dunlaying

Rebels Romance 0
Al Riffa 0
Ghostwriter +1
Bellum Justum +1
Palladium +2
Al Easy +2
Candleford +3
Burnett Road +3

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Satono Reve 0
Lazzat +1
James Delight +1
Elite Status +1
Run To Freedom +2
Sajir +2
Inisherin +2
Great Generation +2
Flora Of Bermuda +3
Topgear +4
Anna +4

Run To Freedom can hang to his right but this time he has the rail to help him should they choose to use it  . It would be lovely to see Mr Candy in the winners enclosure .

Exclamation 0
First Legion +1
Charles Darwin +1
Star Material +2
Clear Force +2
Lil Brother +4
Wise Approach +5
Naval Light +10
Hey Tru Blue +10
Irish Fighter +10
Graft +10
Ameeq +12
London Boy +16
No figures for the rest .
The favourite looks ripe for a lay as his form was not helped by the run of Cardiff On Sea in The Queen Mary and it looked shakey before that race .

The Liffey 0
Whip Cracker +3
Popmaster +3
Cracking Gold +3
Talis Evolvere +4
Sisyphean +4
Treasure Time +5 no claim taken off but you can if you wish
Sean +6
Fox Legacy +6

The top chap has obvious claims but Whip Cracker should love the ground and his form with Jayarebe makes him of interest .
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Remember to treat these as a guide as there will be howlers .
Revival Power 0
Paris Carver 0
True Love 0
Stay +2
Secret Hideaway +5
Harry's Girl +5
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One Look -2 2 y o form
Fallen Angel 0
Cinderellas Dream +1
Soprano +3
Crimson Advocate +3
One Look +4
Running Lion +4
Elmalka +4
Start Of Day +5

Do not forget that the Godolphin filly is penalised .

She's Perfect 0
Mandanaba 0
Better Together 0
Bedtime Story +2
Merrily +3

No matter how they are dressed up , at this stage of the season these figures are more guesswork than educated guesswork . The standard appears to be very high .

Military Code 0
Warsaw +2
Power Blue +2
Gstaad +2
Andab +4
Tricky Tel +6
Shattir +6
American Gulf +8
Raakeb +11
Kolkata Knight +11
Gavoo +11
Underwriter +14
Rock On Thunder +14
Postmodern +14
Coppull +14
Bone Marra +14
Bourbon Blues +15
Super Soldier +16
Tadej +17
Do Or Do Not +18
Remember it is 2lb per length .

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Field Of Gold 0
Ruling Court +2
Henri MatIsse +4
First Wave +6
Officer +6
Rashabar +7
Windlord +9

First Wave looks out of place but the figure comes from his run on fast ground .
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Asfoora 0
Rumstar +3
Frost At Dawn +3 desert form and suspect
Bucanero Fuerte +4
Mgheera +4
Night Raider +4
West Acre +5
Believing +5
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Gaga Mate 0
Rogue Legend +2
Kansas +5
Ardisia +6
Shaman Champion +7
Old Is Gold +7


Good luck
It goes without saying that they could all find improvement . 2 y o I mean .

Matilda -1 wntbs
Red Letter 0
Zarigana 0
Simmering 0
Falakeyah +1 ntbs
She's Perfect +1
Flight +1
Exactly +1
Cercene +2

Although the figure for Matilda is provisional I do not feel that it is too far from the truth . The only person who would really know is Archie Watson .
The lay is Zarigana . She could win but there is no way that she should be an even money shot . Would She's Perfect get close to Lake Victoria ? Twice the syndicate filly has only just failed to beat this favourite . Red Letter however has two bits of form with the Champion filly and without fictional upgrades .
I thought the best price was evens but at 6/4 she is still a lay .
Caramba! Red Letter is priced as a non runner . It looks like I have jumped the gun .
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Rosallion 0
Notable Speech +2
Carl Spackler +3
Quddwah +4+
Sardinian Warrior +4
Lead Artist +4
Docklands +5
Diego Velazquez +5
Dancing Gemini +5
Lake Forest +6
Cairo +12
Quddwah is of interest if he gets decent ground . The reasoning is simple . His best form , in terms of ratings , is his last run , his seasonal debut . He should come forward for that run and might improve further on good ground . If you take his runs against Charyn at face value then he is is better on good ground and at Long Champ this season the ground is given as soft .
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See The Fire -6?
Los Angeles 0
Anmaat 0
See The Fire +1+
White Birch +2
Royal Champion +3
Map Of Stars +3
Ombudsman +4
Facteur Cheval +4
Certain Lad +5
Continuous +6

