SUPERNAP WINS FRENCH OAKS: Winner-a-day Daqman landed a Sunday profit in England and France with two strikes, including his supernap in the French Oaks.
SUNDAY: profit on the day: 8.40 points
WON 4-9 DIAMOND NECKLACE (supernap)
WON 11-8 KAMAWAY
BETDAQ VALUE AT ROYAL ASCOT: Don’t miss the opening day at Royal Ascot tomorrow, with BETDAQ-value bets ranging from Daqman’s supernapped favourites to his bull’s-eye bets to win 50 points plus from outsiders in the handicaps. .
ANOTHER GRAFFARD ACE?
🇫🇷 Lucky seven! Thanks to a brilliant ride by Ryan Moore, Aidan O’Brien won his seventh Classic of the season at Chantilly yesterday.
But his French 1,000 Guineas winner, Diamond Necklace, was being closed down at the line by the long strides of Pink Panthera, and she held on only a short-neck over the 10 furlongs.
The result saw Epsom Oaks heroine Thundering On harden at odds-on for the Irish Oaks in July.
At the same time it potentially opened up the Curragh Classic and the Arc later on to an unknown.
We are not talking Pink Panthera but the filly who beat her easily as an odds-on shot in a Longchamp Listed last month, name of Behrayna.
The question mark yesterday was the absence from the Diane of local master trainer Francis-Henri Graffard, who has his Arc winner Daryz at Royal Ascot this week and his world champion Calandagan set for the Eclipse.
In fact, Graffard gave his answer before yesterday’s race as he enjoyed a laid-back Chantilly day, watching another Listed success with another filly, Rabbit’s Foot.
The unbeaten Behrayna (3-3) was not running because she is a 1m 4f filly and Graffard had put her away for the Irish Oaks and the Arc.
Those words were a routine report before the Diane but after the finish by Pink Panthera, they take on huge significance for the rest of the season.
CROSSBAR TO HIT THE CROSSBAR
⭕ 2.00 Wetherby today I always make the point that defying a penalty is never easy in novice events like this but there’s an exception to the rule here in that both Machadadorp and Crossbar dominate in form terms and their respective penalties for wins last time out cancel each other out.
The form of Machadadorp looks stronger at this stage. She was pitched in at the deep end at Ascot on debut in a class 2 – finishing down the field but then improved for that run and possibly for the drop back in trip when winning a class 4 at Chester.
It probably wasn’t the strongest race by usual course standards but she won in nice style and can see off the challenge of chief Betdaq Betting Exchange rival Crossbar who won a class 5 nicely enough on debut at Kempton and now makes his turf debut.
Rogue Invincible has been nibbled at in early trading. There’s not much to go on after he was beaten 11 lengths at Southwell on debut last November but has been gelded since and the market is saying improvement is expected.
MAY JUST WIN?
⭕ 2.45 Carlisle Maynora is a bigger price this morning than I was expecting. He lost his maiden tag with a win at Pontefract in April and followed up with a reasonable effort when fourth (from the worst draw) at Ripon last time out.
This doesn’t look the deepest of contests and he should prove too strong for the fillies Belling The Cat (best run so far on the all-weather) and Little Beck Annie (40/1 7th at Southwell after 251 day break, first time cheekpieces now tried).
NAP TO ZIG ZAG HOME
⭕ 9.00 Windsor The calm before the storm (hopefully not literally) at nearby Ascot tomorrow and fingers crossed we can be sent on our way with a winning nap in the finale in the shape of Ziggy’s Avenger.
The Michael Bell trained runner has improved significantly since going handicapping in his last two starts – finishing third at Kempton and then winning at Ripon last time out under tonight’s pilot Hector Crouch. He won readily that night suggesting he can cope with the 4lb hike in the handicap.
The very obvious danger is the filly Too Hot To Tango who remains a maiden after 10 starts but has bits and pieces of form to suggest she could play a hand here. She steps back in trip having finished fifth over ten furlongs at Salisbury last time out. The mile here might suit her better but my interpretation of the form is that she may need an even shorter trip.
DAQMAN’S BETS
on Betdaq Betting Exchange
2.00 Wetherby (win 10)
BET 10.0pts win MACHADADORP
2.45 Carlisle (win 10)
BET 2.8pts win MAYNORA
★ 9.00 Windsor (win 10, nap)
BET 6.25pts win ZIGGY’S AVENGER
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