richard-westwood

Seems to be huge buzz around kings fountain in the 210 .....the dogs seem to be barking and being backed off the boards 🤔🤔🤔..I've had a bet just in case 🤣

One bet today Hickory e.w. Victoria Cup  . Always runs well at Ascot , top Jockey / trainer  , and good draw .

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

Off to Lingfield today. Weathers looking good and hopefully a few winners.
 

Pull Again Green 1:35 Haydock (10/1 Bet365). Backed last time when I thought it was likely a prep run for fences but ran really well, traveled very sweetly and just got tired on the run in. Should be spot on now and 6lb turn around with Zain Nights should be enough to reverse placings with that one.
 
scratch that, I've cashed out and will do it e/w with 6 places, makes more sense.

Ascot 1.30 Ascot kicks off the eight races on ITV today with a 1M 4F class 3 handicap with a field of fourteen. Gary & Josh Moore saddle their five year old Kotai who comes here chasing a hat trick following victories at Windsor and Salisbury on varying different ground conditions. His latest win at the latter course came only six days ago when he pulled 10L clear of his field. He has to shoulder a 5lb penalty today but he looks sure to go up more than that when re-assessed so is worth backing to get the hat trick up under Jason Watson who was in the saddle at Salisbury. Richard Hannon’s Great Bedwyn was a progressive sort when last seen back in June and if straight enough could be the most likely threat to the selection.   KOTARI 1 point win each way @ 4/1 William Hill 1/5th 12345   Lingfield 1.50 The first of four races covered by the ITV cameras at the Surrey track is this 1M 3 1/2F class 2 handicap. Roger Varian’s Aimeric looks the one to beat having won twice last season including first time out and although he’s up 6lb for his latest victory can be highly competitive. Ralph Beckett is getting going now and saddles his promising If Not Now who actually ran a 8 1/4L fifth in the Group 1 Germany Derby last Summer. He’s been gelded since last seen, when disappointing on soft ground at Doncaster and if tuned up can push Aimeric all the way but the pick today has to be Sheik Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum owned Frankel gelding.   AIMERIC 1 point win @ 5/2 William Hill   Ascot 2.05 Ten go to post for this 1M class 2 handicap run on the straight course. Cases can be made for plenty in a race in which the early show was 5/1 the field. Drying ground will be very much in favour of the Harry Charlton trained Zouzanna who found soft ground against on his last run which came at Newmarket last October. Charlton has his string in fine form winning with four of his last 12 runners at time of writing and he looks the pick. One to keep a close eye on is the Andrew Balding runner Topanga who is making his handicap debut on only her fourth ever start having finished fifth in the Group 3 Fred Draling Stakes at Newbury last time. As a three year old she receives a healthy 13lb age allowance and is worth a small stakes saver.   ZOUZANNA 1 point each way @ 5/1 bet365 1/5th 123 TOPANGA 1/2 point each way @ 9/1 bet365 1/5th 123   Lingfield 2.25 Seven three year old fillies line up for this 1M 3 1/2F listed William Hill Oaks Trial which has a rather open look about it despite John & Thady Gosden having a warm favourite in the shape of Danielle. She bolted up at 4/7 in an ordinary 1M 2F novices stakes at Wetherby last time on soft ground. Today’s ground will be markedly drier and her previous form when runner up to Godolphin filly Winter Snowfall was let down when that one flopped in the Pretty Polly at Newmarket last weekend. She may well win but looks poor value to me and I’m against her. Ralph Beckett, who took the Oaks trial at Chester in the week, saddles a brace of promising fillies in Treasure and You Got Me and I’ll chance the latter who may have found the heavy ground against her when flopping in a listed race at Newmarket last November. Hector Crouch retains the ride and looks each way value with the firms paying three places against the warm favourite.   YOU GOT TO ME 1 point each way @ 11/2 Betfred 1/5th 123   Ascot 2.40 A bumper field of twenty three run in this 7F class 2 Victoria Cup. The stalls will be positioned in the centre of the straight course and it’s hard to evaluate where the best place to be (last year the winner came from low numbers on the far side but more times than not its the stand side and high numbers that have the call). As you would expect there are plenty in with a chance here but my shortlist includes The Wizard Of Eye who has been gelded since last seen and has joined Charlie Fellowes from Stan Moore. He has spent the majority of his career with Moore running in pattern company and has only raced in handicap company twice in his life when sixth in the Golden Mile at Goodwood last summer and fifth (of 10) in the Shergar Cup Mile a week later. He’s 4lb lower now. My main fancy though is the David O’Meara trained Pearle D’or who won here and at Newbury last season and teed up for the season with a tenth of 15 in a warm Newmarket handicap won by Poet Master at the Craven meeting when not knocked about. Sure to have befitted from that outing he can run well today for O’Meara who was mentioned this race as an early season target in a stable tour in the Racing Post three weeks ago.   PEARLE d’OR 1 point each way @ 10/1 Coral 1/5th 12345 THE WIZARD OF EYE 1/2 point each way @ 12/1 Coral 1/5th 12345   Lingfield 3.00 Nine three year old colts have declared for the listed 1M 3 1/2F William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial. Aidan O’Brien sends over a brace of runners in the shape of Illinois, the mount of Ryan Moore and The Euphrates (Declan McDonagh). Both ran in the Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown a month ago on heavy ground with the latter finishing 2 1/4L ahead of his stablemate despite Illinois going off a very well backed 8/11 favourite. It will be no shock if the tables were tuned today on better ground and he should go very close. I prefer the Roger Varian trained Defiance however who showed he was a horse going the right way when he finished runner up in the Epsom Derby trial last month to Bellum Justum (the re-opposing Arabic Legend 2L behind). Sure to have benefited from that run he can take this and put himself in with a shout for the big race next month.   DEFIANCE 1 point win @ 5/2 bet365   Haydock 3.15 The day’s big jumps race is the 1M 7F 144 yard Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle which has attracted a maximum field of seventeen runners. A very warm favourite is the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle winner Lark In The Mornin who has to deal with a 8lb rise in the weights and significantly drier conditions. He may well be better on this type of surface but I’m not keen to take under 2/1 to find out and I’ll be looking to get him beat with an each way play. Sheena West’s Mr Freedom is a a decent outsider in my book but I like the look of the Cheltenham form from last month when Tintintin beat Rare Middleton a neck on similar ground as today’s. The latter is one pound better off and there shouldn’t be much between them with professional jockeys taking over on both from the conditionals that rode them that day. Last year’s runner up Teddy Blue isn’t running well but has fallen down to an interesting mark and is a good outsider. I’ll take the regal O’Brien horse Tintintin to confirm form with rare Middleton and back him each way.   TINTINTIN 1 point each way @ 12/1 Betfred 1/5th 12345   Lingfield 3.35 Nine fillies run in this 7F Group 3 William Hill Chartwell Fillies’ Stakes with a hot favourite in the shape of Ralph Beckett’s Remarquee who brings the best form to the table. A winner first time up last season in the Fred Darling at Newbury she went on to run the great Tahiyra to a length in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and backed that up with two other good runs in Group 1’s the following month. She’s been off since and had her wind tinkered with but she will be hard to beat and is the selection under James Doyle. The biggest threat to her may come from the three year old Great Generation trained at Newmarket by Marco Botti who’s re-appearance fourth in a Group 3 at Deauville has been doubly boosted since by the runner up and third from that day finishing 2nd and 3rd in the 1000 Guineas last weekend.   REMARQUEE 2 points win @ 6/5 William Hill

