Tuesday 17th May

Two bets advised for Tuesday: I thought G'Daay (3^rd 2/1 < 100/30) was a bit unlucky as he was hampered early in the race and shuffled back in the pack, he made good late headway in the straight, but I expect had to use too much energy to make up the ground, I won’t give up with him yet; fortunately we didn’t have to wait long for the next winner with Yummylicious (WON 9/4 adv 11/4) winning comfortably. I thought she had plenty in hand as she was lit up early in the race and was too keen and ran on well.

I mentioned Yonafis at Wolverhampton, he also won well, and I was amazed he went off at 11/10 against.

Wednesday 18th May

Clare Hobson doesn’t send out many flat runners from her Royston base, but Russian Virtue (Yarmouth 1:25) is interesting taking a big drop in class for the apprentice handicap. The five-year-old is a twelve-race-maiden but is slipping down the handicap and just sneaks into this 0-75. After an unsuccessful hurdling campaign, he ran well over CD last month before finishing fifth upped to a 0-85 at Lingfield on trials day. This target looks more realistic, and the small yard have done well to secure the services of Benoit De La Sayette and Russian Virtue looks a bet:

Yarmouth 1:25 – RUSSIAN VIRTUE – 1 point win @ 5/1 (Bet365; 9/2 generally)

The mile apprentice handicap at Kempton (5:30) is a London Mile Series qualifier, I’m keen on Fiorina first time up. The daughter of Showcasing improved with each of three runs as a two-year-old, the last of which she finished fourth on her first attempt at a mile. The winner has won again since and is now rated [86]. Fiorina has reportedly wintered well and is expected to rate higher than her opening mark of [74] so she looks well worth following:

Kempton 5:30 – FIORINA – 1 point win @ 4/1 (Bet365 – no other prices at time of writing)

Spring Glow signed off 2021 with two wins in the autumn and was entitled to need the run on seasonal debut at Windsor last month. Andrew Balding’s mare acts well on the Kempton surface, and she looks primed for a personal best on her toughest assignment to-date:

Kempton 7:30 – SPRING GLOW – 1 point win @ 15/2 (Hills; 7/1 others)