BBOTD Tuesday 26th April

[chris34]

4.10 Yarmouth Barwaadia won an ameteurs handicap at doncaster and 9 times out of 10 that form doesnt usually stack upto much and hasnt shaped as if a horse progressing prior to that and although yard are in hot form I think Asraab will be impossible to beat although Ive said that a lot lately! The other go dolphin string Al Zahrooni has made a good start to the season which suggests their horses have come back from dubai in good fettle, Suroor has only had 2 runners in the last 14 days and both have run to form. Asraab hasnt stood much racing having won debut in 2009, then only seen once last year when not getting clearest of runs on handicap debut in a hot handicap which had Brick Red behind to finish a neck second to Thrill. Not seen since but yard continue with him which is a good sign as they have a tendency to get rid of 'dead wood' once they get to 4yr olds so clearly has more to give especially at this level if a 7lb rise doesnt prove to excessive for that second. Should Asraab fail to shine today Gouray Girl could capatilise. She has gone well fresh before. She shaped well several times last year over 6f often needing a little further, was finally stepped upto 7f on final start last season and duly got the job done in good style, 6lb higher today could easily defy that aslong fit and ready to go. 1pt win Asraab 6/4 bet365

[Quackers]

Re: BBOTD Tuesday 26th April 6.20 Wolverhampton LIVING IT LARGE 1.5pts e/w 14/1 Bet365 Only one for tomorrow as its pretty rubbish stuff. ISLAND LEGEND has to be feared as he is in the form of his life but up another 5lb here, he may just struggle to win again. He is stalled in 4 so may be able to get to the lead and try and make all which has proved successful for him so far. LA FORTUNATA is a talented horse but might just need this after 218 days off the track. GARSTANG has been put up 3lb for a narrow defeat last time out but has never won off a mark this high so I'll pass him over. MOTTLEY CREWE has won on his last 2 outings to Wolverhampton but both of them runs came over 6f, so the drop in trip may not suit. FAIR PASSION and KYLADDIE are both running well and surely their return to the winners enclosure is not far away but the one I like is LIVING IT LARGE. This one runs here off a mark of 80 but has won off 85 over CD back in November 2009. He ran some very good races in competitive sprints last year in much better races than this one. Possible he needed his last race returning from a break and ran well enough. Was right up there until turning for home but then started to fade and the jockey gave up on him in the final furlong. Interestingly though there have been plenty of winners come from that race which is what makes LIVING IT LARGE a decent each way bet for me. LIBERTY LADY who was 4th, recently won well at Folkstone after being well backed. TAURUS TWINS finished 6th in that race and won just as well next time out at Windsor over the minimum distance. Finally FALASTEEN who finished 5th ran a good race next time out at Beverley finshing 3rd, before disappointing over 6f at Leicester and then going on to win well in a class 3 race over 5f at Epsom. That Wolverhampton race looked pretty good so I am going to take a chance with LIVING IT LARGE who has won off a higher mark over CD in the past. One thing to be wary of is the trainer form. Although he has only had 4 recent runners, they have all been very disappointing. The horse is well drawn in 2 though so hopefully he can make the most of the draw and get a good race position which is important over 5f at Wolves.