Hi all,
Back among the winners on Friday but today looks much tougher. Not helped by the likelihood of plenty of rain changing the going at various courses around the country. Today’s selections are from Ascot & Haydock.
Haydock
4:55 – Francky Du Berlais – 6/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – Gained a well-deserved success over fences when winning on soft ground at Exeter two starts back. Very disappointing at Perth last time but that run came off a 3-month break so he may have needed the run. Trainer Peter Bowen is 3-9 +9 with his runners at Haydock in the past 5-years.
Ascot
1:55 – Lights On – 5/2 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – Put in a career best when winning at Nottingham last time. Open to further improvement this season. Soft ground would be an unknown for the 4-year-old but her pedigree offers encouragement that she will be effective on it.
4:15 – Aced It – 8/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes – Has improved for the step up to 1m 4f since switching to his present trainer winning at Kempton and back on turf at Doncaster last time. Up 6lb but given his present form he’s got to be respected. Had form on soft ground when trained in Ireland.
Cheers
John