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Friday, January 4, 2013
Follow The Money: Lightbody looking lean and mean
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Back Lager Time @ 6.05/1 Lingfield 13:50
Back John Lightbody @ 3.711/4 Lingfield 14:20
Lay Hiddon Coin @ 3.211/5 Wolverhampton 14:35
Today's Follow the Money comes from Lingfield and Wolverhampton.
If you want to see a 'fiscal cliff' take a look at the price graph on Lager Time in the 13:50 at Lingfield. The opening 10.09/1 is now a distant memory with the three-year-old now trading at 6.05/1. This is the horse's first run in a handicap and with red hot Adam Kirby (seven wins from his last 16 rides) in the saddle and the stable of David Evans amongst the winners, the omens look good.
John Lightbody has a lighter body now that he has been gelded, and the market is convinced that a more streamlined and concentrated athlete will emerge as a result. Solid support for this Mark Johnston-trained four-year-old has produced a sharp price contraction in to 3.711/4 from 7.613/2. He won well on debut as a two-year-old so the 476 day absence since his last run should not be a problem.
You wouldn't regard it as a proper drift, but the slide from 2.789/5 to 3.211/5 on Hiddon Coin is just about the only Lay we can flag up for you today. The gelding's stable is worryingly in form but the market has taken into consideration the fact that there are two live challengers in opposition (Windforpower and Hardy Red), and that the selection is making its All Weather debut.
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Back Lager Time @ 6.05/1 Lingfield 13:50
Back John Lightbody @ 3.711/4 Lingfield 14:20
Lay Hiddon Coin @ 3.211/5 Wolverhampton 14:35
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Guineas News: Smart looking to send his Classic hopefuls to trials
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Newmarket Racecourse
"Romeo Foxtrot and Ptolemaic have also done exceptionally well."
Bryan Smart is keen to give his three Newmarket Guineas entries a run in one of the trials to assess their prospects of going for Classic glory.
The North Yorkshire trainer has Foxtrot Romeo (Timeform master rating of 99) and Ptolemaic (97) in the 2000 Guineas and Excelette (102) in the 1000 Guineas.
All three are big prices in the ante-post markets for their respective events, but Smart reports them to have wintered well.
"Excelette has done really well through the winter. I'm very pleased with her," said Smart.
"Romeo Foxtrot and Ptolemaic have also done exceptionally well.
"All three will probably take in a trial and we'll see what we do after that.
"They all had good first seasons and have done very well during the winter."
In other Guineas news, Mick Channon is weighing up options for his exciting filly Samitar (112).
The daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar showed her quality during a fine juvenile campaign, winning an Ascot Group 3 and a Newmarket sales race.
She was also beaten just a head by Lyric Of Light (114p) in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile and Channon is looking forward to seeing her return to the track as a three-year-old.
"Samitar is great, I'm very pleased with her," said the West Ilsey trainer.
"I'm not quite sure where she'll go first, she might run in a sales race, but we'll see."
Samitar is currently [30/0] for the 1000 Guineas and the same price for the Epsom Oaks.
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Monterosso lands the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest race, at Meydan......
Cirrus Des Aigles gamely held St Nicholas Abbey to land the spoils in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan......
Cityscape lands the Dubai Duty Free under James Doyle at Meydan......
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Coolmore Classic: Streama looking to hit target at Rosehill for Bowman
News / Editor / 21 March 2012 / Leave a Comment 
/ Editor / 21 March 2012 / Leave a Comment Rosehill Gardens
"Steps In Time has has her work cut out from stall 12 however, as does Victorian multiple Group 1 winner Yosei..."
The Group 1 Coolmore Classic (due off 05:10 GMT) is the feature at Rosehill on Saturday, and top-weight Secret Admirer has been allotted stall six of 14 for the fillies and mares showpiece.
Trained by Graeme Begg and the mount of Brenton Avdulla, four-year-old Secret Admirer is set to carry 58kg in the $600,000 Coolmore Classic having landed the Group 1 Epsom Handicap over 1600m at Randwick in the spring prior to running third in the Group 1 Emirates Stakes over 1600m at Flemington in November.
With Secret Admirer a [12.0] chance, current market leader is Streama at [3.1], the Syndey-based filly having won the Group 2 Surround Stakes over 1400m on her latest outing. She will carry 55kg and will be ridden from stall nine by regular partner Hugh Bowman.
John O'Shea's up-and-coming Steps In Time is next best in the betting at [5.2] and is the mount of Jim Cassidy. Steps In Time has has her work cut out from stall 12 however, as does Victorian multiple Group 1 winner Yosei , who will go from barrier 10 under Michelle Payne.
