York - Fri 9th Oct

[fintron]

3.20 York Hail Promenader won a Redcar maiden last season and is yet to score in handicaps this season, but has been running really consistently and looks to hold a decent chance tomorrow racing against his elders. Barry Hills isn't one to go tilting at windmills and his Acclamatation colt looks well placed here against older and more exposed horses. He has repeatedly shown seven furlongs is his trip, whilst his running style will suit this track. 12/1 SJ, 7.5 pts EW (4 places, 1/4 odds). 4.30 York Hotham has enjoyed a super season and could notch up a third win of the season for local trainer Noel Wilson, capitalising off the likely breakneck gallop. He came from off the pace to mug La Capriosa on the line at Pontefract earlier in the season, has since won again at Redcar, and ran a massive race at Doncaster when only a neck behind Silver Wind off 78. He was raised 3 lbs for that run when disappointing in the Bronze Cup at Ayr latest, but you can cross a line through that run given the low draw bias that prevailed at that meeting. He races off a previous winning mark, has won under Gary Bartley previously, and may go well tomorrow if getting the gaps. 16/1 Bet 365, 10 pts EW (4 places, 1/4 odds).

[ken678]

Re: York - Fri 9th Oct 3:20 York - Felday - 6.5 BetFred Thay say the bigger the field the bigger the certainty - which is just about as much drivel as so many of the others however Felday appears to have an outstanding chance on its last run in the "third division" of the Ayr Gold Cup. Been humming and hawing about picking by which time the price has fallen 2 or 3 points so it is obviously favoured in some quarters.