Posts Tagged ‘sir michael stoute’
After four months of mayhem on the July Course it’s back to business as usual for patrons of HQ’s famous Rowley Mile, and they’ll be packing in for what look to be quality cards on both Friday and Saturday.
It doesn’t look like we’ll have to fish too deep below the surface to get a winner on the board on Friday, with Sir Michael Stoute’s improving four year old Nayef gelding Confront a warm order to notch his fourth victory of the campaign in the aptly named Nayef Joel Stakes at 1.55pm.
Confront has made real strides this season, but still has some way to go to match the exploits of his famous father, the winner of a Champion Stakes, a Sheema Classic, a Juddmonte International, and a Prince Of Wales’s Stakes among others. Not a bad haul!
Confront’s season began with a win over nine furlongs in a Newmarket handicap, and has progressed smartly via a Group 2 Summer Mile second to Aqlaam (the same Aqlaam who went on to win the Group 1 Prix du Moulin) to wins at York and Haydock.
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Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Tags: bets, betting, bookies, Brian Meehan, channel 4, cheveley park stakes, confront, ghanaati, horse, lady of the desert, newmarket, odds, racing tips, radiohead, royal destination, sir michael stoute, special duty, sun chariot, tom lee
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A high class double header from Newbury and Ayr is on the cards for Channel 4 viewers this weekend, and at the Berkshire track Brian Meehan’s razor sharp Johannesburg colt Radiohead can leave the opposition trailing in his wake now he steps up to six furlongs in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at 2.20pm.
Penalised for his Group 2 win at Royal Ascot back in June he has to concede 3lbs to six rivals here, including Mark Johnston’s smart unbeaten Awzaan, plus Richard Hannon’s Doncaster winner Angel’s Pursuit, but the way this fella sees out his races with a potent finishing burst suggests he’ll be even better upped in trip.
His relatives certainly provides plenty of encouragement, not least Johannesburg himself; a winner of the Phoenix Stakes, a Prix Morny and a Middle Park all over six, plus a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile over an extended mile for good measure.
My good mate Emmanuel Denton was convinced he was going to do a ‘Kingsgate Native’ and win the Nunthorpe as a two year old, but although he didn’t win he put in a mighty shift against the older horses in Group 1 company and won plenty of fans in the process, more than enough to suggest a reproduction of that will clinch this providing he stays.
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Posted 6 months ago
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The crowds will be out in force at Sandown tomorrow as the celebs roll up to support Variety Club Day and try and bag a couple of winners in the process.
A tough week on the punting front for yours truly at York would be made a whole lot more palatable with a decent winning Saturday to round it off, and I’ll be putting my faith in Sir Michael Stoute’s Lang Shining (each way) to make an impression in a tricky looking 17 runner 1m 2f handicap at 3.15pm.
He’s a bit of a monkey this old horse, but I backed him off the same mark 12 months ago when he finished second in this very race at 12/1, and with the assessor dropping him a pound back to 98 on a course he enjoys, he looks worthy of a few quid with gallops reports suggesting he’s back to his best.
Unlucky last time out at Glorious Goodwood, he ran really well when fourth the time before that at York, and with a good draw here in stall 15 and Ryan Moore to do the steering, if he chooses to put it in then I reckon the 8/1 currently chalked up with Stan James could be made to look very generous. Back him each way.
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Posted 7 months ago
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The last of the week’s big prizes provides the focal point of Friday’s card at York, and in receipt of up to a whopping 24lbs from the remainder I cannot resist a good bet on Brian Meehan’s speedball Johannesburg colt Radiohead in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (3.25pm).
If you’re quick there’s still a generous looking 5/1 to be had with William Hill, and that looks a very fair price about a horse who positively destroyed them in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot when last seen back in June.
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Now he steps up in class, against the older horses for the first time, on only his fourth career apearance, but crucially attempts to emulate Kingsgate Native’s success in this race in 2007 when the massive weight allowance enjoyed by two year olds proved decisive.
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Posted 7 months ago
Tags: betting, Brian Meehan, channel 4, nunthorpe, odds, radiohead, russia sage, sir michael stoute, tips, tom lee, york ebor
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What with Sea The Stars momentary hesitation in remembering his lines in the Juddmonte, the well supported Elusive Pimpernel coming from another county to snatch the Acomb to see his Guineas price halved to 16’s, Monitor Closely’s gutsy effort as the outsider of the lot in the Great Voltigeur, plus Yurituni landing a gamble for Harry Findlay it’s fair to say day one of York Ebor Festival had a bit of something for everyone.
Day two doesn’t look like one you’d refuse a drink with either, and handicap analysts will be rubbing their hands at the sight of the opener, a 15 runner affair featuring some in form types from leading stables (1.45pm).
The one to be with is Sir Michael Stoute’s three year old Class Is Class, who gets in with a very handy 8st 12lb courtesy of the three year old allowance, and benefits from the assistance of Ryan Moore.
He looked pretty smart winning at Yarmouth in May, and then emerged to run a cracker in a competitive handicap at the July Meeting behind Firebet, who in turn progressed to give Harbinger a race in a Group 3 at Goodwood.
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Posted 7 months ago
Tags: class is class, Michael Jarvis, royal and regal, sea the stars, sir michael stoute, york, york ebor
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Having made the annual pilgrimage to Blackpool on Tuesday night for the Stan James World Matchplay Darts at the Winter Gardens, an event marred by sickening sightings of all the usual shameless suspects attempting to drown themselves on the contents of the free bar in the players’ lounge, it’s a rather smarter affair in prospect this weekend with Ascot hosting a fantastic card on King George day.
Out go the shorts and flip flops (it just wouldn’t do to attend the arrers overdressed) and in come some the rather more stylish threads associated with any trip to the Berkshire venue. They might moan about the new stand and the course layout, but it takes some beating when there’s a decent sized crowd in there.
