The Weekend Winners group return searching for winners at Newmarket and Chepstow.
The function race on the Saturday of Chepstow’s DragonBet Welsh Racing Competition is the Wasdell Group Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle, ran over the prolonged two miles and three furlongs journey.
Eighteen runners are set to go to publish, with French Ship and Josh The Boss in the direction of the pinnacle of the market with good to mushy floor anticipated in Monmouthshire.
Halfway by this week’s present, the group analysed the race and picked their winners…
Declan Rix…
“I will go along with final 12 months’s winner Josh The Boss. When Jamie Nield’s 7lb declare is factored in, he is solely 3lbs greater than final 12 months and I assumed he received it in actually good fashion. Sam put him up final 12 months and it should have been a really snug watch. He regarded simply in nice type with himself, loving life and out pricking his ears. I assumed he jumped fairly effectively total and quickened very well from two out to at least one out, placing the sector to the sword.
“It is perhaps not the very best horses that will likely be profitable these races, typically it is simply going to be the fittest horse. It is the time of 12 months for the Twiston-Davies yard, they get their horses prepared early! Typically they will taper off in the direction of the top of the season however that did not occur final 12 months, they held their type very well. Nonetheless, that wasn’t the case with Josh The Boss however perhaps that is no shock given how prepared he was in mid-October.
“I’m hoping he’s as ready again. He’s coming off the back of a wind operation and we had Willy Twiston-Davies on Sky Sports Racing this week, who said his work is better than ever! He’ll do for me.”
Kate Tracey…
“I’m with Royal Infantry. I still think there is so much more to come from him! He’s on Handicap debut here and is a really smart horse running off a very feasible mark as well. If he doesn’t go off favourite I won’t be surprised but I think he at least should be vying for favouritism. He has a very good record fresh as well, which is a very key aspect at this time of year.
“He received on guidelines and steady debut in January 2024 earlier than profitable on hurdling and seasonal debut final season – additionally at this assembly in a maiden hurdle over two miles. He was a earlier point-to-point winner however nonetheless regarded inexperienced and inexperienced that day, and was nonetheless put in at 40/1 for the Supreme! He’s nonetheless a really sensible horse, being a Listed bumper winner earlier than ending eighth within the Champion Bumper in 2024. He had a wind operation in January however that noticed him return to type on his subsequent begins, together with final day out when second in a Listed hurdle behind a Willie Mullins horse.”
Sam Boswell…
“There is a David Pipe horse I actually like within the JP McManus silks in Thanksforthehelp. We final noticed this horse profitable at Punchestown and the type of that appears fairly robust. The horses in behind which have received since have all gone on to do quite a lot of issues. The second received the Summer time Plate at Market Rasen for Gavin Cromwell, the third completed second in a aggressive Handicap after which received a maiden. The fourth received a chase, the fifth received a Novice chase and some others additional down have not ran once more since.
“I still think he’s feasibly quite well handicapped back over here after that win. He has gone well at this track on his one start, winning a Pertemps qualifier. There’s enough there that ticks the boxes and the ground shouldn’t be an issue. I thought he was a tentative play at around 10/1 – a nice easy one to start, eh?”
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