Busy weekend – Newcastle, Doncaster, Carlisle, Alnwick & Jockey Begin! – Kinneston

Chilly, gray and damp at the moment after just a few wonderful winter mornings.  A busy weekend lies forward for the Workforce with runners at Newcastle and Doncaster tomorrow then Carlisle and the Alnwick point-to-point on Sunday.

Hopefully the bottom can be on the simple facet of excellent at Newcastle the place we’ve got two runners beginning with Grasp Bricklayer within the 11.42; it is a busy and aggressive race however he appears in superb kind for this seasonal debut and he needs to be suited properly by the journey and observe so I’d hope he’ll run properly and play an element within the end, a repeat of his Ayr March kind would see him do this – 16 run and Patrick Wadge rides.

Boolamore Traditional then makes his chasing debut within the 2.32, this race lacks depth and if he takes to the observe and fences he ought to have the ability to depart his hurdling kind behind – 7 run and Jamie Hamilton rides.

Down at Doncaster Elvis Mail runs within the characteristic chase at 2.05; seeing him on the high of the weights for a high class £50k Saturday provides me blended feelings – hasn’t he executed properly to get right here and the way the hell is he going to have the ability to win!  He’s in nice order, has received his final two races, has run properly on the observe and the great to tender floor needs to be excellent.  While the opposition are all fairly stylish lots of them haven’t run to their greatest just lately and we’ve received to provide them a stone plus so will probably be very robust.  Hopefully he can acquit himself properly – 15 run and Bruce rides.

On to Carlisle on Sunday the place sadly Bel Amigo was balloted out which leaves us with three runners on what’s prone to be tender floor.  First up is Ballyfort within the 12.25, he took a drained fall on the final fence when crushed on chasing debut final time however he’s in higher kind now and is starting to look properly handicapped – 7 run and Bruce rides.

Wakool runs within the 2.07; he’s been a shadow of his former self on the racecourse just lately but it surely’s a really completely different story at house the place he seems to retain all his skill and zest.  I think we received’t see that on the racecourse till he turns into properly handicapped and might swim in quieter waters than this aggressive and invaluable Cheltenham qualifier.  When he’s decrease within the weights he may properly regain his confidence and begin successful once more, I don’t really feel we’re at that time but however he received’t come down standing in his steady therefore has to run – 10 run and Conor rides.

Gipsy Lee Rose makes a fast return to the scene of her current 40-1 win, race circumstances are an identical, she carries an additional 5lb and the bottom needs to be comparable.  She’s contemporary and properly at house and has an awesome likelihood of following up if she runs the identical sort of race.  Removed from sure however value a shot, solely factor I can assure is she received’t be 40-1 this time!

Over at Alnwick we’ve got Jess and Jesika each working underneath the laudable Jockey Begin scheme.  Jess rides Not the Chablis for us within the 2m 4f Circumstances Race, they established an awesome rapport final season and might hopefully stick with it the place they left off.  Jesika has her first trip on the proficient Diable de Sivola for Will Ramsay within the Combined Open – good luck Jess & Jesika!

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