3.40 - Brilliant Light 22/1, 6 places - back in form and very well in on older form.
3.40 - Brilliant Light 22/1, 6 places - back in form and very well in on older form.
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swedishchef (17th June 2022)
5.00 - Wilderness Girl 40/1, 6 places - debuts for the season and, since the trainer said he kept Dark Shift off the track to preserve his mark for the Hunt Cup (there's a potential spoonerism...), I'm thinking he must have targeted this a long way out and he deploys Harry Davies to reduce the mark even further. She also has a decent draw.
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6.10 - Lil Guff 22/1, 7 places - I put this on the strong form thread and it won last time. I wasn't impressed at the time but the form might actually be better than I thought. I was concerned that she was being caught late but that was over 6f and she drops back to five here for the first time. The trip, track and draw might all play to her strengths. I have to stick with her.
I've also taken these last three selections in an ew three-cross. Probably chucking good money after bad but if they each sneak into the last paying place the treble alone will pay better than 260/1.
Last edited by Desert Orchid; 17th June 2022 at 11:17 AM.
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I'd no idea, chaumi. I didn't get an alert so the tracker must have expired. A bit like my ability to find a winner.
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The winner-finding ability always revives....it's just a matter of when!
Desert Orchid (17th June 2022)
From Mr Bailey.............
This was always the plan for Ajero but I have to say it was one made in the sky. Three runs to qualify but hard to believe we have made it in. It's also very hard to know whether he is well handicapped or not but he is ready to run well. It would be a thrill to be placed and we will be doing our best to do so. On form he must have a great chance..
swedishchef (17th June 2022)
Ascot 5.00 No Nay Nicki 40/1 - Trainer form was poor on selections last run. Ignore that run and the 2 1/4L she was btn by Maljoom giving that horse 2lb, she may be well hcpped?
chaumi (17th June 2022)
It could well turn out that yesterday's exploits by the Fahey yard were a pointer to this. He seems fairly bullish in comments published yesterday (I went looking after the Ridler won but failed to pick up on the other runners yesterday)...but I imagine a fair number of the 28 or so others are too!!
Good luck, Swedish
Quite looking forward to the mid-200s on Kelly's D :-)
Wokingham - Ventura Tormenta 40/1, 7 places - one question just keeps nagging me: why? Why are they running it in this mega-competitive event on its first run for two years, the stable's only runner in the race when they tend to be mob-handed in these races. I think they have a better record in the Stewards' Cup and this might be a prep for that. VT was raised to 107 for winning the G1 Papin as a 2yo and probably wasn't over that when last in the G2 Phoenix Stakes. He came back a bit in the 5f Flying Childers and finished off eased down over seven furlongs. It's all supposin', but supposin' he had come out as a three-year-old and progressed 7lbs? (The weight for age scale says 3yos should improve 16lbs from March to October.) He probably wouldn't be good enough for the G1s and G2s, notwithstanding the fact that he is already a G1 winner, but they've smuggled him in here off 100. He has winning form on Good-Firm and a middle draw which can help tow him into the race... assuming this is a serious target. I can't resist it.
Last edited by Desert Orchid; 17th June 2022 at 1:29 PM.
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swedish chef (17th June 2022)
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swedish chef (17th June 2022)
Yes good each ways there DO, well done.
Desert Orchid (17th June 2022)
Nice, DO
Desert Orchid (17th June 2022)
Thanks for Flotus and Kelly's Dino
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What a good day for you D.well done especially with Kelly's Dino.fantastic.
Desert Orchid (17th June 2022)
Thanks for Flotus and Kelly's Dino
And Brilliant Light whoever put that up. I missed the price on Ajero so left that alone.
Struggling to find the posts to quote.
Pluralism of Ideas and the prosperity of any land are intertwined. Freedom of minds and skill of intellect to 'think the unthinkable' is how humanity has progressed; when minds are incarcerated nothing endures.
Wokingham
fiftythousandtoone 33/1