RyanMoore

Obviously, I won't be riding for a while. But before I broke my wrist at Warwick on Tuesday night, these were my intended rides at York on Thursday. While I am on the sidelines, I will continue to preview the big meetings and the big weekend races. [i]14:00, York - Annunciation[/i] These big-field sales races are very competitive - and are sometimes a lottery if truth be told - and this is clearly no different. A lot will depend on where the pace comes to the fore, luck in running and where you are drawn, but on the face of it 18 of 20 is not too bad. And Annunciation has decent claims on the book too. He had a lot of racing in May and June, where he proved himself a smart colt, chasing home Reckless Abandon at Doncaster and then winning well for me at Chester in June, the form ...

I had my third fall in as many weeks at Warwick last night - following on from Romeo Montague at Goodwood and Havana Gold in Deauville - and the bad news is that it is third time unlucky and I have broken my left wrist. I don't know how long I will be out for, but I can tell you that I am not happy. And it's not the first time I have slipped and come off at Warwick: I can't remember the name of the horse but it was a Highclere horse of Richard's a few years back, a Green Desert I think, when I was a kid. It's fair to say it is not a course I am particularly fond of. But I saw an incident like this coming before my fall last night. When I rode Cross My Heart in the earlier 5f maiden (18:30), she was not as balanced as she should have been and was very uneasy on the track and I said...

Red Cadeaux has probably got the strongest piece of form going into the race and he would get my vote in a very competitive Yorkshire Cup. Although he has been touched off in a Melbourne Cup and third in a Hong Kong Vase, the piece of form I am referring to is his second to Colour Vision at Kempton last time. I think Ed Dunlop thought he had left to bit to work on going into that race, and if that was the case, then he must have strong claims. Because I was very impressed by the winner at Kempton and took a high view of the form, especially as we pulled nine lengths clear of an in-form horse in third. But there is plenty of depth to this race. Be Fabulous won the Royal Oak for Andre Fabre and is clearly a high-class animal and Harris Tweed won well at Newbury. But it was very bad...

[i]13:30 - Swiss Franc[/i] I think he has finished in midfield in the last two runnings of this race, and has run below par on his last two starts at this course, too. That isn't ideal but I wouldn't be overly-concerned about it and he makes a quick reappearance after a fair third, on ground probably softer than ideal, at Ascot on Saturday. I wouldn't say he is particularly well treated off 94 though, and he is up against it. [i]14:00 - Beatrice Aurora[/i] There are at least half a dozen in here within 4-5lb of each other on official marks by the looks of it, and Beatrice Aurora is one. Progressed from being soundly beaten off a mark of 77 first time out last season to being placed in an Italian Group 1, and you had to be satisfied with her reappearance third in the Earl Of Sefton....