Makfi @ 33/1 NRNB (Stan James) - The key to this bet is the Non-Runner-No-Bet. He's not a confirmed runner at this stage and coming from a top French stable who rarely have runners in the UK it would be silly to back him under Ante-Post conditions. He won easily last time out against a decent enough field in one of the main French Guineas trials the Prix Fontainbleu at Maisons-Lafitte. This will be only his third run having won a Fontainbleu maiden at 7f last year. He'll be tackling a mile for the first time and fast ground also but the going didn't inconvenience his sire Dubawi and should be run in the big one he's likely to have the services of Christophe Lemaire - IMO the best flat jockey riding at the moment.
2pts Win, 1pt Place
Nice one mate!
Al Zir @ 14/1 (Coral) - There's been some money for this horse in recent days and it's not hard to see why given how well he's been working in recent weeks. He looked potentially top class on debut on the July course at Newmarket and subsequently followed up again over 7f at Doncaster in a conditions race. He completed his 2yo campaign with a good third to today's favourite St Nicholas Abbey on rain-softened ground at Doncaster over a mile in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy. He'll be far more at home on the likely prevailing softer ground on Saturday particularly given his US-breeding (sire Medaglia D'Oro was a Grade 1 winner at 10f and is sire of top filly Rachel Alexandra amongst others). He looks potentially top class and with the wet winter we've had in Europe the fact that he's spent the past 6 months in Dubai may well benefit him and his stablemates (as seen by the runs of Ameer, Chabal and Claremont in recent weeks).
Great stuff today with a few people on the Catalans against Batley - the Wigan +6 looked good from the start and it wasn't in too much doubt, Swilly Ferry romped home at Newmarket and our syndicate lease horse Waynesworld did the business for us, Maz Scudamore and Nick Pierce (jockey) when hacking up by a distance in the feature race - the Mens Open at Dingley Point-To-Point. Great day
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