Shanghai’s a glorious bet
SHANGHAI GLORY will carry my cash in the 20-runner Great St Wilfrid Handicap (3.35) at Ripon.
Hopefully I can track down a bookie paying five places, as he was third in last year’s race off 101, so it appears the crafty Charlie Hills has laid his sprinter out to go two better this term, as the fiveyear-old rocks up off a perch of 97. The horse showed he was approaching his peak when second at Newmarket last Saturday.
With the magical eight runners in the Group Three Geoffrey Freer Stakes (2.25) at Newbury, I’m going to get stuck into
ALGOMETER each-way at around 5-1.
The five-year-old showed his winning turn was near when just touched off in a Group Two event at Longchamp in July,
Any showers which land on the Berkshire course will be very much in his favour.
William Haggas has his horses in rare form, so lunge over to your bookie and have a few quid eachway on SQUATS when he tries to repeat his success in last year’s Ladies Day Handicap (3.00). Georgia Cox was in the saddle 12 months ago, when the gelding took this off a mark of 95, so he is handicapped to follow up off a revised perch of 87.
Amanda Perrett has sent out a brace of winners recently, which leads me to believe COUNT OTTO should be backed eachway in the Randox Health Handicap (2.45) at Newmarket.
This three-year-old was fifth of 19 in a red-hot race at Glorious Goodwood over today’s trip when racing off a rating of 86, so he is entitled to be on the premises off a new rating of 85.
Josephine Gordon takes the reins for the first time, and the former champion apprentice rides her local track better than most.