On the card 40 minutes earlier is another Group 1, the $400,000 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), in which first and second in the Group 1 Australian Stakes, Manighar and Southern Speed, are taken on by Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes winner Shoot Out.
Peter Moody's former Euro Manighar, who will be ridden from stall four by stable jockey Luke Nolen, narrowly landed the Australian Cup over 2000m at Flemington on March 10 and is currently trading at [5.6] for a race in which the Chris Waller-trained Shoot Out is [3.55] market leader.
A total of nine fillies will do battle for the $300,000 Group 2 Jacobs Creek Reisling Stakes (1200m) with star juvenile Samaready ([1.7] favourite) looking to enhace her claims for the Golden Slipper at the track on April 7, for which she currently heads the betting at [3.6].
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Dual Group 2 winner Best Terms came through her first serious gallop of 2012 with flying colours....
It is said that there are few certainties in life other than death and taxes. After a hectic Cheltenham Festival, jumps handicapper Phil Turner can add a few more to that list- whichever lane you change into during a motorway traffic jam immediately becomes the slowest, there are far more lows than highs when you're a lifelong Evertonian and, of course, Big Buck's will continue to remain unbeaten over hurdles.........
Joseph O'Brien has played down speculation linking him with the mount on So You Think in the Dubai World Cup on Saturday week....
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Paul Nicholls: Looking forward to Kauto's Friday gallop
Latest News / Paul Nicholls / 08 March 2012 / Leave a Comment 
You can read Paul here after Kauto's Friday gallop
Fresh from a busy morning at Ditcheat, Paul Nicholls provides an update on Kauto Star's progress...
Very little to report on the Kauto front today, but I said I would give a daily update, so here goes.
Kauto Star enjoyed his usual morning preparation before having two canters up the hill with Big Buck's and he continues to please us and head in the right direction.
So we look forward to his racecourse gallop at Wincanton tomorrow. I will give you an update in my column immediately after the work.
We have had a very busy morning here today, schooling on the grass.
Zarkandar went with Pearl Swan, and both looked particularly sharp. Brampour schooled with Prospect Wells, and Ulck Du Lin worked with Sonofvic.
Owner Graham Regan breaks the news that Niche Market has been retired following a tendon injury......
More good news from Ditcheat, as Paul Nicholls announces a change of plan for Kauto Star this Friday. He also explains why it's important not to get too excited just yet......
Paul Nicholls provides an update on the fitness of Kauto Star following the fall he sustained in schooling......
Friday, March 2, 2012
Timeform Irish SmartPlays: Looking for a place lay? It's Sorted
Tipping / Timeform / 01 March 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Today's Irish racing comes from Thurles
"Sorted rather reverted to type when putting up a lacklustre effort at Naas last time and the handicapper appears to caught up with him"
A trappy betting card at Thurles this afternoon, but Timeform's Irish team have managed to come up with two win bets and a place lay in the hope of keeping this column's readers in profit.
For all she disappointed at the track last month, it's hard to imagine Dare To Doubt not being good enough to see off her most obvious danger in Mayo Mystique, and few of the others, in the mares maiden chase at 14:25. The drop back in trip looks sure to suit Dare To Doubt given that she travelled strongly for a long way in a stronger race last time, and her form over timber was vastly superior to any of today's opposition.
The Grade 2 novice hurdle looks an above-average renewal and, although he has to give weight to all of his rivals, the vote goes to the improving Folsom Blue (15:55), who has done little wrong over hurdles to date. It's a relection of the strength in depth the Gigginstown Stud organisation hold in the novice hurdling division that Folsom Blue looks set to swerve Cheltenham in favour of today's contest, and Conor O'Dwyer's up-and-coming stayer looks more progressive than the consistent Lyreen Legend.
Sorted (16:55) can't be trusted implicitly (twice refused to race) and, though he scored at Punchestown in December and was a creditable second at Down Royal next time, he rather reverted to type when putting up a lacklustre effort at Naas last time and the handicapper appears to caught up with him. Owenacurran Milan, Oscar Hill and Beckwith Star all boast solid each-way credentials, so it looks worth opposing Sorted in the place market.
Timeform SmartPlays
Back Dare To Doubt in the 14:25
Back Folsom Blue in the 15.55
Place lay Sorted in the 16.55
David Cleary is focusing on a pair of Donald McCain's horses at Ludlow where the in-form trainer holds three entries...
The Dubai World Cup Carnival continues at Meydan, which means another three SmartPlays from Timeform's Dubai Handicapper Stephen Molyneux......
Can Nick's selection beat the Reste of the field at Ludlow today?...
Saturday, March 5, 2011
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