Chepstow 21st June (eve)

[chris34]

6.50 Chepstow A good looking sprint handicap for the grade, Natitivity is consistent but still yet to get his head infront and is becoming extremely frustrating although doesnt look ungenuine. The Bradley yard has gone through a rather dry spell just recently although they did pick a winner up over the weekend and a couple of good places to suggest they could be coming back and What Katie Did has been running well during his cold spell, he is now 8lb below his last winning mark and should go in the ground conditions having won on good ground before! 0.25pt e/w what katie did 8.20 Chepstow The irish raider looks sure to go well but likely to go off very short simply because of the strong booking of Fallon therefore I am willing to oppose him with the unexposed Starkat, Chapple Hyam yard is another yard going through a cold spell although did have a couple of runners run to form at lingfield on saturday night. Starkat showed some useful form in some decent maidens on turf last season and built upon them with a promising run on the AW should come on for the run and return to turf looks a positive. 0.5pt win starkat

[south_eastern_ram]

Re: Chepstow 21st June (eve) 7.20 Interesting handicap here and with numerous front runners in the race i'm expecting a strong pace. Looking at those at the head of the market many are too shorter price imo. Liel is from a respected yard and with Fallon booked is an interesting contender, but after not showing a great deal in maidens a price of 7/2 is far too short for an unknown sort. Comptonspirit usually puts in a good shift and won a better race than this lto, won off a higher mark back in 2008 but his poor strike rate is a concern and 5/1 is about the right price imo. Spic 'n Span is yet to win on turf and his 2nd last time out was in a fairly weak small runner race so is worth opposing. Island Legend has shown promise and at 10/1 earlier was of interest but Hugh Taylor tipping this one means all value is lost and although Mazzola is well handicapped and return to 5f may help he hasnt show enough in recent starts to warrant a bet. The 4 outsiders also make little appeal for various reasons. This leaves me with Wooden King and The Name Is Frank. Wooden King comes from a stable bang in form, trainer has already had a winner today as well. He's mostly ran over trips ranging from 6f-8f and has bits and pieces form over all those trips. Mark shouldnt be a problem, won off 50 on the a.w and a close 2nd on turf off a similar mark. Only 5th start for this yard who obviously see him as a sprinter, 3 of last 4 starts over 6f. Hasnt shown an awful lot in those starts, normally leading and weakening a furlong or 2 out so i'm hoping the drop to 5f will suit as this one does have some pace. Blinkers on for the first time which can hopefully stop this one from hanging which is sometimes a problem. 16/1 sportingbet, stanjames Will also have a bet on The Name Is Frank who should get a race ran to suit. Sat off the pace lto at Folkestone and finished very strongly that day. Trip and ground is ideal but is running off quite a high mark here which is my main concern. However, the way he finished last time and with a likely strong pace i think this one could run a decent race. 11/2 skybet.