Results for tag: beverley
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TimeformBlog
on Sep 25, 2012 at 08:58:36 AM
[b]Free Zone[/b] is a front runner who has already won twice this season, including minor event over C&D. Another decent effort in listed event at York last time, but this is no easier under a penalty.
[b]Burning Thread[/b] won a valuable 5f Musselburgh handicap last summer, but not so good in 2012, and well below form last 2 starts. Given a try in a hood, but this looks too stiff a task on these terms
[b]Tax Free[/b] is a tough veteran who gained due reward for the summer with a gutsy success at York (5.4f) in August. Not in the same form twice since, including in Portland at Doncaster last week. Races up with pace.
[b]Es Que Love[/b] is a front runner who won couple of 6f handicaps in the spring. Several even better efforts in defeat since, though last 3 runs suggest he's gone...
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on Aug 15, 2012 at 11:08:55 AM
[b]Today's SmartPlays bring you two selections from Beverley and a visit to Salisbury for their main event...[/b]
Attempting a four-timer, [b]Fear Nothing[/b] (15:50) will have to overcome his new BHA mark of 73 after his latest win over C&D two weeks ago. On the evidence of his last run, when one and a quarter lengths in front of Indian Trail, that shouldn't be a problem, again under David Bergin and against a similar standard of opposition. Fear Nothing is thriving on his racing, and in a race that may not take all that much winning, should come out on top.
[b]Emirates Queen[/b] (16:05) looks set to rule over her listed-class opposition in the best race of the day at Salisbury. Luca Cumani's filly is the least exposed of the group, but has already proved herself in this company...
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TimeformBlog
on Jul 17, 2012 at 10:40:42 AM
Beverley's 15:30 gets us underway this afternoon, where [b]Icy Blue[/b] is taken to get back to winning ways having slipped to the mark from which he was last triumphant in August last year. The four-year-old has been threatening to come good for some time now, shaping as if ready to strike on a couple of occasions, none more so than when third at Ripon last week having met trouble two furlongs out and finishing best for minimum pressure. A case of sorts can be made for a number of these, with Carlisle first and second, Lady Chaparral and Lockantanks, heading the dangers, but Icy Blue has to be taken seriously and appeals as a good bet at the 8.4 currently available.
Course specialist [b]Shadowtime[/b] has hinted on several occasions this season that he retains all of his ability, and...
Posted by:
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on Jul 17, 2012 at 08:45:51 AM
[b]Wild Desert[/b] won at Wolverhampton in November and has generally acquitted himself well since. Good third of 10 to Western Prize at Salisbury last time, and respected again, for all further rain would be a worry.
[b]Boss's Destination[/b] produced a career-best effort to win 2m handicap at Southwell in April. Not fired in 3 runs back on turf since, however, and others arrive here in better form.
[b]Mojolika[/b] was successful in this race last year and, fit from hurdling, has returned to the Flat in top form, finishing second to Blackstone Vegas over 17f at Pontefract on good to soft last month. Sure to go well.
[b]Mohawk Ridge[/b] shaped well under an overly-aggressive ride at Thirsk last month, and built on that effort when scoring well at Catterick last time. Up 7 lb for...
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TimeformBlog
on Jun 26, 2012 at 09:53:22 AM
[b]Carragold[/b] enjoyed a productive 2011, and better than ever this year, winning here (8.5f) and in frame on all other starts. Shaped well when fourth to Edmaaj at York last time, and that form franked since.
[b]King of the Celts[/b] demonstrated fair form over hurdles during the winter, and shaped as if capable of exploiting a career-low mark in this sphere when third over C&D last time. Outpaced before staying on then, and may need 1½m+ now.
[b]Court Bertoni[/b] won handicap at Pontefract off 1 lb higher mark last year and exploited lower AW rating when scoring again in September. Hinted at a revival at Redcar last time, and one to bear in mind now.
[b]Pintrada[/b] was successful over 1½m here and at Newmarket last summer, but patchy form in 2012, and folded tamely at Haydock...
