The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

High hopes for Brentford at Haydock

- ANITA CHAMBERS

Those who have kept fa ith w ith BRENTFORD HOPE and are willing to do so again might just have their patience rewarded in the Get Daily Tips At r a c i n g t v. c o m Handicap at Haydock.

Still lightly raced, he has a l w ay s shaped as having loads of ability and looked particular­ly exciting in his sole juvenile outing.

A setback scuppered any Derby dreams and he was not seen again until July at York, where he travelled sweetly into it before not finding as much as might have been expected, although he was entitled to get tired.

A couple of further defeats have followed, not to mention a gelding operation, but the feeling remains he is a good horse and perhaps this drop to a mile on soft ground will do the trick.

CUBAN BREEZE came back to something like her best last week and can go one place better in the Join Racing TV Now Nursery Handicap.

A winner on the allweather at Wolverhamp­ton and fast ground at Chester, it was encouragin­g to see Tom D a s c o m b e’s filly handled much softer fully ground last Catterick.

SENITA will surely make it third time lucky in the Market Cross Jewellers British EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes at Redcar.

The Khalid Abdullahow­ned Frankel filly shaped with abundant promise when runner-up on her debut for John Gosden at Newmarket in early August, so it was no surprise to see her sent off at extremely prohibitiv­e odds on her second start at Doncaster a fortnight later.

To be beaten as a 1- 6 favourite must go down as a disappoint­ment, but she was a clear second and the time out at winner, Lilac Road, has since run well in Pattern company.

There does not appear to be anything of her calibre today and as Gosden’s only runner on the card, Senita looks banker material.

SELECTIONS: FAKENHAM:

1.00 The Twisler, 1.35 Deputy’s Oscar, 2.10 Here Comes Johny, 2.40 Skandiburg, 3.10 Tayzar, 3.40 Princeton Royale, 4.40 Medalla De Oro.

HAYDOCK: 12.40 Cuban Breeze, 1.10 Canterbury Tales, 1.45 Edgewood, 2.18 Ghumama, 2.48 BRENTFORD HOPE (NAP), 3.18 Run This Way, 3.48 Captain Haddock.

REDCAR: 1.30 Senita, 2.05 Conspiracy, 2.35 Wots The Wifi Code, 3.05 Be Bold, 3.35 Spycatcher, 4.05 Faadiyah, 4.35 Billy No Mates, 5.05 Utopian Lad. DOUBLE: Senita and Brentford Hope.

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