flat season so far 7-26 of 2yo's have obliged

Just 3-61 of the 3yo's have managed to win

Todays 2yo newcomer Book Of Poetry (2:30 Beverley) is interesting as the trainer is 12-40 with this sire, 11-28 of these have scored as 2yo (1-6 on debut), no 5f winner as yet but only 4 have run at distance.

Despite the poor return for the 3yo's so dar this turf season, i am actually going to play all 3 of them today.

4:30 Beverley Autumn Blossom

This horse has won its mdn at southwell on debut but has only had 1 turf run to date and that was here over the 7.5f last time. A lot of the yards unexposed 3yo's are often stepped up in trip seeing this track for the first or 2nd time to good effect and this one looks worth a play to me off a rating of 63.current price 9.6.

5:00 Beverley Scarpeta

Rightly or wrongly I marked up scarpeta's seasonal reappearance at bath quite a bit.Was pestered for the early pace and up there all the way, those sat behind had a decent advantage and where the other pace dropped out, this horse not only kept going but was rallying at the finish.Of course we are talking a really low level of race here but though up 6lb for that, off a rating of 53 today i can see this horse enjoying it round here today. Of course we have a prescott lurker and other unexposed runners but i have to give this runner a big chance  in this.


5:55 Chepstow Regal Monarch

This horse did little wrong on it's hcp debut over today's trip running into one of ed dunlop's many recent winners at donny (well strung out behind).These races are fraught with danger, Prescott yet again has a runner and don cantillon used to be the master of running up a sequence, with his recent winner (rated 32 at time) being a real head scratcher.At least Mj's has shown it's well being and i think it's certainly worth another chance with the slightest drop in class (which often works wonders for yard).

I might give some of his green looking ones a chance fatlad (like huntlaw), I thought yesterday's musselburgh winner looked pretty straight on debut but it was on soft ground so there's every chance the duffield winner that day just handled the conditions much better than the others.

I certainly hope the 3yo's do come into form soon, I have taken a punt on the well being of a few to date, I am more confident today's selections are at least at the track ready to do something.

cheers

The owner of Whereverwecan was interviewed after the race yesterday and he said first time they thought the ground would be on the easy side of Good so they ran him and I thought I couldn't predict the ground . Anyway in his words he said that his horse will do well on quicker ground and the Duffield horse is well thought of so they were happy enough with the run on debut.

scarpeta 2.86

another poor effort from autumn blossom nothing left 2 out, don't think it saw trip out.

They were strung out in that race Fatlad

just seems to be a big caution on backing his 3yo's full stop early season, i know when the summer months get going he peaks but was expecting a few more than he's got to date.

this scarpeta seems very short now given all that!

bit of a 1 horse market now

the sp's on the 2 winners to date have done me but the fairest way of doing the thread.

I'd agree about A B striding, J F eased up on him... faster ground/shorter trip !

it travelled and found zilch hal

ground certainly not g/f with the persistent drizzle.

perhaps one more chance tops back in trip but i'm not convinced about this one's resolution either.

price gone a point shorter on regal monarch now

thats a better day

i had 5, 4.43sp for a 11/4 shot not too bad tbh

just nice to get a couple of the 3yo's in today

Yes i get what you mean fatlad.

I am really banking on getting on enough of his runners with poor looking recent form i have an angle on (from how he has got similar winners in past) 5.0+ in market, they are the group of runners that will determine how this goes

I'll be having a look at Rythmical tomorrow night stridingedge back on quicker ground though Indira will be hard to beat

I trickle of money coming in for Yorkidding. I quite like Eqleem in the 4.20. The horse is making a reappearance after having 3 runs last year and a gelding op. Ran against horses who have pretty decent ratings now, better than anything in here. Running on better ground which will hopefully suit and a plum draw given how races have be ran here today Priced in the 40's on here and has drifted, but worth chancing for me

7th..given a bit of  shocker by Hanagan. Should have placed easily. He's not had a good day.

Rigsby a nice little treck indeed! I have had a look and he has certainly done trips from hamilton down to places like newmarket and lingfield in consecutive days.

I know the hamilton jaunts with this pair have been very productive and this is a track where the last run in mdns has often been left well behind, I have the novice runner on friday on the green list and these can often come on a ton for the debut run so an interesting runner. As far as i can tell there have been no novice contests at hamilton since 2009, MJ has a great over all record in these events and had 4 wins from his 7 runners up at hamilton 2003 (earliest in my DB)-2009. I haven't properly looked into tomorrow's runners yet but all must be taken seriously that are sent up there.

Have you looked at the Johnston runners at York for tomorrow Striding? He had 4 winners here on this day last year!

No not yet dibdob will be looking later and deciding early tomorrow. As i have said before i'm quite happy mostly dealing with the lower class stuff, MJ and SDS did have a fantastic time last year but this course in general has not been that productive.

I wouldn't be surprised if kahrab gives lomu a much better race at hamilton in tomorrows novice opener on those terms.

Fatlad I'm not sure there was much of a plan with rythmical tonight certainly better than that imo.