Jetara - 3.05 Aintree

5 pts e-w.

Well done TB and gl everyone today.

The big race is a minefield. I have a shortlist of 20

well done MC i thought it wd win at one stage but it ran out of steam. good ew call .VWD

mid table finish on week 2 so still in pitching.

just one minor point when you post your selection on the main thread please make sure you state clearly wether its ew or win. if you dont UD will take it as a win selection as he did today with Muffs selection.Thanks in advance.

so onto week 3 gl with your selections and enjoy the rest of the weekend

any offers for this weeks wild card selection :

Muff, Monte C and myself still to go.

Happy to take it if no one else wants to.

soooooooooo unlucky lost by a nostril

Afternoon all, looking forward to joining the team if that's ok with everyone

Fine by me and Thai Basil skipper,welcome cheeseman hope you're better than us lot so far

Cheeseman10, good luck in the comp, but not too much

Morning everyone and thanks for the welcome.

My selection is today 2:40 Navan- DIEGO EL QUESO 5pts each way.

He ran behind the favourite on debut but there was a big pace bias in that race the first 4 home were the first 4 throughout the race and Diego in last made up a lot of ground to finish 6th.
With normal improvement and the chance that better ground should suit him better I'd expect a big run.

I will post the selection in the comp thread now

Yes annoying one traded 1.71 in running but that's racing

4.45 Newbury - Back In Black WIN

Might be a few of a similar ilk in this, but he could/should be better than 86, and could well go off favourite. Flattered to deceive a few times at two, travelling nicely, but ultimately not fully delivering. The key will be whay he produces off the bridle in the final furlong. Let's hope it is plenty. Drawn on a wing, but shouldn't be a problem - unless the jock makes it one - in a field of ten.

Good luck to all.

Well done dd points at last

Thanks

It did go favourite at one point 15/2-7/2-11/2. Drifted before the race, maybe because he got a little warm. Jocks tried to mess the race up by racing in two groups, but he was different class, perhaps the old Group horse in a handicap? Nice to have a selection actually deliver.

3.12 Newbury - Dragon Leader 5 e/w for the Mob

Kabral Du Mathan - 2.15 Ayr 10pt win for The Mob

thanks Moose and MC GL Guys

Just STU to go

Plenty of decent racing this week, but a big element of guesswork with many on the Flat making seasonal debuts. Table doesn't look good at the moment so having a go today to try and get us into some sort of contention.

3.25 Longchamp Safia WIN

Had we been doing well I would probably have gone each-way as it looks a two-horse race, but in this situation 10 points for a place isn't a lot of good. At the moment Zarigana is one of the biggest hype horses in training. Comparisons with Zarkava are so far premature and unfounded. I thought there were no excuses in the Boussac. Exactly and Simmering have not done that much for that form this season. Safia also has a very good pedigree, and she has won both her starts with some comfort. Ultrafragola is arguably as good as anything Zarigana has beaten. The ground will be quicker today, but she has shown a change of pace, and those sort of horses usually want a quicker surface. Her sire won a soft ground Arc, but was perfectly capable on better ground earlier in his career. Zarigana is also facing a quicker surface. The market suggests this is a walkover with Zarigana 4/9 and Safia 5/1. I would have them a lot closer than that. Zarigana may be very good, but she needs to deliver on the hype. I think it's worth taking the chance that she won't.

Thai Basil

10pts win

Al Ameen 8.00 Kempton

Thai Basil

Hope the wide draw and back to 6f doesn't inconvenience him too  much, but plenty of pace should help him, fingers crossed Captain

yes hey ho onward and forward