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Early Market Possibles.

After a poor day yesterday I have tried for a trainer and horse form no-brainer - Well, you have to keep going.

Fakenham (going forecast G watering) Early market odds from 9.15.

2.10 State Of Bliss (13/8) - danger Copshill Lad (9/4)
3.10 Scudamore (5/2) - danger Champagne Town (4/1)
4.20 Midnight Mary (4/1) - danger Wake Up Early (13/2)
4.55 For Rita (13/8)
 
Doncaster (S some GS places straight showers) Market odds from 8am
St Lger 15.35 Early market expected no's* 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 indicating an open contest. Theoretical strong fav 2/1, contender 4/1, not expected longr than 8/1

1. 28/1 mkt.
2*. 9/2 Arrest. LTO 28, +2lb, =class. Going suits. 1/7 +1 1/2L eased finish comfortably. JT G osden 17/7% past month.
3. 12/1
4*. 3/1 Continuous. LTO 24, +1lb, =class. Decisive Gt Voltigeur winner. 1/5 +3 1/4L soon led went clear readily. AP O'Brien 23.8%.
5. 50/1
6*. 11/2
7*. 9/2 Gregory. LTO 24, -2lb, =class. D suits. 3/5 -4 3/4L headed 2 out lost ground kept on. JT Gosden 17/7%.
8. 12/1
9*. 8/1

MY comment: Continuous (AP O'Brien) from Arrest on paper for me. (Frankie will be busting a gut to win this and will probably pick Arrest up and carry it if he has too
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ATR form verdict in comparison with the above.
The recent rain on Town Moor sees Frankie Dettori switch from Queen Vase's hero Gregory to beaten Derby favourite ARREST and that factor is likely to make a big difference. The former lost his unbeaten record when a one-paced third to Continuous in the Great Voltigeur, and the York winner also has questions to answer, with the combination of softer ground and the extra couple of furlongs potentially not suiting Aidan O'Brien's colt. Arrest bounced back from failures on ground faster than ideal in the Derby and at Royal Ascot when taking the Geoffrey Freer at Newbury. Testing conditions are clearly important to the son of Frankel and the extra yardage promises to yield further improvement. Desert Hero has progressed nicely this season, with victories at Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood, the latter occasion seeing him get the better of Chesspiece. Melrose winner Middle Earth, who was supplemented earlier in the week, is another with solid credentials.

Top Tip: ARREST (2)
Watch out for: GREGORY (7)
 
At a loose end so checked the Kempton card looking for positives of some sort - could be a disaster :prankster: . Generally I follow Tim Drakesford's advice as I respect his long experience - a) Does the hose have sufficient ability to win a race of this sort? b) Are the circumstances right for the ability to be shown on this occasion? c) Do the connectio0ns expect the horse to win or go close on this occasion?

Kempton (St to Slw) Market odds from 3pm.
4.30 Miss Dolly Rocker (9/4), Arctician (11/2) S Dow 17% past 14 days.
5.00 New Chelsea ((3/1), Royal Tapestry (4/1)
5.30 Sommelier (1/3) M Botti 35%, Tangled Up In Blue (13/2)
6.00 Ezra Cee (5/4) P Chapple-Hyam 50%, State Flag (6/1)
6.30 Choisya (9/2) SE Crisford 30%, Hafeet Alain (6/1)
7.00 Perseus Way (9/4), World Without Love (10/1)
7.30 Got No Dollars (4/1)
8.00 Kemerton (7/2) I Williams 17%, Total Master (9/1)
8.30 Dotties Star (11/2), Largo Bay (7/2)
 
Yarmouth down as the principal meeting on the UK mainland looks pretty poor class overall with two class 2 unexposed 2yo races and the rest class 5 or 6? How about a Yankee for a bit of excitement?

Yarmouth (GS with scattered showers) Market odds from 9.40am. William Buick top track jock is on most of the fancied runners.

2.30 Smart Charger 2/1
3.00 Aim For The Moon 4/1
4.30 Rogue Soldier 5/2
5.05 Specialist View 11/4
 
Just my idea of some winners from the market. Watching 'em on the tele 1 pt each & stop if I get in front 'cos they are not worth more risk than that :crazy: .

