Sunday, September 30, 2012

Hopefully a good start...

15.20 Epsom: Benzanno @ 5/1 Bet365 - 5pts win

 Benzanno ticks all the right boxes here tomorrow. He ran impressively at Sandown in a good class 2 handicap two weeks ago. He finished 3rd there but could have gone much closer if he would have got a clear run over 2f out when the eventually winner denied him a clear passage on the inside rail. He stayed on very well nonetheless and wasn't far beaten in the end. He takes a drop in class now, but the handicapper was lenient and didn't raise his mark for the recent effort which means he can race of a mark off 79 in a weaker contest tomorrow. Benzanno also fine form at Epsom to offer. He finished a good 2nd in July earlier this year and followed up with an impressive win in the same month here. He also demonstrated that he handles softish ground very well. He's still open to further improvement anyway and I expect him to go very close in this race tomorrow.



16.10 Musselburgh: Sangar @ 9/2 Bet365 - 3pts win

 Sangar looked to regain a bit of her best form when racing in first time blinkers at Pontefract ten days ago. She surly didn't have a dream race there though. She settled nicely in rear and made some fine progress turning into the home straight but her headway came to an end when she was hampered f out or so. She had to switch to the right as a result and started to motor home eventually but the bird was flown of course. She stayed on very well and ran a very good race considering the circumstances as the trip was also a bit on the sharp side for her and it's well known that so easy to do well from well off the pace at Pontefract. So all in all this was an excellent performance. With that in mind she should be very competitive tomorrow of a tempting mark (1lb above last winning mark), the right ground and a longer trip.



16.30 Epsom: Kathleen Frances @ 9/1 VC - 3pts win

 Big price for a mare that looks poised to win finally a race again. She was narrowly beaten here at Epsom in July and was desperately unlucky at Thirsk two weeks ago. She travelled like a dream there and looked 2f out the likeliest winner until she was really badly hampered by two horses as she was literally in a sandwich. That surly cost her the win. She doesn't win often and the last win is quite a while ago which also came of a 4lb higher mark but she really looks in fantastic form and with the excellent apprentice Adam Beschizza booked in this apprentice race I feel she will go very close. I would be disappointed if she wouldn't anyway.

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