The Inside Track

Thursday 6^th September

Haydock

4.40 – Galleon 2pt win 11/4

Last time at Catterick it was only in the final 2 furlongs that Galleon seemed to realise what racing was all about.  Up until then he had looked backward and ungainly in his previous 3 outings, and for the best part of the Catterick race.
At the 2 pole last time the penny seemed to drop, he put his head down and powered away from Cottesmore, and looks as though he could be the type to win improve massively now, and a win a really decent handicap before the seasons over.
Cottesmore has come out and franked that form, by winning impressively since, and Galleon could well have been let in lightly today off a mark of 86.
The main danger on paper looks to be the other lightly raced 3 year old Ustura, but he has sported a tongue tie on his first 2 runs, which would strongly imply that he has a major breathing problem.   This step up in trip and more competitive race will certainly put more pressure on the breathing, which makes me happy to take him on.

Kempton

7.40 – 1pt win Chevise 10/1

Chevise has shaped better than his finishing position on his last 2 starts, the first of which was on his return from a 100 day break.  He has now fallen to a really attractive mark, and if he bounces back to the form that he was showing 12 months ago then he will win this evening.
Tonight’s race doesn’t look very competitive, and with it likely to be run to suit, with the bottom 2 both likely to force the pace, he could well get his career back on track at a nice double figure price.
The reason he is only a 1 point bet, is because of the stable form.  They are still waiting on their first winner of the year, and have only had 2 winners in the past 2 seasons.  It certainly seems a long time since they won the Tote Gold Trophy with King Credo.