Saturday - Racing Post Trophy Day

Good morning all, I have a few horse bets to share with you today, along with a footy treble.


15.05 Doncaster - Racing Post Trophy
The huge gamble of the race is the supplemented Kingsbarns for Aiden O'Brien. This horse has had one race and won impressively of soft ground. The gamble probably comes from the fact that AOB has won 2 of the last 3 runnings with Camelot and St Nicolas Abbey. I cannot be having this horse at 2-1 as the form of his maiden isn't exactly stunning? I will be siding with the Hannon horse Van Der Neer. He beat a decent type at Leicester and clocked up quite a nice time on soft. Its also worth noting that Van Der Neer was also supplemented for this.
6-1 Best price with Betvictor.

14.15 Newbury
Quite an intriguing 2 year old race here. A case can be made for a fair few, but the one I have sided with is Odooj. Providing he gets out of the stools with no bother, he should run a really good race stepped up in trip.
5-1 Best price with Boylesports.

14.45 Newbury
Noble Mission for me here. With a lot of pace in the race, I'm happy to side with a relatively held up horse. He's the joint highest rated horse in this and is probably the best if running to form. The soft ground isn't an issue and should run a cracking race.
4-1 Best price with WilliamHill

15.30 Aintree
I am all over Gauvain in this. New yard with Hobbs will be a great move, the last few seasons he's been very good when fresh. Happy with this selection.
7-1 Best price with Betvictor


Footy 4 Fold
Arsenal - Cardiff - Leicester - Brentford
Pretty standard those - Pays just under 5-1.

PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL STAKES (GRADE 1)

I had one bet this afternoon and that was a real failure. I looked at the racing and after a relatively poor day yesterday, I decided to leave UK/Irish racing bar that one race. For your information, my one bet was Mr Cracker in the Munster National, he pulled up.

Anyway, my main reason for the blog is for the Canadian International Stakes tonight at 10.44. 

Firstly, I could not, even with someone elses money, back Imperial Monarch at 2-1/9-4. This is completely unknown ground and he would have had a long journey to get there. No doubt the horse has class, but I strongly feel there are more negatives that positives.

The 2nd favorite Reliable Man also has issues with the ground in my opinion, and I also feel that this distance stretches him a tad too far. So I also believe this horse is too short in price.

Dandino, Wigmore Hill and Joshua Tree are all in line and vying for 3rd favoritism. Out of the 3, Wigmore Hill is the obvious choice given his form at the C&D but there was an unlucky loser in Wigmores last win, and that is my selection.

Forte Dei Marmi has been steadily improving this year and he has always been a lover of the firmer ground. FDM finished 3rd and just over 1 length behind Wigmore Hall after suffering interference and then finishing strongly. This was also his first time at this distance and I feel at the prices, he is a cracking e/w bet.

Best of luck all.