Saturday 24 October 2009

Racing Post Trophy 24th October 2009

3.30 DONCASTER - AL ZIR

Al Zir is the lay in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster because winners of this race have been sired by horses who raced in Europe and Al Zir's sire Medaglia D'Oro is American bred who raced on the dirt.

The shortlist of likeliest winners include the favourite St Nicholas Abbey and Coordinated Cut both sired by Montjeu who has produced two previous winners of this race. Al Zir is the third favourite at 4/1 but I am confident he will not win.

Saturday 17 October 2009

Champion Stakes 17th October 2009

3.00 NEWMARKET - MAWATHEEQ

Mawatheeq is the confident lay in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket because all past winners of this race had solid Group 1 form and Mawatheeq has only won at Group 3 level so this is a big step up in class. Winners of this race have usually run in the following races: English/Irish Guineas, Derby, Eclipse and the Irish Champion Stakes. Fame And Glory was second in the Derby, won the Irish Derby and was second to Sea The Stars in the Irish Champion Stakes and providing his exertions in the Arc have not taken too much out of him will be hard to beat and is the worthy favourite.

Mawatheeq is the third favourite in the betting at 6/1 behind Fame And Glory and Sariska and from the trends already highlighted will not be winning this and I advise my readers to lay him on Betfair.