CONDITIONS SET FAIR FOR BREEZE

Those of a nervous disposition wanting to back LIBRISA

BREEZE ( Newbury, 3.35) to win the Betfred hungerford stakes may need to brace themselves ahead of today’s feature.

supporting Dean Ivory’s talented grey is not without risk given his hold-up run style which often leaves the five-year-old a hostage to fortune, as again was the case in the Lennox stakes at Goodwood.

Librisa Breeze endured a tortuous passage that day from a poor draw and it was to his credit he was beaten less than four lengths by Breton Rock who in contrast enjoyed a completely trouble-free passage.

The undulations and turns of the sussex Downs were unlikely to represent the ideal track for the selection, who has displayed the majority of his best efforts on a straight track when granted a strong pace to run at.

hopefully, the likes of Kaspersky, Ibn Malik and Poet’s Vanity will combine to ensure there is an honest gallop from the outset and that should help Robert Winston (below) to settle a horse which is usually a shade keen early on, but is blessed with a high cruising speed. The Ivory stable have enjoyed a magnificent time of late with the likes of Lancelot Du Lac winning the stewards’ Cup, stake Acclaim scoring on shergar Cup day last saturday and they landed another sizeable prize yesterday when eirene secured a Listed prize at the Berkshire venue. Their filly relished conditions at Newbury which were on the soft side as an apocalyptic shower delayed race two, a development that wouldn’t have disappointed connections of Breton Rock despite their admirable gelding producing a 50-1 shock on decent ground at Goodwood. A winner of this race in 2014 before being narrowly beaten 12 months later, Breton Rock should again be on the premises granted his optimum conditions, but he may have no answer to Librisa Breeze’s change of gear.