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1.50 Haydock
Brave game not far from last season’s best new hurdlers and got off to a good start to his chasing career at the recent Newton Abbot, beating Charlie Hall winner then Fusil Raffles with plenty in hand. Nicholls has compared him favorably to Denman in the past and this seems like an ideal stepping stone before he heads towards bigger accolades.
2.05 Ascot
Dashel Drasher won all four against Ascot and he can extend his unbeaten run. Jeremy Scott’s 8-year-old won the beginner hurdles here in 2019 and added three more course and distance chases last winter, completing a hat- trick in rank 1, where he was better than Master Tommytucker despite idling in the finish line. That form sets a clear standard.
2.25 Haydock
It’s been almost a year since Riggs finally tasted success. However, Mahler’s son produced some fine form in the defeat at the end of last season and he was better than the proposed finish at Aintree last month, when he was held steady in a race. ran steady but was beaten less than five runs. The six-year-old has more to offer in what should be a more suitable endurance test.
2.40 Ascot
Song for someone Not as hectic at the end of last season but the five-match win over Call Me Lord here last November was the best game of his career and he’s reached a similar level when hitting defeated Silver Streak at Cheltenham three weeks later. He walks very fresh so there is every possibility that a summer break will do him well.
3.00 Haydock
Course Notes Bristol De Mai could equal Kauto Star’s record of four wins in the first 1st grade of the new dance season. Lostintranslation proved too good in the 2018 renewal but Nigel star chaser Twiston-Davies has won the race on three other occasions, including last year when he overcame Clan Des Obeaux. He struggled to win at other locations so he could easily forgive a few losses later, and he was effective on all fronts so the dry off-season weather won’t do him any good. uncomfortable.
3.15 Ascot
It’s hard to rule out any of the seven runners-up in this £85,000 handicap chase but Before midnight is the one to beat. He ended a lengthy losing streak in a bumper run at Kempton in February and had two more handicap chases afterward, most recently at Cheltenham last month, where he went ahead and never under any real pressure. A mark higher than 8lb may not stop him on a track where previous runners could prove difficult to catch.
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