Cheap And Cheerful is way to go
Cheap And Cheerful makes his debut for Jonjo O’neill at Sandown today, and he must have a chance of making a winning start.
Just moved across the Irish Sea from Joseph O’brien’s yard, the JP Mcmanusowned five-year-old has a lot of scope for improvement. He comes to the mainland as the winner of a maiden hurdle at Sligo and an eyecatching second to Storm Rising at Limerick.
That’s a smart bit of form, because Cheap And Cheerful was beaten just two-and-ahalf lengths by a winner now rated 137.
Oakley has only had two bumper runs for Philip Hobbs. But they have been packed with promise, and now he makes a start over hurdles.
His debut run at Kempton in March, when beaten fourand-a-half lengths by Nicky Henderson’s Mister Fisher, looks high-calibre form. Particularly when the selection was trying to give 12lb to the Henderson runner. He has been absent since April, however, so a market check is essential. Molineaux had just about as impressive a season as Wolves last winter, winning twice and posting several consistent placed efforts.
His third to Verdana Blue, at Ascot in November, reads well in the context of his starting mark of 130, now going chasing for Colin Tizzard.