won by 23 lengths at Wetherby and if he could reproduce that form then he’s right in this and some obviously fancied him to do just that last time out.
AYR 15.20 SCIMON TEMPLAR 9/2 (3 PTS WIN) THE STARBOARD BOW 10/1 (2PTS E/W)
AYR 16.20 KNOCKGRAFFON KING 2/1 (4 PTS WIN)
SEDGEFIELD 15.00 STAGECOACH JASPER 100/30 (3 PTS WIN) WAVE BREAKER 8/1 (2 PTS E/W)
SCIMON TEMPLAR + ,KNOCKGRAFFON KING +,STAGECOACH JASPER (2 PTS TREBLE)
THE STARBOARD BOW + WAVE BREAKER ( 1 PT E/W DOUBLE)
20 POINTS STAKED
LOSS OF 20 POINTS NO RETURNS.
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