RyanMoore

13:30
Labarinto
Impressed me when winning at Goodwood last July before disappointing at Newbury on his final start. I thought he would go well on his return to Newbury on his reappearance but he again failed to fire, never getting into contention and never really travelling for me. Whether it was the shorter trip or really deep ground I don't know - I thought he would be ok on it as he won on the soft as a two-year-old - but he certainly didn't show what he does at home. The handicapper has left him on the same mark after those two poor runs, but let's hope 1m2f and better ground will see him put his best foot forward. Flag Officer, Gatewood and Area Fifty One are the biggest dangers.


14:30
Salford Art
This doesn't look a vintage Musidora by anyone's standards but Twirl and The Fugue look the obvious two to beat. I rode Twirl when she finished second to Chrystanthemum (the winner was clearly primed and fit there, blinkered first time, and won next time) at The Curragh in March and she ran a nice race, and the sister to Irish 1,000/Pretty Polly winner Misty For Me should improve for the step up in trip. As should The Fugue, fourth in the 1,000 at Newmarket. I would favour Twirl. But my filly doesn't have too much to find on official ratings based on her Fillies Mile fourth. She will clearly have to step up on her Newmarket fourth on her reappearance though and her record suggests drying ground would be in her favour, so any more rain will be a worry.


15:00
Hoof It
As you would expect, this is a competitive Duke Of York, but I would be hopeful of a bold show from Hoof It. Winner of a handicap first time out at this meeting last year, he improved to run out a very impressive winner off a mark of 111 in the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood before running good races in defeat in Group 1 company in the Nunthorpe here over 5f and the Betfred at Haydock. There are a few progressive sorts in here but hopefully he is the kind of big, powerful horse who would have improved himself from 4 to 5. If he has, he is the one to beat. He has shown form on the soft but I think he is a better horse on decent ground.


16:45
Intuition
Ran below par on heavy ground at Haydock, so any rain would probably be a worry. But I gather Paul Hanagan liked him when he won at Kempton and a mark of 77 could be ok. The horse he beat a short head there went on to win a handicap off a mark of 71 by a couple of lengths, and the third and fourth also won afterwards as well. But there are any number of similarly unexposed horses in here.

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