After the excitement of The Open Day weekend, this last week took on a rather mundane look. ASHES SUMMER got trapped on the rail around Kempton and by the time she extracated herself the front two had flown. DE SOTO was a non-runner at Stratford, due to the ground quickening up rapidly on a warm windy day and then COME APRIL was too rusty and unhappy on the undulations of Goodwood. We stayed down for a night near Goodwood and the highlight of the week was our discovery of The Royal Oak at East Lavant and the Kingley Vale Nature Reserve nearby. If you ever have the chance you must visit both, as our walk through the vale, the largest and oldest Yew forest in Europe, on a cloudless autumn day, was truely spectacular.
Back to business with a vengence today at Market Rasen. The promise of good ground and lots of loot lures us upto Lincolnshire with DE SOTO and ROBERT THE BRAVE. Both horses are in great form and have good 'shouts'. The handicap is worth a massive 60k, so is obviously very competitve, but DE SOTO could still be well-handicapped, so maybe it's best to have a crack at a big pot now. ROBERT only has four rivals, but King Troy is rated well above us and will be difficult to beat.
AUSTRALIA DAY tries 1 1/2m. for the first time at Ascot on sunday. This is a bit of an experiment as we all know how keen he can be and Ascot is not really a front-runner's track, but although he gets beaten for speed sometimes in the final furlong, he is usually staying on again at the line. Let us hope that Martin Dwyer is allowed an easy lead.
So chances in valuable races over the weekend, lets hope we can grab some of the swag somewhere!
P.S. Watch out for the unveiling of a possible future star in the 5.05 at Gowran today...Midas Touch. He may not win today, but follow this comet's tail!
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