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 On Easter Saturday I'll be having an interest in the 7.00 at Wolverhampton. ELIGIBLE has been a busy boy, winning Class Five and Class Four races at Southwell, before a couple of runs in 0-90+ company. The last run, drawn down on the unfavoured inside, was notable, beaten less than 3 lengths. Dipping into 0-77 Class Five now, is against a group of horses in inconsistent or modest form. A specialist at 7 furlongs, the selection has only run here once, a perfectly satisfactory 3rd of 10. Stall 2 of 7 would not be a negative either, and as long as this isn't a run too many, 5/1 freely available at the time of typing, with 3 places available with several layers, looks a steal.  Of the rivals, Asadjumeirah ran well in January in a good race behind Brazen Bolt and went close in this grade last time, so probably rates the danger, but tries yet another new combination of headgear and may not be the most straightforward. Two other arrivals are returning from winter breaks, while Okean...
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3YO Blog horses, updates.

 Our first runner was STRIKE ALLIANCE last week, who overcame stall 11 of 11 at 9/2 when winning a 10.5 furlongs 0-60 at Wolverhampton. Pushed up early, and eventually keeping on powerfully in the final furlong. Looked as though appreciated every yard of the trip and could improve again for further. Should surely be up to winning again off the revised mark of 63, in C6 and hopefully will continue to progress in higher grades. One to keep onside. A very different story for BURGLAR, who had impressed on debut, but did everything wrong when turned over in a Kempton novice at odds-on. Was fitted with a hood to post, keen in the hands of William Buick and although raced prominently didn't really handle the bend, and had an awkward head carriage too. This was a step back and I'd tread warily. A gelding operation might straighten this lad out, BUT I WON'T BE BACKING HIM UNLESS that happens, and given that he is a valuable colt, it's not a given that it will be done. I will try...
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Meydan World Cup Meeting

 Always an incredibly difficult event, because trying to cross reference formlines including from the home team, from Japan, the USA and Europe, is a real test of anyone's skills. Last year the home defence was thoroughly eclipsed, with only Switzerland, for the Seemar team, winning. Japan took five races, (including a dead heat with John Gosden's Lord North), Ado McGuinness's globetrotter A Case of You was the Irish scorerand Country Grammer took the World Cup for the US. The Japanese have a strong hand again, to put it mildly, with 27 entries including eight in the World Cup finale.  Look out for enhanced place terms as we get nearer to racetime. As this was penned and published, on Wednesday and Thursday, prices may have changed significantly nearer race time! I've not previewed the Arab race due to, I confess, my ignorance, but late word from the street suggests Barrakka from stall four could outrun 14/1 GODOLPHIN MILE: This went to BATHRAT LEON last year in what wa...
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Ten (plus two!) 3 year olds for 2023 flat season

 Hi all, thanks for visiting!. I'm a huge horse racing fan and have followed the sport for nigh on 40 years. I don't work for any horse racing firm nor am sponsored by any, purely an amateur enthusiast. I have developed my own system for finding winners, but these in this post are not part of any system, just, I hope, very good prospects. You'll see a lot of horses to follow blogs in similar vein, but most or all will look almost exclusively for Group and Classic winners. Yes there are some of these in here, but I'd like to think this covers a cross section of horses of all abilities and levels. So, I think these ten horses (plus a couple with more than honourable mentions) have chances of winning races, from Classics to Class Five handicaps, hopefully they'll yield a few winners along the way, but, as always, only my personal views and if you ever bet any of them, bet responsibly, please, and don't blame me if it goes the wrong way! Now, in alphabetical order, ...
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