Good Afternoon folks
It looks an unfathomably very tough opening day, lots of guesswork 3 year old races (how have they done from 2 to 3) and sprints to boot which, even if your selection is well drawn, if they miss the break they re dead from the start. One I do like that I think is being overlooked is below and I will most likeiy have one for my race, the all aged handicap that bookends the car, just waiting on more prices.
14:35 Chester
CASPI STAR – 1/2 Point Each Way @ 25/1 Hills boost 3 places, 22/1 3 places generally
She’s been a bit of a slow burner, only beating one horse home in two runs as a two-year-old, but she is bred to be useful and is really starting to blossom now for owner Nurlan Bizakov, who won this race in 2014 with Anipa at 16/1.
A daughter of Camelot, she improved as expected for the step up in trip when almost beating Ralph Beckett’s Lady Vivian (who holds an Irish Oaks entry) over 12 furlongs at Southwell, and I loved the way she went about her business when winning a valuable maiden at Musselburgh last month.
They didn’t go overly quick that day, but it was taking how she quickened once the gap appeared to bag the far rail, and she really powered away inside the final furlong to run out a ready winner.
Aidan O’Brien and John Gosden have a bit of a stranglehold on this race, winning it seven times between them in the last 10 years, and their representatives will understandably be popular again, but Caspi Star is a scopey filly with a good action who is still improving and with a few firms paying three places here, she’s a bet for me at 25/1.