The Weekend Winners trio return with a take a look at a busy two days of racing, together with a high quality card from Ascot.
Host Kate Tracey is joined by BetVictor’s Sam Boswell and At The Races’ Declan Rix to debate what stays of the weekend’s motion following the abandonment of Kempton’s Lanzarote Handicap assembly.
The group start with a take a look at the bet365 Handicap Chase, held at Ascot at 2.15pm on Saturday – stay on Sky Sports activities Racing…
Host Kate Tracey…
“It is a cracking contest, this. The shape line between Kotmask and Martator actually pursuits me, however I am going with Kotmask. Hopefully he can double up after his success a month in the past at Ascot over two miles and three furlongs. He is managed to determine his personal means of doing issues regardless of the standard few errors so supplied his jockey sits tight, they may nonetheless reveal first rate type.
“Off the same mark as 130 last time out, up in distance, he improved marginally to gain that deserved success. He faces his old foe Martator in here, who beat him on his reappearance and even by further on Kotmask’s penultimate start. He [Kotmask] clearly has enough to find but when you look at it they were running off level weights when taking jockeys’ claims into account on that occasion. Kotmask will get 15lb from Martator here, so I think he’ll reverse the form.”
At The Races’ Declan Rix…
“This can be a aggressive race! I like Flegmatik and I ponder whether this has been the plan for this Dan Skelton-trained horse. He is ran 4 occasions this yr, drifted from 16s to 50s and earlier than that he drifted from sixes out to fifteen/2 at Ascot. He was additionally an honest drifter final trip behind Victtorino round right here however there have been indicators of life that day, and he is coming down the Handicap.
“This is a £100k race with £52k to the winner and I wonder – as the Skeltons are great target trainers – whether this race has been targeted. The drop down in trip is going to suit him, he’s ran at Ascot nine times without a win but he’s got plenty of good form. He runs off 132, minus another three for Tristan Durrell’s 3lb claim – so he’s well handicapped to go close. Let’s go, baby!”
BetVictor’s Sam Boswell…
“I’m expecting my selection to drift to an even bigger price, but I’m going in again on Bad – who sometimes does live up to his name. We all know he can be a little bit difficult when he gets towards the front, but going back this way will help.
“Going up in journey will assist and I believe there are sufficient that can go along with him by way of the tempo. My plan is that a number of will take him into the race and blinkers are happening, which could eke out that little bit of enchancment. You have to have religion and he is each-way worth if nothing else. He appears to run properly right here and I am ready to go to the properly yet another time for him.
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