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on May 30, 2012 at 10:26:51 AM
[b]Baileys Jubilee[/b] created a big impression in winning first 2 starts, before a disappointing run in listed company at York last time. That surely not her running, and leading claims if bouncing back now.
[b]Blue Clumber's[/b] best effort to date was when fifth in Lily Agnes Stakes at Chester on penultimate outing, but that form not strong, and she was firmly put in her place back in maiden company last time.
[b]Cymeriad[/b] is a Choisir filly out of a 5f to 1m winner. Shaped well amidst greenness when second to Sylvia Pankhurst in a polytrack maiden recently, and will improve, but this looks too tough.
[b]Dream Vale[/b] improved on debut effort when landing a 5f maiden at Catterick (soft) early this month, and possible race came too soon when well held in listed race at York...
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on Sep 20, 2011 at 08:20:01 AM
[b]Mister Manannan[/b] is a strong-travelling sort who didn't build on his winning reappearance in 2010. He has by and large trod a similar path this time round, although did win in this grade at Leicester last time. He is penalised by the conditions of this race.
[b]Group Therapy[/b] improved for Jeremy Noseda in 2010 and has mostly run with credit despite not hitting the same heights for David Barron this time round. This is easier than he's used to and a bold bid can be expected.
[b]Internationaldebut[/b] had regularly been a bridesmaid but the penny has dropped of late and he has won competitive handicaps at York and Doncaster on his last two starts. He has the form to win this too, but it does represent a very different test to what suits him best.
[b]Favourite Girl[/b] improved...
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on Jul 18, 2011 at 11:59:59 AM
We kick off with the evocatively-named [b]Rasputin[/b] in the opening seven-furlong maiden at Ayr, the same course and distance that Michael Dods's juvenile made his debut over just two weeks ago. Rasputin actually had the reopposing Joshua The First a neck in front when a promising third that day, however, the inexperience that he showed there suggests there's every likelihood that he'll have no trouble reversing the placings with a horse who was having his sixth start already. What's more, with the opposition looking nothing out of the ordinary and his trainer saddling a winner on Saturday, it will be disappointing if Rasputin isn't good enough to break his maiden today.
We stay at Ayr, where the aforementioned recent Dods winner (Spinatrix) will actually be in opposition when our ...
Posted by:
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on Jul 12, 2011 at 11:21:14 AM
[b]13:30[/b] - Brave Battle will never have a better chance to show his form at the minimum distance given the stiff nature of this track, but the drop in trip is a still a slight concern and he's taken on in favour of both Greek Secret and King of Swords, the former not long with this yard and entitled to come on for his return, and the latter seemingly coming to the boil and suited by a testing 5f.
[b]14:00[/b] - Angel of Hope can probably reverse Hamilton form with the more exposed First Fast Now, which should be enough to see him placed, and the second vote goes to Mantuana, who's a bigger price than might have been expected this morning for all she has to prove herself as effective on turf as fibresand.
[b]14:30[/b] - No heroics here. Abidhabidubai has more ability than Janet's...
Posted by:
TimeformBlog
on Jun 16, 2011 at 11:32:10 AM
It looks the toughest card of the week so far to crack at Royal Ascot, but we've never been afraid to shirk a challenge, and we'll put up [b]Alkimos[/b] (17.00) as one of the day's best bets in the newly-upgraded Group 3 Tercentenary Stakes. Formerly known as the Hampton Court Stakes, the mile and a quarter contest has been upgraded for the third time since 2000, and Alkimos is bidding to follow in the footsteps of Afsare, who took the race twelve months ago for Luca Cumani and Kieren Fallon having scored in the same minor event beforehand at Doncaster that Alkimos took so impressively a fortnight ago. Alkimos did it very easily on Town Moor, quickening to the front and striding away from Maali who re-opposes today. He's bound to improve again and could have the beating of Tazahum and Marksmanship,...