The York form for the Balding filly looks too high and has been let down since therefore it is probably better to use her previous best and assume that she is better than that .
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In The Coventry the lay has to be Postmodern . There is nothing in the book that says he should be favourite and nothing from behind has franked his form .  It looks like a vintage crop of 2 y o so nothing should be 4/1 . Hopefully I can find another to take the sting out of the 4/1 . We must bet responsibly . Chortle chortle .
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The King's Stand depends on the ground .
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Ides Of March 0
Jonquil 0
Whistlejacket 0
Sky Majesty 0
Shadow Of Light 0
Arizona Blaze +1
Carla Ridge +1
Babouche +2
Rayevka +3
Leovanni +3
Lady With The Lamp +3
Big Mojo +3
Arabian Dusk +3
Possibly the best race of the meeting .Shadow Of Light is a lay . He can be crabbed quite easily .
2000 , only one good horse behind him , Green Impact , and Mrs Harrington says that that horse was not fit at Newmarket ,
Dewhurst , at present it looks as if he beat nothing and made hard work of it . He " earned " a substantial fictional upgrade from Timeform because he moved off of a straight line .
Middle Park , he only beat one good horse , Whistlejacket , who looks to have two ways of running .
Shadow Of Light should drift .7/4 now but 7/2 would not tempt me .
Carla Ridge looks to be e/w value at 66/1 .

The Oaks form has to be suspect . If Desert Flower is a non stayer then the two that beat her can not be much cop as she was only beaten 4l after being given the office after a mile . The same argument holds if the ground beat her . My guess is that we overrated her and that means that the winner has to be on the bottom rung of the G1 ladder .
The Derby is probably not much better than The Oaks and The Dante form looks well and truly nailed to the deck for the time being . But , Royal Playwright did not run too badly in The Diomed . There is hope for him yet .
Calandagan is getting a slating in some quarters and his form figures do have a touch of the Mabsabrabkab about them but is the criticism just ?
There is room for doubt . His win at Ascot was on rattling fast ground and he was put on a pedestal for beating Space Legend .
Next time out he was beaten by City Of Troy and was said by some scribes to be better than the winner even though the eyes and form book say that he finished second .
Following that he is beaten in a messy race for the Champion Stakes .
Slowly away and the ground was soft but it did look iffy .
His run against Danon Decile can be excused says J Murtagh , his word is good enough for me .
And at Epsom he was produced at the right time but just failed . It has been a good weekend for front runners so maybe it is a little harsh to brand him a dog .
I think he is a 10f horse that was caught out by the Epsom 12f and he is worth one more chance when dropped back in trip . He might be a value bet as there could be plenty out to get him .

Impossible race to solve but one has been overlooked I think .

Glorious Kitty 0
Cressida Wildes +2
Cape Sovereign +3
Gold Star Hero +5
Convo +6
Rajetariat +7
Tees Aggregates +9

The top one is a handicap debutante and the figure comes from her run behind Betty Clover .

In The Tokyo my figures are incomplete but of those that I have Patrick McGettigan is top and I have not adjusted for his claim . His mount goes on heavy . As J Murtagh is here I would expect young Patrick to have some good advice on how to ride Epsom .

Some that did not :
Roaring Lion
Saxons Warrior
King Of Steel
Hawkwing
Dubawi
El Gran Senor
Gyr
Blushing Groom
And some that did ?
Sir Ivor?
Roberto stayed as he beat an Arc winner in a driving finish .

This race is best left alone as there are too many unknowns , known unknowns . The top chap's form was enhanced by Big Gossey but let down by Rashabar and Officer .
Tipinso won on " very heavy " ground but the time was very good so what the form is really worth I know not .
Then we have 9 for which I have no figures . You have been warned .
Camille Pissarro 0
Tipinso +1
Ridari +6
Luther +6
Trinity College +8
Detain +8
King Of Cities +10+
Heybetli +10
Bowmark +11

For a flutter Heybetli is overpriced at around 100/1 and it might be that Tipinso is also . I am obliged to back King Of Cities but not at 10/1 .