Flat Racing > Saturday April 18th

[Aidymac]

Newbury 3:25 - Be Wiser Insurance Spring Cup (HANDICAP) (2) 1m The Spring Cup is always a very tough race to try and solve for us punters, with a large field full of equally talented horses. My personal fancy is Dream Spirit, trained by the hugely talented William Haggas and ridden by the young maestro Andrea Atzeni. This horse is beautifully drawn in stall 21 and horses drawn middle to high have dominated the Spring Mile in recent years. The only winner to come from a single figure draw since 2001 is Captain Bertie who won in 2008 from Stall 7. Dream Spirit is a 4 year old gelding and he showed plenty of ability on his first two career starts, winning at Newmarket on the July course. He beat a horse called Maverick Wave on his 2nd run, and that John Gosden horse won a Class 2 handicap at Chelmsford City by 10 lengths recently. He was a close 3rd behind Moohaarib at Pontefract when last seen, and that form has received a big boost, with Moohaarib finishing 3rd in The Lincoln recently. This horse has really low mileage, only had 4 runs to date, and looks by far the least exposed runner in the race with scope for plenty of improvement. William Haggas cleans up in these handicaps, and Atzeni won this race two years ago aboard Haaf A Sixpence, and ironically came out of Stall 21 too that day. Looking at the trends, 4 year olds do well, you have to be drawn middle to high and ideally weighted below 9 stone so he ticks a lot of boxes. Advised Bet: Dream Spirit - 1 Point Each-Way @ 10/1 BetVictor - 4 Places http://www.horse-racing.org/newbury-spring-cup-betting--atzeni-gets-a-dream-ride-for-the-flat-feature

[richard-westwood]

Re: Flat Racing > Saturday April 18th 325 newb exciting race this one ........rated it as follows buckstay 92.22 Gabriel 90.01 dream spirit 89.99 buckstay is miles clear here on paper ......seems to hold all the cards and if has nice draw to boot too .......looks a fantastic ew bet at 8/1 with will hill run in spring mile should have put spot on ......im goin a max bet on this one for a bit of fun buckstay 10pts ew 8/1 will hill