Camacho bidding for repeat with Makanah SELECTIONS

Mud-lover looks to follow up stable’s victory in Beverley Bullet

The Julie Camacho stable can make it two successive wins in the William Hill Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes, this year with MAKANAH.

While the veteran Judicial did have the option of trying to win the race backto-back, the rain in recent days tipped the scales in favour of Makanah.

As a son of Mayson, he relishes the mud and he is an improving sprinter in his own right.

A winner at Newmarket just after racing resumed, he then went close in a big handicap behind Phil Makin’s Lahore at York.

More recently, he was narrowly touched off at Haydock by Mountain Peak when he was giving weight away

BEVERLEY: 1.00 Storm Dreamer, 1.30 Quiet Assassin, 2.00 King’s Knight, 2.30 Asdaa, 3.00 East Street Revue, 3.30 MAKANAH (NAP), 4.05 Ilaraab, 4.35 Puckle, 5.05 Hooroo.

CHELMSFORD: 12.40 Zeyaadah, 1.10 Ropey Guest, 1.40 Badger Berry, 2.10 Superiority, 2.40 Infrastructure, 3.10 Red Poppy, 3.45 Archdeacon, 4.15 Blue Medici.

SEDGEFIELD: 12.20 Historic Heart, 12.50 Marine One, 1.20 Timoshenko, 1.50 Brotherly Company, 2.20 Cousin Oscar, 2.50 Before Midnight, 3.25 Two Blondes, 4.00 The Happy Chappy, 4.30 Misty Mani.

DOUBLE: Makanah and

Ilaraab. to the whole field, so now looks the time to make the step up to Listed company.

There is enough pace in the race to suit the keen-going type, and he will be coming home stronger than most.

William Haggas had a few in the fiveday entries for the William Hill Silver Cup, but relies on just ILARAAB in the small but select field.

By sire of the moment Wootton Bassett, Ilaraab was unraced as a juvenile but is making up for lost time.

Sent off an unconsidered 33-1 chance on debut behind the highly-regarded Sunray Major, he finished only seventh of 10.

Haggas often sends his inexperienced horses north in the hope of some easy pickings and so it proved again as Ilaraab went to Thirsk to break his maiden, the only surprise being he was allowed to go off at 8-1.

It was Wolverhampton next, when he stepped up to almost 10 furlongs to defy a penalty with the minimum of fuss.

Haggas would have been pleasantly surprised to see the colt given an opening mark of 84, and he can bring up his hat-trick.