Wise choice
’TAWNY TO MAKE SOUP-ER IMPRESSION
(3.30) can take advantage of a drop in grade in the feature event at Hamilton Park this afternoon.
Roger Fell’s seven-year-old has not been disgraced in the past when competing in some cracking handicaps over a mile, including the Cambridgeshire when he finished behind the classy Lord North.
With lesser rivals in opposition today and the fact the ground is spot on for the top weight, he should land the Watch On TV Racing Handicap before moving back up in grade again.
Also at the Scottish course,
(2.20, nap) hasn’t shown much since coming over from Ireland but can make up for lost time.
Under the shrewd care of Grand National-winning trainer Lucinda Russell, the handicapper has given him a real chance off a rating of 70.
He should also be tight fit following a run on the all-weather and I think he will outrun his huge odds in this one-mile contest at the main expense of top-weight Vive La Difference.
At Windsor, the feature Listed Midsummer Stakes looks wide open and former Queen Anne Stakes hero
(3.00) looks the call. He ran a fine fifth at Royal Ascot last week and should have too much finishing speed for Richard Hannon’s Urban Icon.
The Carnarvon Stakes can go the way of (2.25) as long as the rain stays away.
He was due to run in the Jersey Stakes, but the soft ground ruled him out and I know that Kevin Ryan thinks plenty of him. The best bet at Newmarket could be
in the one-mile handicap at 1.35. Down the field in the Royal Hunt Cup, he has been dropped 3lbs for that run and looks an enticing double-figure price here.