Chilly and damp at this time, spring on maintain for the second.
Up Helly Aa King saddle slipping as he powers dwelling to place up a profession finest at 13yo giving a few years to all his opponents
A day of triumph and catastrophe at Kelso on Monday which I discovered arduous to course of; the elation of two actually particular winners within the type of 13yo Up Helly Aa King and 11yo Atlantic Dancer swiftly adopted by the brutal lack of the 4yo Kellerman. Robust for the Staff and really robust for his House owners John and Janie Walker.
Atlantic Dancer with Lara who additionally sorted Kellerman
Earlier on the cardboard Ozzy Cosmo once more took a heavy fall simply because the race was growing, he sustained a nasty minimize however shall be effective, Artic Mann put up an incredible effort once more to be third, On a regular basis Champagne appeared to get caught within the cheesy floor and while Eloi du Puy was solely crushed 9 lengths it was most likely one race too many for him.
Kellerman – he had his complete future in entrance of him.
On to Ayr for Scotland’s soar racing showpiece and now we have seven runners throughout the 2 days. The bottom is at the moment mushy with a moist form of day at this time then dry by way of to Saturday. We begin off with Hombre de Guerra within the 1.20, a course and distance winner final time and his mark seems particularly reasonable nonetheless it is a very aggressive handicap and he most likely wants barely higher floor to be seen at his finest – Sean rides and 14 run.
Hombre De Guerra
We then run Anamanda within the 1.50, she’s a stunning horse however may be very a lot nonetheless getting the grasp of her new job, I’d count on an enchancment on what we’ve seen up to now however not sufficient to be significantly concerned – Danny rides and eight run.
Anamanda
Dubai Days is a non runner within the 2.50, irritating as he has thrived at this assembly for the final three seasons however we all the time knew we’d be risking tomorrow by operating at Haydock, at the very least he trousered £25k for being runner up that day! Wakool runs in a aggressive handicap at 3.20, shouldered with prime weight but once more now we have determined to assert 7lb off within the hope that makes him extra aggressive, he’s in good coronary heart and whether it is mushy he might outrun his odds, 14 run and William Maggs rides.
Wakool
Lastly as long as they don’t catch an excessive amount of rain we run Beat the Retreat within the “Palms & Heels Coaching Collection Finale” at 4.30, that is his course and distance and I’d prefer to suppose we are able to ignore his final two runs, if that’s the case he ought to go properly off a light-weight weight – 9 run and Dylan Whelan rides.
Beat The Retreat
Appears unusual leaving our jockey at dwelling for the day however he’s again in motion for the Staff on Saturday with three good rides beginning with Donny Boy within the Champion Novices Chase at 1.50, this has been his goal all season however the Trainers’ Championship battle has produced a disappointingly aggressive renewal, when you’d instructed me earlier within the 12 months that a number of Grade 1 successful hurdler Sharjah can be operating in a 3m novice handicap chase at Ayr off 147 I’d have instructed you to cease consuming magic mushrooms! Absurdly properly handicapped on his outdated kind however he may show one of many simpler ones to beat in a very popular race, Donny is in good kind – 13 run.
Donny Boy
I’d most likely have stated the identical factor when you’d steered Ginger Mail can be operating within the Scottish Champion Hurdle at 2.25 however his Morebattle run justifies his place, he’ll love the bottom and is a course and distance winner, we’ve stored him contemporary for this race so I wouldn’t low cost him – 15 run.
Ginger Mail
Final however not least we run Elvis Mail within the Scottish Grand Nationwide at 3.35, a little bit of an afterthought as it could properly come too quickly after his courageous win at Carlisle two weeks in the past however regardless of him being third prime weight the race has formed up properly for him, he appears very properly, the bottom ought to swimsuit and his operating type suggests he may properly keep the prolonged journey – if he finds a pleasant rhythm early then who is aware of what might occur – 26 run together with 6 of WP Mullins 18 representatives on the two day assembly, tuh!
Elvis Mail
