Unfortunately there haven been no blog updates for a while for a number of reasons - the dayjob and wedding planning being the two main culprits, along with a part-time diploma.
Something had to give - and m'lady ensured it was not the Wedding that was relegated to the backburner!
In any case, the all-weather racing has been pretty much dour stuff lately, with a number of Hollywood A-Listers turned over in recent weeks. We have had some marginal successes however, none more so than Godolphin's Global City continuing his upward curve out in Dubai, where there have been some very useful performances from British trained horses.
Most notably, from a speed figure perspective - Jeremy Noseda's Leahurst, who is well worth keeping an eye on out there in the last few Carnival meetings.
Tomorrows racing at Lingfield is much better fare, with my big fancy for the $10million Dubai World Cup having his prep-race in the 10f Winter Derby trial.
Gitano Hernando is very good value at 14/1 for the March 27th 10f feature, given his fantastic record on all-weather surfaces, none more so than when breaking the Wolverhampton course record last September, earning a huge figure of 119 - the highest I have ever given any horse on a synthetic surface.
Shipping out to America did not hold any fears a few weeks later as he produced a massive 18/1 shock when beating a number of fancied runners in the Grade 1 Goodwood Stakes on Santa Anitas Pro-Ride surface.
Owners Team Valor then had the option of running over the same course and distance in the Breeders Cup classic in November, but decided against it as they felt it would come too soon for the young colt.
The Dubai showpiece is no mean afterthought, especially seeing that regular jockey Kieren Fallon has given up his ride on Luca Cumanis Presvis, who was being aimed at the World Cup also.
That is a tip in itself, as Kieren is as good a judge of a racehorse as anybody and has flown back to England from Dubai for this weekends racing. I would be surprised if the main reason for this wasn't the ride on Marco Bottis fast improving son of Hernando, a horse Kieren clearly has a lot of time for.
He won't be 100% wound up for tomorrows race, as Botti has always stated the main aim is the World Cup itself. However, I will still be very surprised if he does not run out quite an easy winner, and if that does happen, the 14/1 currently on offer will be long gone.
The race prior to the Winter Derby trial is another Class 1 affair, this time over the one turn 6 furlong course.
Flying filly, and course specalist Jaconet will surely take all of the beating over her favoured course and distance. She is definitely one of the fastest horses out of the gate in the UK, and although she won't be allowed an uncontested lead with Bel Cantor drawn in Box 1 I still think she'll blast away and put them all to the sword from a difficult draw in 7. She is a proven Class 1 performer, and Arganil along with a number of others have questions to answer after some below par performances recently.
An interesting runner in the race is Jim Bests Mullionmileanhour, who has not been seen in public since a 3rd place finish in the 2008 Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. A horse Best has always had high hopes for he could be the main danger to the selection, although it will be some performance after a 620 day lay-off.
Recommendations:
Back Jaconet @ 2/1 +
Back Jaconet / Gitano Hernando double if Jaconet is 2/1+
Back Gitano Hernando to win the Dubai World Cup prior to tomorrows race (14/1 @ VCBet and Betfred)
Good Luck all
Hollywood_G
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