Sandown (G some GF watered) Market odds from 9.45. Top track yard J&T Gosden where Field of Gold is fancied.
1.50 Feel The Need (5/1) this one by drop in weight-carried from last time
2.25 Choisya (11/2) , Doom (8/1)
3.00 Involvement (13/8), Sean (4/1)
3.35 Field Of Gold (6/4), Royal Playwright (85/40)
4.10 Flight (7/4), Rockin The Boat (9/4)
4.45 Art Market (7/2), Imperial Trooper (9/2)
5.20 Lil Guff (9/2), Good Earth (5/1)

Tried my home track, 30 miles away nowadays tho', but I do know about it. Left hand, flat and a mile round turning all the way. So, not good for galloping and generally if you miss the kick you have done your cash unless the jockey knows the course and can attempt to get a possy without using up too much energy. Top track jock Franny Norton for many years knows how to ride it. Asseessed the non-hcaps by SF and the hcaps by weight change in the shorter half of the market and not considered the draw at all.

Chester (G some GS) Market odds from 10.55am. A Balding top track yard running a fair few today.
2.10 King Of Cities (1/1), Leonardo Dax (7/2)
2.40 Under Siege (9/2), Gorak (9/1)
3.15 Caius Chorister (5/2), Absure (5/2)
3.50 Balon D'Or (9/1)
4.25 Aviation (7/4), It Ain't Two (3/1)
5.00 Garfield Shadow (11/2), Paws For Thought (9/1)
5.35 Tailorman (5/1), Sea Grey (5/1)
 
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Chester went well yesterday so try the one UK mainland Flat card today, although there have been a lot of withdrawals already and I suspect it may be the weather conditions.

Brighton (GF watering scattered showers) Market odds from 9.35am. A Carroll yard top track trainer.
2.22 French Martini (5/1), Fen Tiger (3/1)
2.52 Acrisius (1/1)
4.22 Havana Morto (4/1)
4.52 Nogo's Dream (3/2)
5.22 Bernard Spierpoint (3/2)
 
Monday and not a fun for punters such as me, as usual.

Windsor (GF watered scattered showers) Mkt odds from 11am. R Hannon yard top track trainer and couldn't see any today.
3.58 Fleetwater (13/2)
4.30 March Spirit (5/1)
5.00 Addosh (5/1)
7.00 Bobacious (15/8)

Brighton (GF watered scattered showers) Mkt odds from 8.45am. A Carroll top track trainer five runners.
1.50 Facoulty (5/4)
2.20 White Chapel (7/1)
3.50 Hellavapace (10/3)
4.52 Faro De San Juan (13/8)
 
This is the UK mainland principal meeting that on paper looks a bit short of mid-grade on the whole?

Goodwood (G some GS watered scattered showers) Mkt odds from 9.10am. A Balding yard top track trainer has runners.
1.45 Pantile Warrior (3/1)
2.20 Kiss And Run (9/4)
2.55 Forest Gate (11/2)
4.05 Many A Star (5/1), Durham Cstle(11/4)
4.40 East India Dock (5/4), Beamish (4/1)
 
I still have reservations regarding punting on the artificial surface tracks - possibly 'cos I am an old stick inthe the mud ! Hamilton forecast as heavy so that leaves me with this:-

Bath (Good) Mkt odds from 8.55am. A Carroll yard top track trainer 2.02, 4.05.
2.32 Miss Gitana (9/4), Maritime Lady (7/1)
3.02 Distant Rumble (7/4), Atherstone Beau (9/2)
3.32 Vaunted (15/8)
4.05 Glamorous Express (6/4), Honour Your Dreams (11/2)
 
Not as many possibles as I thought at first, so be it!
Salisbury (G some GF watered) Mkt odd from 8.55. R Hannon top track yard three runners.
2.20 Beau Jardine (5/1)
3.50 Greydreambeliever (7/1)

Haydock (GS) Mkt odds from 9.20am. W Haggas yard top track trainer 4.17 Maelstrom first time out?
2.10 Just An Hour (2/1)
4.17 Defence Minister (1/1)
4.50 Elladonia (3/1)
 
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And now even less possibilities as Salisbury has been abandoned, pretty poor really, I put my bets on at 1pm, checked my betslip after eating my sandwich and Salisbury's gone, surely there should be more notice than that, most of my bets are ruined now, ah well, what can you do eh. Good luck at Haydock.
 