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

Victoria cup 
Fantastic. Fox  8.6 12/1 
Hickory.  8.5 14/1 
Caragio.  8.3 22/1 
Incredibly hard cavalry charge as you can imagine .....bit weird that the computer has put these 3 a bit ahead of rest given the quality of the field but I'll roll with it for a bit if fun .....3x 5pt wins    6x rev forecasts  

140 Chester 
Vintage clarets.  8.5 8/1 
Manila Scouse.   8.4 15/2 
Radio goo goo.  8.2 
 
5 PT Ew top 2 

Did you see how fast the horse picked up when the space came ...another 20 yards and he's have had them ....jeez 

Wow, just watched it now. How has it not won?! Had zero luck, couldn't get a run and then when it did it flew home. That's a tough one to watch, genuinely think it would have hacked up with a clearer run. 

Did you see how fast the horse picked up when the space came ...another 20 yards and he's have had them ....jeez 

Think we a tad unlucky there @richard-westwood

As expected the money is piling on the lower draws .....it might be  a lesson that it's pointless to look outside the bottom 5 draws but I'm constantly getting my ass kicked by ignoring the computer ratings outside the favoured draws then they "find " a way through .....it's really annoying especially at like 20/1 .....so I have to go with it now .....auric is a speculative bet ....I think he needs fast side of good which he has .....he's only had 3 runs so is open to improvement and the connections usually target this meeting as they like to come and have fun here ....so the rest is just down to the racing gods .....but good luck all who are playing ....the sun's out ...it's a fab days racing 😎😎

As expected the money is piling on the lower draws .....it might be  a lesson that it's pointless to look outside the bottom 5 draws but I'm constantly getting my ass kicked by ignoring the computer ratings outside the favoured draws then they "find " a way through .....it's really annoying especially at like 20/1 .....so I have to go with it now .....auric is a speculative bet ....I think he needs fast side of good which he has .....he's only had 3 runs so is open to improvement and the connections usually target this meeting as they like to come and have fun here ....so the rest is just down to the racing gods .....but good luck all who are playing ....the sun's out ...it's a fab days racing 😎😎

It's just the draw ....I think auric is in 8 ....that's normally a big no ....but I'm hoping he can get a fast start and run to his rating ......it's a big ask at Chester but not impossible 🤞

As expected the money is piling on the lower draws .....it might be  a lesson that it's pointless to look outside the bottom 5 draws but I'm constantly getting my ass kicked by ignoring the computer ratings outside the favoured draws then they "find " a way through .....it's really annoying especially at like 20/1 .....so I have to go with it now .....auric is a speculative bet ....I think he needs fast side of good which he has .....he's only had 3 runs so is open to improvement and the connections usually target this meeting as they like to come and have fun here ....so the rest is just down to the racing gods .....but good luck all who are playing ....the sun's out ...it's a fab days racing 😎😎

