Monday Racing

[BillyHills]

Three For Monday;

 

6.00 Windsor:  Wave Reviews @ 13/8 Bet365

6.40 Naas:  Maarek EW @ 5/1 Boylesports

2.50 Ayr:  Kenny The Captain EW @ 7/1 Bet365 NR

7.00 Windsor:  Top Diktat EW @ 16/1 Coral

 

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[arsenalfh]

Lyons' blog from earlier in the year completely through me off backing his first time out. He said he didn't have turf gallops and all his horses need the run and for some reason I never checked out his first time record (which is exceptional as is his record as a trainer in general) or if I did I completely misread something. He's massively in profit with both 2 year olds and seasonal debutantes and he has a couple of nice debutantes here at Naas after his yard really hit their stride yesterday at Gowran. He has his first 2 year old runner tomorrow in the opener at Naas and I would be keen to take on the first three in the betting who are AOB, JB and DW trained so Psychedelic Funk and Thomas O'Malley (JOB trained who is 2-2 with 2 yos) look interesting at bigger prices. That Bean Feasa is going to have her fans as a half sister to Teofilo but he's by Dubawi who's hardly known for precocious two year olds and the dam has produced nothing except Teofilo. Bit of a concern with the JOB runner is that she's bred for middle distances. So Psychedelic Funk has the right trainer, speedily bred, yard won this last year looks the bet at double figures. I just managed to squeeze Psychedelic Funk in as my Nap of the day when I woke up with a sly pick as Betway were considerably larger than the other firms and actually had drifted his price to compensate for the Bean Fheasa gamble so apologies if anyone wants to get on. I would still say 8/1 is value though as you really want to be taking on AOB and DW 2 year olds first time out.

In the 5.40 Mr Right did me a huge favour at the Curragh a few weeks ago in a handicap sprint and I think he should be favourite over Master Speaker who he beat that day. Yes Master Speaker ran into trouble in running and is just about weighted to reverse the form Mr Right is progressive and was actually eased down at the finish. It looked a strong race at the time as I mentioned that day so these two could be the pair to focus on. Master Speaker also always seems to find trouble and has only managed 2 wins under rules so I like Mr Right again.

6.10 is another 2 year old race full of potentially very good horses. It's a bit strange that AOB puts full sisters to Hit It A Bomb, Minding and Ballydoyle into the same race but I guess staying unbeaten is not really important as fillies. Blue Bahia ran pretty well on his debut and can be expected to improve for Weld while there's also been money for the Harrington horse so it's hard to have a fancy. If I did have a bet Velveteen for Lyons would be my pick but I'll watch this one. The next race looks better than Listed class on paper and I think Fort Del Oro is going to progress significantly through the sprinting ranks this season and will be the best of these. I couldn't really back one of Lynam's first time out though so I'll sit and watch.

I liked Credit The Giver in the 7.40 but preferred Maincin at the prices. Seems on a handy mark on some of his early season form from last year and is still lightly raced so more should come at a big price. In the concluding maiden Footbridge is the obvious one and will probably be very hard to beat but Freeman looks decent and Lyons has to newcomers with Keane turning down a pretty expensive yearling. Lyons says Keane's pick Elusive Heights is sharper than the same owner's Ex Patriot who ran well on debut at Gowran yesterday so I'll take a chance on that one.

4.35 Naas - Psychedelic Funk e/w @ 8/1 Paddy Power

5.40 Naas - Mr Right @ 5/1 Betfred

7.40 Naas - Maincin e/w @ 18/1 SkyBet

8.10 Naas - Elusive Heights e/w @ 11/1 SkyBet