Saturday 28th
April
2.20 Ripon
1pt win Memory Cloth
6/1
One of the biggest draw biases in the country is for low
drawn prominent racers at Ripon. It is very rare for a horse in double figures
to win. This immediately narrows the
field down to a manageable number. If
Memory Cloth can step up slightly on his run at Southwell last time, then he
will have leading claims.
When trained in France he was deemed good enough to run in a
Group 3. Since those days he has
obviously had a few problems, but is now handicapped to win. He couldn’t be in better hands, with Brian
Ellison as his trainer, and is just the sort that he excels with. The booking of Fallon looks significant,
having not come in for an overly hard ride last time. He’s won on very soft ground in France, so today’s
conditions should hold no fears.
He is priced a bit shorter than I was hoping for, and would
have been a 2pt selection at 8/1 or bigger, but I’m not paid to sit on the
fence, so rather than leaving him alone all together, I’ve made him a 1pt
selection at 5/1 or bigger.
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