I have found two races of interest today. Both races are at Epsom.
The 4.00 looks particularly competitive. Of the field any one of three in Modern
Times, Sir Garfield and Ruby's Profit are capable of taking this prize.
In a recent race at Epsom, Sir Garfield beat a massively improving 3 year
old who is now officially rated 95. The Racing Post Rater is not particularly enamoured
with Sir Garfield though only offering an achieved rating of 77 which is two less than
its Official Rating.
Ruby's Profit has the best rating achieved from the Racing Post assessor at 85.
The Official Rater is very much aware though of the capabilities of this horse since
it comes in at a rating of 87 which is likely to stymie its efforts of taking this prize.
The only one of the three contenders that has a Racing Post Rating achieved that is in excess of
its OR is Modern Times. The RPR here is 77 against an OR of 73. For this reason I would make
Modern Times the selection. The problem with Modern Times could be one of Class. It is the
only one of the contenders to show its best form in a Class 5. All other contenders are regular
Class 4 participants.
The 5.58 race looks to boil down to two very evenly matched participants in Ice Cube and
Eyes Front. Really there is nothing whatsoever to split these two. By the most marginal of decisions
I have made Ice Cube the selection since it won its race by a marginally greater distance than did
Eyes Front when winning its own race.
The 4.00 looks particularly competitive. Of the field any one of three in Modern
Times, Sir Garfield and Ruby's Profit are capable of taking this prize.
In a recent race at Epsom, Sir Garfield beat a massively improving 3 year
old who is now officially rated 95. The Racing Post Rater is not particularly enamoured
with Sir Garfield though only offering an achieved rating of 77 which is two less than
its Official Rating.
Ruby's Profit has the best rating achieved from the Racing Post assessor at 85.
The Official Rater is very much aware though of the capabilities of this horse since
it comes in at a rating of 87 which is likely to stymie its efforts of taking this prize.
The only one of the three contenders that has a Racing Post Rating achieved that is in excess of
its OR is Modern Times. The RPR here is 77 against an OR of 73. For this reason I would make
Modern Times the selection. The problem with Modern Times could be one of Class. It is the
only one of the contenders to show its best form in a Class 5. All other contenders are regular
Class 4 participants.
The 5.58 race looks to boil down to two very evenly matched participants in Ice Cube and
Eyes Front. Really there is nothing whatsoever to split these two. By the most marginal of decisions
I have made Ice Cube the selection since it won its race by a marginally greater distance than did
Eyes Front when winning its own race.
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