Saturday 24th March
2:40 Newbury
1pt win Tante Sissi 8/1
A decent looking
mare’s hurdle with a strong looking favourite in Kentford Grey Lady, however I
think it's worth taking her on after a hard race at Cheltenham just over a week
ago. The race was run at a slow pace and she may well have been flattered by
her finishing position as the race developed into a sprint. The two I like are
Cross the Flags and Tante Sissi. Cross the flags has won impressively twice but
there appears no obvious excuse for her defeat behind an average sort on her
penultimate run and I feel she may have been flattered by the 2 victories.
Tante Sissi looks a typically progressive Alan King horse and an early season
run behind Swincombe Flame showed real promise which has been fulfilled with a
step up in distance. There could be plenty more improvement to come and she
looks the one to be on.
3:40 Newbury
2pt win Ouzbeck 8/1
Emma Lavelles horses
have been running well of late and I think she's definitely benefitted from
enlisting the services of Noel Fehily. He's riding at the top of his game and I
think Ouzbeck will benefit from his assistance. This is his ground and time of
year and his run last time was very encouraging behind a couple of very useful
types. If Fehily can get him into a good jumping rhythm early on he should go
very well. Mon Parrain is always worth taking on in my opinion as he's a weak
finisher for me and there's no reason to think that Paul Nicholls' horses
should miraculously come back to form following a generally poor Cheltenham.
It's not a great race and there's definitely some value in opposing the
favourite.
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