Flat Racing ~ Saturday October 13th

[BillyHills]

3.45 York: Coral Sprint Trophy (Handicap) (Class 2) (6f) Decent renewal of the Coral Sprint Trophy with almost half of the field rated 100 or more. I fancy they will come down the middle of the track and last years winner Sirrius Prospect should be ideally placed from stall 9. He’s a class act on his day and has the ground in his favour. Mirza is my alternative choice, I reckon the yard are starting to fire again after a lull and he’s a useful sort on his day and is a fair price. Selections: 1pt EW Sirrius Prospect 14/1 Stan James 1pt EW Mirza 14/1 Bet365 Full Preview; http://www.punterslounge.com/york-betting-sirrius-prospect-for-a-repeat-dose-in-coral-sprint-trophy-at-york

[robertob]

Re: Flat Racing ~ Saturday October 13th 18.15 Wolverhampton: Melodee Princess @ 14/1 Bet365 Melodee Princess was desperately unlucky at Wolverhampton two weeks ago. She really travelled very well in rear of the field, made a nice move 3f out on the outside of the field then and looked a real threat until she was simply locked 2f out. She had absolutely no way to go, no chance to switch to the outside and deliver a challenge. I assume she'd have gone very close with a clear run as she looked full of running with much more to give if Luke Morris would have been able to ask for everything. He wasn't able to do so though but Melodee Princess gets another chance tomorrow. She drops in class and is still lightly raced. She has the excellent assistance of DE Egan in the saddle who still claims very valuable 5lb as well. So I think she's very much overpriced. 19.45 Wolverhampton: Red Dragon @ 12/1 Bet365 He showed nothing in his three maiden runs and the bare form of his handicap debut suggests he's a dog indeed but I thought It was an interesting performance actually. Red Dragon had to overcome the widest draw in that race at Kempton one month ago and was dropped right to the rear of the field but was also racing very wide the whole time of the race surprisingly. He tried to make a move 4f out but found it difficult to gain ground when the leaders kicked away off a slow pace. He didn't get a hard race and it was actually an unusual ride given by William Buick from a visual point of view. Red Dragon ultimately stayed on a bit gaining ground in the final furlong but was never really asked for a serious effort in this race. I don't want to say this was a non-trier but it looked suspicious to me and I suspect the horse to be much better than what he showed that day. His mark dropped by 2lb and I really think he should be very competitive of a lowly mark off 60 here tomorrow.