18.55 Curragh: 2pt win Won Diamond @10/1 PP + 1pt win Breathe Easy @ 14/1 Coral
Big and competitive handicap but I really like two horses. Won Diamond was a big eye-catcher lto at Naas over 7f on his seasonal reappearance. He didn't get a run on the inside for quite a while in the home straight and just got out late over 1f out, and had to quicken instantaniously. He found quickly his stride and finished the race very strongly in 3rd. Form works out well already. Won Diamond has only won a maiden to date but doesn't have too many miles on the clock, and showed a couple of nice performances last season of higher or similar mark than the current one. Ground and trip won't be an issue and he should have still room for improvement as his sire's offspring progresses often well with age. Only slight worry for me is tongue tied 1st time tomorrow, something I don't like to see as I feel horses hate it and it can be an indicator for breathing problems. But he ran so well earlier this month, it might simply lead to more improvement.
Breathe Easy is a lightly raced four year old in excellent form. He won/dead heated a nice Handicap at the Curragh in May and followed up with a very strong performance at Leopardstown when he made all from the front, set a decent pace and seemed to go strongly still 2f out, he just tired late and finished 3rd in the end. Drop in trip to a mile might be a good thing after all, since he stays a bit further, something I like in a front-runner and which can be a vital advantage in the stiff and testing Curragh finish. More improvement is likely to come.
No comments :
Post a Comment