BBOTD Sunday 14th

[cpo]

4.15 Leopardstown Sugar Boy 1pt win @ 6/1 Bet365Bolger has taken this in the last 3 years but I think Sugar Boy has a cracking chance here. He improved with every run last year and romped home by 6 lengths in a listed race at this track over 9f on his last start. He has a Derby entry and could really be anything. Still haven't got to the bottom of him and he should improve this year over middle distances as he is by Derby winner Authorized. I don't know much about the trainer but I presume this is his best horse. He is a relentless galloper and could cause a upset here against more illustrious opposition.

[robertob]

Re: BBOTD Sunday 14th 15.05 Leopardstown: Bold Thady Quill @ 16/1 Bet365 - 1pt win Bold Thady Quill is really thriving at the moment and ran out some impressive performances recently. He's been an eye-catcher pretty much in all his last three runs and tomorrow looks a race ideal for another big performance. He finished a strong 3rd in the Irish Lincolnshire last month, but was unlucky not to get closer to Sweet Lightning, the eventual winner. He was in a pocket over 3f out, lost position as a result, and had to delay his challenge. Once in the clear he really picked up strongly and finished in impressive fashion. This form is a really strong one with Custom Cut, who finished 16th, winning subsequently a Group 3 at the Curragh, while the 4th Inis Meain finished runners-up to Parish Hall last week. Bold Thady Quill himself won subsequently a Listed race over 6f at Cork in good style and ran a huge race in the Group 3 Gladness Stakes over 7f last week, finishing fourth and coming within a lengths of Group winners Nephrite and La Collina. He was slightly outpaced there over 3f out, but stayed on very well in the closing stages. This race tomorrow here is over 1m, and his record isn't impressive over this distance, but it looks now, as he gets older, that he needs this trip actually and he stays it very well as seen in the Lincolnshire. He might prefer a bit of rain but has also shown that he handles good ground and because I think the short priced favourite is beatable on his seasonal debut I really feel Bold Thady Quill is overpriced as he might have given Sweet Lightning, the second favourite, a real race with a clear run in the Lincolnshire.