The Eye-Catcher: Thursday the 18th of July...

Boooom! Our NAP of the day was a successful one. Mighty Yar won the 8.15 at Sandown in really good style. He had everything against himself, from a poor position at the back of the field, over signs of greenness, to a slow pace and an easy lead for the eventual second. Mighty Yar had loads to do turning for home and for many horses it would have been a forlorn hope. Not so for Mighty Yar, who made ground in the home straight in impressive fashion thanks to his great, elegant and long stride . He took over the lead from 1f out eventually and galloped all the way to the line to win with authority in the end. This horse can go on to bigger targets now and looks really talented.

20.50 Epsom: Hawaiian Dream @ 8/1 Bet365 - 2pts win

Epsom Racecourse - a difficult place for inexperienced horses

Missed the 10/1 offered by PP but still think this is a big price for arguably the least exposed horse in the field. She had only five starts to date, did not too badly in her maidens, finished a respectable 2nd (even though a good deal beaten) to subsequent Group 3 placed Jathabah on her Handicap debut and was then a rather unlucky horse here at Epsom recently, when she travelled well but was still green in the closing stages. She got visibly irritated when she got the whip in her face of a jockey of a rival who was travelling beside her. She drifted towards the rails, and got unbalanced soon after again which cost her every chance, while she galloped all the way to the line once straighten up again.

She should have learnt plenty from this experience, as well as from the fact that this was her first start at Epsom where she appears tomorrow again. Promising young apprentice Oisin Murphy is booked for the ride who is well worth his 7lb claim as he's flying at the moment and riding with confidence. So while the rest of the field doesn't make much appeal I think Hawaiian Dream has a good chance to get finally off the mark.