The punters might be a shade less raucous than on the Fylde coast, but they may well be tempted to do the conga up and down the members’ lawn if Sir Michael Stoute’s Desert Creek can resume the form that saw him rack up consecutive wins at Yarmouth, Windsor and Haydock by taking the Emirates NBD Cup over a mile at 3.15pm.
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Posted 7 months, 4 weeks ago
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Sweltering conditons and the 48 hour declaration of Guineas and Derby hero Sea The Stars means they’ll be packing into Sandown Park on Saturday afternoon for what looks set to be a top notch card at the Esher venue.
Sandown has to be one of my favourite tracks be it on the Flat or over the sticks – you can pretty much guarantee a decent crowd for the better days, the racing tends to be well above average, the facilities are in good nick and the viewing is excellent. That said they do have very excitable car park attendants, but you can’t have it all…..
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Coral sponsor their big day on the level and have cleverly come up with some catchy new race titles for the afternoon’s action; of particular interest is the Coral Challenge Handicap over a mile at 2.40pm.
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Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Tags: ace of hearts, Aidan O'Brien, betting, britannia stakes, Channel 4 Racing, Coral, coral eclipse, coral marathon, desert deer, falcativ, haydock, horse racing, judgethemoment, lalysos, luca cumani, mirrored, morning line, odds, rip van winkle, ryan moore, sandown, sea the stars, sir michael stoute, tom lee, weekend tips, william haggas
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It’s fair to say the new drainage system is getting a fair workout here at York with the rain bucketing down since 8am, but one of the most talked about horses of the day Warringah can have punters singing in the rain on the Knavesmire by landing the sportingbet.com Jorvik Stakes Handicap at 2.10pm (Friday).
This fella is the subject of great debate on his seasonal debut with the rain falling and a couple of disappointing efforts last term to put behind him, but this four year old son of Galileo is ready to make up for lost time after being gelded after finishing nearly last in the St Leger back in September.
Working like a serious horse, connections believe he could well turn out to be a fair bit better than just a handicapper (an entry in the Irish St Leger suggests exactly that), and with the rain softened going (changed to Good to Soft at the time of writing) unlikely to stop him since he won on exactly that description at Newbury last June, the 9/2 generally available looks a fair price. For added insurance take a guaranteed price with either Paddy Power or Boylesports.
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Posted 10 months, 1 week ago
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The sight of Delegator sprinting clear of good horses in Thursday’s Craven Stakes was an enjoyable one if you availed yourself of a bit of 20/1 just a week ago, and readers of this column will rightly be happily anticipating Saturday 2nd May when antepost vouchers for both Mastercraftsman and Delegator go on trial in the 2000 Guineas. Happy days.
Of more immediate concern is this weekend, and with plenty of important business still to be swept up over the sticks, plus increasing momentum for the Flat campaign, there are some decent opportunities.
Nicky Henderson (8 winners & a 22% strike rate over the last fortnight) has enjoyed a fantastic campaign – not least a mountain of winners plus a stellar first and third in the Champion Hurdle, and I’ll be entrusting a few quid to the talents of the master of Seven Barrows as he sends Pepsyrock north of the border to take in Ayr’s Albert Bartlett & Sons Handicap Chase at 4.35pm.
It took a couple of runs for the penny to drop for the six year old French import, but successive wins at Sandown and Newbury marked him down as horse to follow, and he looks like he could well continue his rate of improvement against some thoroughly exposed types who’ve got few secrets from the handicapper.
Fair enough he did get turned over at Kempton last time, but you can make excuses in that he was trying to give lumps of weight away, and more importantly I believe he’d have won despite the weight if the race had been at his preferred trip of two miles.
Even then a clean jump at the last would have probably been enough, and it’s interesting the handicapper responded by sticking him up a pound for being beaten.
Racing with a feather weight in a better race should see him to better effect, and dropping back in trip I expect him to win in the hands of Barry Geraghty.
I’ll be looking forward to getting involved with a couple down at Newbury, and in the absence Sir Michael Stoute’s Spanish Moon in the John Porter Stakes at 2.05pm it’s last year’s winner Royal And Regal who’ll be carrying my cash.
The rain falling here in Newbury last night is right up his street, and having been gelded since we last saw him in action we can fully expect our selection to be well wound up for this.
Lastly, don’t miss the Newbury’s Fred Darling Stakes at 3.10pm. A few unknown quantities in here, and some tall reputations on the line in this recognised 1000 Guineas trial.
Michael Bell’s Sariska could be the one to solve the puzzle – she’s been subject to some interesting support for the Newmarket Classic, supported into a current best price of 16/1, and gave punters plenty of encouragement on her only two year old racecourse outing, winnng a Newmarket maiden which has produced a couple of subsequent winners.
Bell reckons she could be something special, so take an each way interest for tomorrow’s assignment.
Good luck
Saturday’s tips:
7 Pepsyrock 4.35 Ayr (win)
3 Royal And Regal 2.05 Newbury (win)
14 Sariska 3.10 Newbury (each way)
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Posted 11 months ago
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The Sir Michael Stoute trianed Duabi Echo looks a good bet in the 3:10 at Nottingham on Wednesday afternoon. Connections believe that is ready to win on only its second racecourse appearance Sir Michael boasts an impressive 33% strike rate with his 2 year olds at Nottingham in recent years and we are hopeful that this Colt (who already holds an entry in next year’s Irish 2000 Guineas) can continue the trend. bet365 are offering best odds of 5/4 on this horse and also offer best odds guaranteed on all races in the unlikely event that the SP is bigger than the board price.
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
Tags: Bet365, betting, dubai echo, nottingham, odds, sir michael stoute, tip
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