I’M fresh as paint after a few days off and raring to go for the Dante Festival.
My betting accounts are fully loaded as I’ve got three fancies and juicy odds.
CALIBURN (1.50 York) makes appeal at around 20-1 in the opener. It’s a fiercely competitive race, but he showed plenty of ability last year before flopping on his final start.
He has since switched to the in-form Andrew Balding yard, a wise move in my opinion as his former handler Hugo Palmer couldn’t train ivy up a wall.
He lines up off a tempting mark, has conditions to suit and gets the assistance of champion jockey Silvestre De Sousa for the first time.
The fitting of first-time cheekpieces could do the trick for David O’Meara’s ARECIBO (2.25 York).
Caliburn – 1.50 York (Click here to see the best prices and place your bet)
Arecibo – 2.25 York (Click here to see the best prices and place your bet)
Hey Jonesy – 3.00 York (Click here to see the best prices and place your bet)
Things didn’t go to plan for the French recruit on his British debut, when he was denied a clear run and shaped as if he badly needed the run.
He will be a good deal sharper now while there should be a red-hot gallop for him to run down.
I’ll also be chucking a few quid at HEY JONESY (3.00 York) in the Duke Of York. The talented colt has not tasted victory since winning over C&D as a two-year-old.
But he has run plenty of good races in defeat, including in a hot race on his return at Chelmsford, and today is his second run after a wind op.
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