Friday, and some better races winding up for the weekend.

Ascot (S showers) Mkt odds from 9.10am. J&T Gosden top track yard just a couple out today. W Haggas is having more of a go here today.
4.10 Waleefy (7/4), United Apporach (10/3)
4.45 Classic (8/1), Tempus (9/1)

Haydock (GS) Mkt odds from 11.50am. W Haggas top track yard, just see a couple out in the non-hcaps.
1.25 Papagei (5/4), Hakina Babe (13/2)
2.00 Bayraat (15/2), The Coffee Pod (9/1)
3.45 Knight Templar (9/2)
4.20 Mezzo Soprano (9/2), Abduction (10/1)
 
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York (G some GS showers) Mkt odds from 9.55am
1.40 Shah (8/11), (Windlord 13/8)
2.15 Irish Nectar (3/1), (Law Of Averages 15/2)
3.25 Markoon (7/2)
4.00 Quinault (10/3), (Significantley 9/2)
 
Top class card at Doncaster althought he downside for me is that it is mainly 2yo contests, and not for me. These are just speculative offerings.

Doncaster (Good) Mkt odds from 8.50am. J&T Gosden top track yard.
1.50 Ghost Run 6/1
2.25 Camille Pissarro 4/1
3.55 Night Sparkle 7/2
4.10 Promethean 4/1
4.40 Back In Black 5/2
5.15 Pellitory 3/1
 
Friday fare and looks better on paper as usual. Swerving the 2yo contests although my old Gold Centre racing tome claims 1 in 3 are usually won by the jolly!

Doncaster (Round cse G some GS, Str cse G some GS) Mkt odds from 8.55am. J&T Gosden yard top track trainer.
1.50 East India Dock 11/4
3.35 Gregory 4/1
4.10 Cabrera 5/4
5.55 Fantasy Master 6/1
 
Chancing a point on each of these might bring you home if you stop-at-win, and may be a decent return?

Doncaster (G some GS round course) Mkt odds from 9.10am.
2.05 Venture Capital (13/2), Blind Beggar (25/1)
2.40 Germanic (11/2), Ten Pounds (11/4)
3.45 Terries Royale (6/1)
4.15 Brewing (11/2), Kings Lynn (7/1), Baldomero (20/1)
4.50 Young Fire (15/2), Placeholder (16/1)
5.25 Aramran (6/1), ImperialGuard (4/1)
 
Monday again and the UK mainland Flat turf to cover on paper looks like Thirsk to me.

Thirsk (GS some G) Mkt odds from 9.25am. T Easterby yard top track trainer with 5 runners I note.
1.45 Highland Lil (9/1)
2.15 River Blackwater (12/1), Death or Glory (12/1)
3.50 Agnes Gray (7/2), Hombre (17/2)
4.20 Midnight Dream (7/4), Purefoy (17/2), Ameyretto (10/1)
4.50 Lokana (9/4), Fibonacci Sequence (10/1)
5.20 Mister Sox (4/1), Capital Guarantee (7/1), Beltane 16/1)
 
My results for Thirsk yesterday indicated that the Flat turf is tailing off this season for the big yards. Mine today are generally yards going well for the season and/or also in their recent form cyle.

Yarmouth (Good) Mkt odds from 9.30am. T Bell yard top track trainer.
2.35 Brastias (5/2)
3.05 Al Misbar (2/1)
4.05 Silver Gunn (2/1)
4.35 Apeeling (14/1)
5.05 Catch Cunningham (15/2)
5.40 Jungle Run (5/2), Bernard Spierpoint (4/1)
 
Looks poor betting fare on paper with UK mainland racing today IMO.

Catterick (Soft) Mkt odds from 10.20. T Easterby yard top track trainer. Staking J Ryder plan down he card Stop-when-in-profit.
1.38 King Of The Jungle 7/2
2.13 Brazilian Belle 11/4
2.48 Kirkdale 7/4
3.23 Triple Nickle 7/1
3.55 Shelbourne 11/2
4.30 Mintana 4/1
5.45 Bittalemon 11/2
 
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