Hi all,
Araifjan (11/2 BOG) battled on well to hold of his challengers to win at Chelmsford yesterday evening and keep the service among the winners.
Today’s selections are from Punchestown, Redcar and Chelmsford.
Punchestown
7:05 – Bigbadandbeautiful – 5/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – A useful bumper performer last season (won on the flat last summer), returned from an eight-month absence to win on her hurdle debut at Navan last month. Her jumping was novicey at times but it didn’t stop her from winning very easily. Scope for plenty of improvement in the sphere and with a better round of jumping can take this.
Redcar
5:00 – Encounter Order – 7/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – Useful form on his three juvenile start last season and should be capable of winning a race this season. Seasonal return here and handicap debut off a workable enough mark with Ray Dawson taking off a handy 3lb. Trainer Ismail Mohammed won this race in 2018.
Chelmsford
7:15 – Satono Japan – 5/1 @ Bet365 – The selection had made an impressive winning juvenile debut at Kempton two seasons back. Missed most of last year, having just the two starts as a 3-year-old. Career best effort when a 8¼ lengths 4th of 5 to Dubai Warrior in a Listed race at Lingfield in November. Interesting that Sir Michael Stoute perseveres with the colt who remains capable of better.
Cheers
John