Friday 8th June
Catterick
5.30 – Caras Request 2pt win 8/1 generally
There have been signs over the last week that the Dandy
Nicholls stable is coming out of the doldrums.
If that is the case, then he could be figuring prominently on the
service over the next few weeks, as a number of his horses are now dangerously
well handicapped.
Caras Request would certainly fit into that category, and
now encountering 7 furlongs on a turning track for the first time this season,
she could well be a handicap blot today.
Although not winning in 2011, she recorded 4 victories in 2010, all over
7 furlongs on turning tracks, off marks of, 66, 72, 75, and 80.
Today she turns up of 64, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised
if today is the start of another winning spree for her. She was ridden far too aggressively over 8
furlongs last time, but from a decent stall today, she should take plenty of
catching if arriving in top form.
Newmarket
5.40 – Red Lover 2pt win 5/1 Victor and Stan, 9/2 generally
Red Lover has obviously been a very hard horse to keep
sound, but if he steps up on his comeback run at Leicester, then he has got a
very good chance of winning the first race of his career today.
He was given a sympathetic ride last time by Ryan Moore ,
and it struck me that he was on a bit of a fact finding mission, as he was
never really put in the race, and despite encountering traffic problems stayed
on nicely to finish 3rd.
This proved that middle distances are what he has been
crying out for, and I would now expect him to be ridden a bit more aggressively
now that he has proven his stamina for the trip.
By Newmarket standards this doesn’t look an overly
competitive race, and Red Lover doesn’t need to step up much on that Leicester
performance to land this.
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