Mumbai 23rd Jan---> Selections and comments

Card looks great


Race1:
[4] Nanina-->In its last run stormed from the outerdraw to lead till last 200mts,gave up to avoid attracting penalty for sudden reversal of form,has been active in pools regularly for last 10 days,can win here.

Other Horses

[1] On downslide,winner of 20-45 class 16months back,cannot carry this weight [2] No form whatsover [3] failed as fav in last run,horse almost stopped in the end,will fail again [5] Lacks initial speed,will run easy here [6] Long lay off,may need this run,still has a chance to place at massive odds [7] yet to finish second in his career,failed even in same age group [8] Winner four years back,urged in tracks [9],[10],[11]  Failed to beat half of the field of same class even once in last three runs,ignore
Other Horses
Race2:
[3] Blue Ace-->Has age in favor,can defy penalty and win in this higher class.

Other Horses

[1] 4 Wins out of 6 but now at rating of 78 at age of 6,any further progress will pitch it against the best  ,would definetely not want to do so. [2] out of form but interestingly at same rating in last 6 runs inspite of finishing way behind [4] Will find this distance sharp

Race3:
[8] Arabian Lord--> in its last run was galloping strongly till last 100mts,can kick on gamely in this set.
[6] Yardstick--> Regular in pools,has benifit of handicap reduction,can do well here in this set

Other Horses

[1] Failed fav in same class at Pune,not in tracks or pool after last run [2] yet to finish on board,whipless rider [3] First run [4] Long lay off,prev runs suggest it will find this distance sharp [5] Failed fav at same centre with better rider,now entrusted to jky who is yet to get a winner  [7] Wrk jky [9] in same age group [10] fails to accelerate,now runs with blks [11] Will find this distance sharp

Race4:
[13] Prince---->Running close in all runs,at this weight can kick on gamely till end.

Other Horses
[1]non winner, Whipless rider and winless rider,prev runs suggest it lacks initial speed [2] Favs from this stables are not worth backing,as fav finished 13 lengths behind in Pune [3] No show in debut run,need to improve a lot [4] Not in tracks or pool,wrk jky [5] slow starter and lugs in under pressure [6] last run was uncomfortable thru out for no apparent reason,now runs with blks,track work very poor [7] long lay off,wrk jky [8] Inspite of change of equipments in last run failed to settle well [9] Wrk jky [10] debut run very bad [11],[12] Failed to beat half of the field of same class even once in last three runs,ignore [14] failed in same age group

Race5:Ascot Magic(1)

Ascot Magic's preparation reveals it has been prepared for this event.

Race6:
[10] Etesan----> Good forward run in both runs in hands of whipless rider,can do well here under this rider.

Other Horses

[1] Will not be able to carry this weight [2] Needs more ground [3] Winner of same age group of lower class [4] blood vessel case [5] Best for 1000mts [6] Looking for class down [7] Has problem of hanging in,ignore [8] Failed as fav in all the runs ,looks like it gets scared when challenged ,now runs without blks [9] Best for 1200mts [11] Needs hard rider,this whipless rider will not be able to extract best

Race7:
[1] Mon Ami--->Impressive winner at Pune,last run in higher class forced to hit front due to slow pace of the race which was won by Clinton,now  runs with TS on,should not have much difficulty in picking up this race.

Other Horses
[2] May not sustain this distance [3] Improving with every run,not in tracks [4] Disappointed lot of times,should be ignored till it finds its winning ways [5] Runs with blks but struggles under pressure [6.7.8.10,12] Wrk jky  [9] Winner of lower class in same age  group,ignore [11] Looking for class down [13,14] Totally out of

Race8:Celtic King(2)

Race for youngsters.

Celtic King won in mockrace with same rider,can do well

Domingo looks well bred,can be in fighting line

Race9:
[2] Astomia-->Ignore last run under whipless rider,can force a win here

Other Horses
[1] Front runner drawn in outerbox,will not be able to hit front [3] Failed fav in same class,ignore [4] Easy winner of very poor class in weight raised by 4kgs race,fast pace of the race will not allow it to settle,not sighted in tracks [5] Not the kind of horse which can hit front,will struggle to keep up with hot pace [6] Failed to beat half of the field of same class even once in last three runs,ignore [7] Sparingly raced in its career,failed when fancied,now runs with benifit of mockrace,can only hope to place [8] Running for handicap reduction [9] Failed as fav in same age group,ignore [10] impressive trackworks but first run and out of form jky [11] Looking for class down [12] Wrk jky [13] First run [14.15] out of form

Race10:Bling(3)


Days best:Mon Ami(7-1)

CDQT:Prince(4-13)/Etesan(6-10)/ Astromia(9-2)

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