Paul Jacobs’ Sunday Racing Ideas
12:30 Sandown – Act Of Authority
13:15 Ffos Las – Puddlesinthepark (each-way)
13:50 Ffos Las – Farland
15:25 Sandown – Actually Purple
*All costs are bang updated with our snazzy widgets, whereas odds in copy are correct at time of publishing however topic to alter.
There’s a distinct lack of large fields in operation this afternoon, primarily within the large races of the day right here at Sandown Park and at Naas, so the decrease finish of the category scale makes for significantly better doable worth performs. This conditional jockeys handicap hurdle seems to be very aggressive for its class three degree (horses rated as much as 130), and a few high quality handicappers are set to line up right here. I’m involved in seeing how Falco Des Pins goes within the market beforehand, as we all know the Venetia Williams’ yard usually has purple patches throughout the 12 months.
Her horses appear in good kind, together with successful a pleasant prize at Ascot final Saturday. However the name needs to be the ACT OF AUTHORITY. Subsequent to his identify, you’ll merely see a ‘9’ on his seasonal debut, but it surely merely doesn’t inform the entire story. That run was within the Silver Trophy at Chepstow, and the six-year-old travelled with nice function below Sean Bowen earlier than lack of situation advised between the ultimate two flights, and his esteemed jockey accepted the state of affairs shortly. That run got here off 128, and with Lewis Saunders claiming a giant chunk off right here, he’s now totally 10lbs decrease. Add to the argument that he ran effectively right here final 12 months within the large novice hurdle last in spring, and he seems to be rock strong sufficient to run one other large race with that starter below his belt.
Of his rivals, I’ve essentially the most regard for Vincenzo, who will relish the return to good floor and is much more unexposed than the choice, having run a cracking third within the Persian Battle Hurdle final time. This evenly raced particular person has extra within the locker than from Don’t Inform Su. The final identify has a cracking report when recent, and any optimistic worth actions needs to be heeded.
That is most likely the primary and final time this winter you will notice the phrases good to smooth on a card on the West Wales observe because the winter months set in. Village Grasp makes {the marketplace} right here, having received his final 5, ranging from a score of 78 and is now set to run off 112, with the reserving of Harry Cobden an apparent plus. The highest weight has undergone a wind operation since that final run in June, which may deliver additional enchancment, however certainly, the proportion name is to oppose him, and a number of other rivals have strong each-way claims.
Impatient is healthier than he has proven, however will he fulfil that potential? Phantom Getaway was a good novice hurdler, so Kim Bailey has stored him in coaching after some issues. Seeing the yard in good kind and any cash for the seven-year-old is attention-grabbing. However in the long run, I’ve come down on the facet of PUDDLESINTHEPARK.
In all probability the strongest stayer within the line-up, the bay gelding seemed severely in want of his comeback run at Fontwell Park in September and duly stepped up when making eye-catching late headway down the lengthy stretch at Chepstow with out actually being out into the race by his younger and inexperienced jockey, and this needs to be his peak run now. Steady rider Adam Wedge takes over right here and having been dropped from a mark of 97 to 91, he seems to be a strong each-way play in a race with quite a lot of useless wooden.
13:50 Ffos Las – Farland
Worth is most actually within the eye of the beholder and it’s important to take into account a earlier run to notice if a horse would have been a particular worth had they run higher in supreme circumstances. That form of gradual run race arrange over two miles was precisely what Farland didn’t need at Chepstow final time when the sector went a snail’s tempo, and FARLAND pulled and hung everywhere in the store! Even in a quick run race, two miles could have been too sharp, however that is his likelihood to step up in a giant subject over an additional half mile and blow away the cobwebs with that have behind him.
We do know that he has a excessive cruising velocity and a giant motor and is held in excessive regard by Nicholls. I hope his worth will maintain up due to that disappointing first run and the truth that some thrilling rivals are set to line up in opposition to him, the decide of which is prone to be Jacours. A stunning and athletic-looking son of Gris de Gris, Aintree, Taunton and Worcester would all have been too sharp for him, and this extra galloping observe over an additional 4 furlongs makes him an attention-grabbing contender. Like the choice, he’s held in excessive regard, and with the steady on hearth, he seems to be certain to contend right here.
Sure, simply the 4 set to go to submit for this veterans’ chase, however three of the 4 ran in opposition to one another final day out at Chepstow when the rejuvenated Copperhead beat Actually Purple by three and 1 / 4 lengths with Good Boy Bobby an additional 4 and a half lengths away in third. Nonetheless, the weights have taken an enormous flip right here, with CERTAINLY RED now being 11lbs higher off with the winner and solely 2lbs worse off with the third.
This observe fits Lydia Richards’ cost better of all, a view cemented by his sensible run within the Bet365 Gold Cup earlier within the 12 months when he nonetheless had each likelihood on the final earlier than ending a 3 and a half lengths fourth of 20 behind Minella Crooner. At his greatest, Copperhead received the Reynoldstown Chase at Ascot as a novice chaser and was rated 145, and discuss was he was a grade one horse of the longer term. However then he went off the rails after falling on the final within the SunAlliance Chase on the Cheltenham Competition. Wins off 111, 114 and 119 have jacked up his mark to 130, much less Freddie Gingell’s 3lbs declare, however he’ll want one other vital step ahead right here to make it a four-timer.
Paul Jacobs’ Sunday Racing Ideas
12:30 Sandown – Act Of Authority
13:15 Ffos Las – Puddlesinthepark (each-way)
13:50 Ffos Las – Farland
15:25 Sandown – Actually Purple
*All costs are bang updated with our snazzy widgets, whereas odds in copy are correct at time of publishing however topic to alter.
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