Good Friday Racing (Inc. AW Championships)

[BillyHills]

Covering a couple of AW races this week;

3.45 Lingfield: Middle Distance Championship

 

Verdict:

I suspect Maverick Wave will make the running here and set the race up for a late finisher. Both Grendisar and Battalion look the obvious ones to fight out the finish and I quite like the long-range tactics the Haggas team have used with Battalion. He runs best when fresh so ran him in his three qualifiers early in the AW season so they could leave him alone in the build up to this. Grendisar has been on the go and although he has been performing wit great credit those races may catch up with him now. Of the others we shouldn’t discount the French horse Metropol and Watersmeet probably represents the best value of the bigger priced horses.

Selection:

 Battalion @ 6/1 William Hill

[BillyHills]

3.15 Lingfield; Mile Championship

 

Verdict:

A cracking renewal of the Mile Championship and hard to argue with the bookies here. Both Mindurownbusiness and Sovereign Debt have solid credentials and it will be difficult to split them. If pushed I would just prefer the Roger Varian horse of the two. Big Baz will have his each way supporters at a double figure price but the one I like is the 4yo Mister Universe trained by Mark Johnston. He showed plenty of courage to out-battle Sovereign Debt last time out and is now unbeaten in two starts on the All-Weather.

Selection:

 Mister Universe @ 7/1 Bet365