Auric ...is part owned by kyren Wilson ....is that an omen ??...🫣🫣🤔🤔

140 Chester 
Auric. 8.6. 6/1 
Tsunami spirit. 8.4 11/1 bet
Old chums.  8.2 
3pt ew top 2 ....2pt Ew doubles with above race 

I just finished rating that 230 race and computer said .....DUE FOR LUCK was the value bet Ew so that's good enough for me ......5pt Ew 17/2 4 places .....good luck 🤞 

Chester 1.30 The first of five races covered by ITV on day two of Chester’s May meeting starts with a competitive 5F class 2 handicap. Local handler Hugo Palmer saddles his five year old Roman Dragon who has been running well in Bahrain this year and with the plum draw in stall one looks the one to be with especially with the eye catching jockey booking of Oisin Murphy. He loves this track having won five of his 15 starts here and may have most to fear from top weight Democracy Dilemma who is drawn alongside the pick in stall 2.   ROMAN DRAGON 1 point each way @ 9/2 bet365 1/5th 1234   Huntingdon 1.50 The ITV team are showing a race from Huntingdon in this 2M 3 1/2F class 4 handicap hurdle where the ground is a drying good. Top weight King Of The Road looks likely to be involved in the finish having won his last two starts on good to soft ground. He can go well but I’ll take a chance with the Emma Lavelle trained Mistral Molly who made a promising handicap debut under twelve stone at Hereford last month when going down by 1 3/4L to Politacus with the third Spring Gale going on to win a maiden hurdle at Chepstow twelve days later. A rise of 3lb may not enough to stop the lightly raced chestnut mare from going one better today.   MISTRAL MILLY 1 point each way @ 15/2 bet365 1/5th 1234   Chester 2.05 A field of ten line up for this 6F two year old maiden where there is a standout bet in the shape of the Brian Meehan trained Rashabar. He made a highly promising racecourse debut when third (beaten 2 1/4L) in the Newbury maiden won by Richard Hannon’s Hawaiian. That form has worked out superbly with the runner up Star Anthem winning easily since likewise the 4th Running Queen with the fifth Tropical Storm running a neck second at Newmarket last weekend. Red hot form and he’s easily the best of the seven that have already seen a racecourse. The problem though is that he is berthed in stall ten of 10 but he’s worth backing to overcome the draw bias as he may just be too good for these. There are three interesting newcomers also in the race, a brace from local trainer Hugo Palmer and an expensive one from David Loughnane. They are obviously worth monitoring in the market but this looks all about Meehan’s Holy Roman Emperor juvenile.   RASHABAR 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365   Chester 2.35 Nine have declared for this 7F 127 yard class 2 handicap in which we have a warm favourite in the shape of Sir Michael Stoute’s Never So Brave who could be chucked in here if his two runs as a juvenile are anything to go by and will be very hard to beat. He was runner up to Ancient Wisdom and Vandeek, beaten 1 3/4L and 3/4L respectively and as they are now rated 115 and 119 you can understand why he looks so well treated off of 94 on his handicap debut. Ryan Moore takes the ride and he’s well drawn in stall 3. He could just blow this field apart and although he’s been well found in the market is hard to oppose. Hugo Palmer’s Grey Cuban is the ride of William Buick and can chase him home.   NEVER SO BRAVE 2 points win @ 13/8 bet365   Chester 3.05 A small but select field of five line up for the 1M 2 1/2F listed Dee Stakes. Aidan O’Brien has an excellent record in the race having won five of the last six renewals and his representative here is Capulet who was last seen running at Chelmsford on the all-weather at the beginning of last month when despite being very well backed could only stay on to finish 3 1/4L third to Richard Hughes’s improver Bracken’s Laugh who re-opposes today. Bracken’s Laugh looked smart that day and he’s the pick with the extra 2f likely to suit him. The Gosden’s saddle God’s Window who’s third in the Group 1 Kameko Futurity at Doncaster last backend is the best piece of form on show. He’s had a winning re-appearance all be it at odds of 1/14 but he’s yet to run on good or faster ground. Brian Meehan’s Jayarebe has to shoulder a 3lb penalty but is another with a chance. In an open race I’m going with Bracken’s Laugh who could be quite good.   BRACKENS LAUGH 1 point win @ 10/3 bet365   Chester 3.40 The 1m 5 1/2F Group 3 Ormonde Stakes has attracted seven stayers with Aidan O’Brien’s Port Lonsdale the highest rated at the weights. He is one from one at the track which came in the Huxley Stakes at this meeting a year ago and he looks the one they all have to beat despite two defeats earlier this year in the Middle East. Arrest was a mightily impressive winner at this meeting last year in the Chester Vase but that came on very soft ground and I can’t entertain him today on ground that may be too fast for him. The blinkered first time Deauville Legend has some smart back form and if straight after 257 days could be the biggest danger to Port Lonsdale who’s the selection.   POINT LONSDALE 1 point win @ 9/4 bet365