Thursday 19th July
Doncaster
8.30 William Haigh 2pt win 8/1
generally
The big question today, is can William Haigh reproduce the
form that he was showing on the sand during the winter, back on turf
today? If he does he will win, if he
doesn’t then he will bomb out.
Over the years there have been plenty of horses, which have
appeared to be well handicapped on turf, having shown improvement during the
winter on the all-weather, only to disappoint.
This type of horse usually shows a preference for either Polytrack,
which they race on at Kempton, Lingfield and Wolverhampton, or Fibresand, which
they race on at Southwell. The fact that
William Haigh had shown his from on both all-weather surfaces, makes me think
that he’s not a one trip pony, and his improvement during the winter wasn’t
purely down to the synthetic surface.
To date William Haigh has had only the 3 runs on turf, so he
still has plenty of time to prove that he’s fully effective on it. His breeding doesn’t imply that he is going
to be restricted to the all-weather either.
His half-brother recorded his 3 victories on turf over 9 and 10 furlongs
on soft ground.
Connections have booked man of the moment, William Buick, to
ride and this is quite significant, as he has ridden only 5 times for the
stable over the past 5 years, so I would guess that connections are looking to
leave no stone unturned with their potentially well handicapped horse
today. The owners are a syndicate, which
is fronted by Professional Punter John Babb, so I would expect this horse to be
well backed today, if connections are confident.
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