Racing Chat - Friday 7th July

[Villa Chris]

Newton Abbot 3.50

Coolnaugh Haze 9.37 11/4 4th

Just The Man 9.27 14/1 3rd 

Glorious Zoff 8.87 5/2 2nd 

Throne Hall 8.83 6/1

Closer tuan the rating suggest I think, and Just The Man is a weird one. I’m pretty certain the winner will come from 1 3 or 4. I’ll stick with Coolnaugh though who’s been running well and a touch unlucky not to have got his head in front. He’s been finishing his races off very well so it’s all about timing with him I think .  He’s worse off at weights than a couple of them but hopefully he can time it right because he’ll need every yard of this trip . 
 

Newton Abbot 5.00 D’Jango 10/3

Wexford 7.23 Birchdale 2/1

5 points win each all bog 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Villa Chris

[Zilzalian]

I have been sat pondering the 3:05 at Sandown  and noticed Yabir is well odds on which seems very iffy to me it doesn't appear to like softish ground and it was only 6th beaten 10 lengths in the ascot gold cup (not the best gold cup of the last few years) I have been tracking Estacas since it won a bumper at ascot for Adreas Wohler since then it has gone to the Bridgwater stable presumably to go jumping where it won at 20/1 in a very good time. It was 200/1 early doors before going off at 40/1 in the Queen Alexandria (2m5f) beaten 4.5 lengths. The stayers look a bit weak this year the only distance winners in the field are the Charlton gg ex Fanshawe Sleeping Lion which at 12/1 is also not a bad price and Kings horse Raymond Tusk at 20/1 but that 40/1 about Estacas is proper value to my thinking pity there are only 2 places but given the weakness of this race i can see Estacas outstaying this lot so is a reasonable bet, put it this way would you like to put a tenner on Yabir at 4/11 or a fiver (ew for the ladies) on Estacas at 40/1?  So for me its a tenner on Estacas to win and a £2.50 RFC with Sleeping Lion.