4:10pm – Guillemot
A spare ride for a stable I don’t often get the opportunity to ride for. I’d be lying if I said I knew masses about the horse.
I can see he’s got a nice low weight and that he’s recently had a breathing operation. Hopefully that procedure can resolve the issue that made him run disappointingly last time.
His early odds are a little harsh as far as I can tell. He finished a close second off a 1lb lower handicap mark only 3 runs ago; so, there is certainly scope for him to be competitive.
4:45pm – Kylenoe Dancer
Another spare ride that I have not sat on before. She comes into this with just two runs under her belt, so it is hard to know how good she might be.
Her first run at Newbury looked encouraging, but she didn’t show herself off to best effect last time at Taunton.
She’s raced at the back of the pack on both starts, so tactically I assume that’s how we’ll look to ride her on Saturday.
Hopefully, she can settle and we can pick off as many horses as possible in the home straight. By that stage of the day the ground will be really soft, so conserving as much energy as possible for the final two furlongs will be the key.