Flat racing 9th feb

[richard-westwood]

some good racing in the uae tomorrow : 4.55 meyd : african story 110+ taammatul 113 african story should make a bold bid to topple bold silvano the likely fav .a good draw and plenty of speed will be good weapons in this but there appears to be a major value alert for taamaatul who boylesports are offering at 50/1 !!! his recent spin at meydan was pretty decent and showed signs of an improving horse from previous efforts and should be around the 12/1 mark yet is available at 4 times the price!!!! 5pts e.w for me and fingers crossed for a jackpot shock on the day !!!!

[chris34]

Re: Flat racing 9th feb 3.00 Wolverhampton Powerful Pierre ran his best race for a while last time out, not that badly handicapped on best form but best form has come over 6f! Form also not worked out from that 3rd last time out with both winner and 2nd let it down badly since. Muhandis has fallen a long way in the weights and doesnt look like cashing in on that yet, first time visor tried today showed nothing in visor or cheekpieces so probably a bit of a shot in the dark in this field. Mataajir has been in great form this winter, not been at best on recent starts and looks in the grip of the handicapper and unlikely to get soft time from a wide draw and not totally convinced the drop back to 7f the ideal move to try and beat the handicapper. Downhill Skier doesnt have a bad strike rate for a horse of his ability, not at best when last seen and is 4lb above last AW winning mark and does tend to go well with a few quick runs under his belt so might be in need of the run after a month on the sidelines, and although yard have had a winner they have been generally quiet. Spin Again appears to get on well with this female apprentice and was signs of a revival back in January, saddle slipped next time out and hassled upfront and did too much last time out so excuses since but unlikely to get an easy time upfront again today so probably opposable. Drive Home isnt a reliable sort but he did manage to win a weak handicap on his first run for over 100 days last time out, up 5lb for that effort but not an obvious one to back that run up given his profile and also that race was run at a slow pace although the 2nd has since won twice. Ace Master is another pace angle but has done all his winning around Southwell and been well held on all polytrack starts to date. Field Finner has been well held in 3 maidens not showing a huge amount and an opening mark 52 is probably fair on his handicap debut but running 2lb out of the handicap here and surely could have found a better opportunity than this to run off his mark proper. Lucky Dan hasnt won for over a year but is a class above these at his best. He won off a mark of 74 last January over 6f here in a class 4. He often gets going very late which has been the case on his last 2 starts but they are big improvements and clear signs he is returning to form, looks well worth a chance over 7f on that evidence and although not won over 7f he has raced well before over it and only had 4 tries at this trip in a 48 race career. Well drawn today in stall 2 today and should get a good tow into this race with plenty of pacemakers in the field and this is the first time he drops into a class 6 race since his 2yr old days and looks dangerous in this at a good price. 2pt e/w Lucky Dan 8/1 vc