15.35 Southwell: Argent Touch @ 15/2 VC - 2pts win
Seems a more open race than it looks on paper. The favourite has to deal with a new surface and isn't sure to get it. For that reason I take her on. The rest of the field looks far from exciting, however I like Argent Touch, despite the fact that he is 3lb out of the Handicap. I felt though that he clearly run up to this mark on his most recent start over course and distance, since he got not an easy run the last time due to shifting horses, for that reason he had to switch wider and wider and got shuffled back early on, which made it difficult to find his rhythm, which in these 5f races at Southwell is crucial though. Yet he travelled strongly for a long time but tired inside the final furlong and didn't have a chance with the eventual winner, who subsequently run another fine race off an amended mark. So I think it's fair to say Argent Touch run definitely to his current mark and probably a bit more due to the interferences he encountered in this last race. He had only two starts and Southwell and he might be able to improve further on this surface which he clearly thrives on. One has just to see the way he travelled on his first ever start here, when he won a handicap, a poor one off a low mark in all fairness, but he was extremely keen for most parts of the races yet on the bridle approaching the final furlong marker. He clearly is a horse made for this surface, looks big and strong with some scope for improvement in my mind. So he has a chance to go really close here today, even more so with the useful 7lb claim of his apprentice rider.
Seems a more open race than it looks on paper. The favourite has to deal with a new surface and isn't sure to get it. For that reason I take her on. The rest of the field looks far from exciting, however I like Argent Touch, despite the fact that he is 3lb out of the Handicap. I felt though that he clearly run up to this mark on his most recent start over course and distance, since he got not an easy run the last time due to shifting horses, for that reason he had to switch wider and wider and got shuffled back early on, which made it difficult to find his rhythm, which in these 5f races at Southwell is crucial though. Yet he travelled strongly for a long time but tired inside the final furlong and didn't have a chance with the eventual winner, who subsequently run another fine race off an amended mark. So I think it's fair to say Argent Touch run definitely to his current mark and probably a bit more due to the interferences he encountered in this last race. He had only two starts and Southwell and he might be able to improve further on this surface which he clearly thrives on. One has just to see the way he travelled on his first ever start here, when he won a handicap, a poor one off a low mark in all fairness, but he was extremely keen for most parts of the races yet on the bridle approaching the final furlong marker. He clearly is a horse made for this surface, looks big and strong with some scope for improvement in my mind. So he has a chance to go really close here today, even more so with the useful 7lb claim of his apprentice rider.
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