THIS IS DAQMAN! 18 WINS IN A WEEK: Daqman made it 18 wins in a week with a big-handicap double across the cards at Haydock and Goodwood yesterday, pulling him 22 winning bets clear of Pricewise, with the score Daqman 32, Pricewise 10. The overall total in six seasons is 329-126.
WON 9-2 Oh This Is Us
WON 7-2 Garcia
CLASSIC 16.0 PUNT ON GUINEAS DAY: He has a 16.0 Classic alternative to Minding today and a banker in the gold cup. It’s all to play for on 1,000 Guineas day at the Curragh.
ANOTHER ONE TO PUT ON A PEDESTAL..
1.20 The Curragh Start again, I heard them say. This is the race that launched Air Force Blue: Ballydoyle’s best yet two-year-old; it’s scrap-heap three-year-old. He’s not trained on.
My advice: send ‘Blue’ to Sir Michael Stoute. He has an equine understanding like the Horse Whisperer.
Meanwhile, there is another Classic to be run today, and four more potential Air Force Blues – Churchill, War Secretary, Pedestal, Istan – running for The Lads in this opening race.
I had a good day in the ring yesterday. The only David Haye punch that hurt was when my BETDAQ 29.0 offer Ninjago finished fourth at York at 16-1, beaten three necks in a 16-runner handicap.
Only there weren’t 16; no fourth paid (Shore Steps was a late withdrawal), and Ninjago’s cover is blown. He’s not good enough for the top level and his handicap mark may be prohibitive. Unless Paul Midgeley can do a Michael Stoute.
The good news is there will be more 29.0 BETDAQ offers starting at 16-1 and, if we continually get value like that, which we do, then we can’t lose.
16.0 PLACE SETTING FOR GUINEAS CRUMBS
1.55 The Curragh (Irish 1,000 Guineas) My ABC Guide to this race is in the Daqman Archive for Wednesday; light pressure on the icon; second one down.
Minding, Now Or Never and Turret Rocks ticked all the boxes but, as we saw yesterday, and as a wet winter and early Spring suggests, three-year-olds can suddenly blossom – particularly fillies – when they get sun on their backs. Time is the great improver.
Three with untapped potential (Anamba, Cool Thunder and Tanaza) have not been seen this season but, unlike the Air Force Blues of this world, did not have the kind of juvenile career which leaves its mark.
It would be an amazing day if octogenarian Kevin Prendergast and Chris Hayes could follow up Awtaad in yesterday’s 2,000 with Cool Thunder this afternoon but there’s no hint of a another gamble, at 86.0 in the BETDAQ orange this morning.
In fact, it’s 10.5 bar the long-odds-on English Guineas winner, Minding, and 33.0 bar three after Jet Setting and Now Or Never, ridden by Kieren Fallon, who began his jockey’s life as a Kevin Prendergast apprentice. I’ll let Minding run for my Fortune Cookies but she won’t help much toward a level-stakes profit!
Keep an eye on the BETDAQ market, in case an Awtaad happens. The rain won’t help Anamba and Tanaza. Cool Thunder won her maiden on firm, and Coolmore and Turret Rocks were always kept to decent ground as juveniles.
I shall hope for even more rain (it’s forecast!) and have a pound on 16.0 offer Jet Setting, who was taken off her legs on the fast surface for Minding’s 1,000 at Newmarket but was afterwards supplemented for today’s Curragh version.
Jet Setting’s form when placed at Chantilly last autumn has been boosted by he winner’s success in the French 1,000 Guineas and she beat Now Or Never in the 1,000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown.
Success today would be another fairy story for a trainer: Adrian Keatley, from the old Francis Flood emporium, started out only in 2014 after being assistant to Oliver ‘Follow The Plan’ McKiernan and is best known to English punters for a handicaps hat-trick at Ayr last Wednesday!
He may only get place crumbs behind Minding but the ground could continue to deteriorate further and crumbs might turn into a feast.
FOUND.. A RELIABLE GOLD CUP BANKER
2.30 The Curragh (Gallinule Stakes) Aidan O’Brien’s form-figures for the decade in this race are 1111112112 but you’ll have to bet 8-1 on to dutch his four runners!
3.40 The Curragh (Tattersalls Gold Cup) Found is another in my Fortune Cookies list.. and another likely odds-on winner for Ballydoyle today.
She beat most of these over the Curragh CD three weeks back, and twice got within a length of Golden Horn last season. I’d much rather take the odds Found than Minding.
4.10 The Curragh Johnny Murtagh has a cracking record in Curragh handicaps and his chances with 12.0 BETDAQ offer Newsman seem to have been boosted a tad yesterday by the performance of the winner of Newsman’s reappearance race in March. The name of that winner? Awtaad.
4.35 Nottingham Lexington Abbey is four from five at Nottingham and 3.7 looked a sound punt, even if Harry Hurricane remains in the picture.
In an earlier race, the Lambourn dogs are barking Atalan (3.25), said to be even better after gelding and likely to try to make all over this trip.
DAQMAN’S BETS (staked to win 20 points)
BET 1.3pts win and place JET SETTING (1.55 The Curragh)
BANKER: BET 20pts win (nap) FOUND (3.40 The Curragh)
BET 1.8pts win and place NEWSMAN (4.10 The Curragh)
BET 7.4pts win LEXINGTON ABBEY (4.35 Nottingham)
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