114-1 IRISH NATIONAL ONE-TWO FOR DAQMAN: On another sensational tipping day, Daqman named the 8-1 and 16-1 first and second in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse yesterday, taking offers of around 13-1 and 28-1 on BETDAQ. The one-two paid a 115.87 straight forecast with Ladbrokes:
1: SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR WON 8-1 (14.2)
2: GOLDEN WONDER 2nd 16-1 (29.0)
SIX NAPS UP OUT OF EIGHT: Daqman’s naps sequence leapfrogged a Sunday blip with another winner yesterday – making it six from eight – for a profit of 291 points to a notional 20-points win level stakes on each:
WON 6-1 ANIPA
2nd 11-4 Pearl Princess (beaten a nose)
WON 4-5 PROVIDENT SPIRIT (banker)
WON 1-1 TOORMORE (banker)
WON 2-1 LITIGANT
WON 5-1 SEA SHANTY
0 6-1 Specialagent Alfie
WON 7-4 TOKYO JAVILEX
132 POINTS FROM SIX DAYS OF PROFIT: With two successful lays, Daqman rattled up a total of 50 points yesterday, his sixth winning day for an overall 132 points profit. His win-and-place Irish National 1-2 means that he goes 21-4 up on Pricewise since the start of the Flat and 60-16 overall.
The National heroes ride again. Jamie Moore (Scottish Grand National) and Barry Geraghty (Irish National yesterday) can lift the Easter-hangover Tuesday cards at Kelso and Ludlow. And A P McCoy is back at Wetherby.
KELSO:
Jamie Moore, who took Scotland’s biggest prize when getting Al Co up to land the Ayr National, returns to Scotland this afternoon.
Brian Ellison has had an appalling run of form and Jamie, as a change of jockey, may wake up his Grandiloquent (29.0 in the 1.45) and the now well handicapped Mubrook (4.25).
But the one I like is Mandarin Sunset (2.15) for James Ewart. He’s had only seven races in his seven years, and has to be caught fresh.
After four months off, he returns in cheekpieces with stablemate Thorlak to make sure there’s pace on. As a 20f-winning hurdler, he will need all of this 2m 5f over fences.
Doubledisdoubledat needs rain to fall in some quantity, and the jury is out on Clondaw Knight. He’s won on today’s course over 17f but is bred to get 3m though, so far, a step up in trip has not produced a result. Saver.
LUDLOW:
I felt sorry for connections of Golden Wonder after yesterday’s Irish National. He looked the winner everywhere except on the line, but Barry Geraghty made sure the line belonged to him.
Maybe not even A P McCoy – who would have ridden the winner but was on ‘holiday’ until today – could have judged the finish so well and roused Shutthefrontdoor to that final effort.
Geraghty has ridden better this year than Ruby Walsh or A P, though too much of Ruby’s time has been spent on the sidelines. Geraghty, and not forgetting Davy Russell, have seized their opportunities and stepped from the shadows of the Big Two.
Barry rides for Nicky Henderson today at Ludlow, with Call The Cops (1.55) a standout in the opener, nearly a stone clear on the ratings but giving away only half that as the penalised runner.
CD winner Magic Money comes out quickly and his third to Irving in November looks good but Russborough is still a maiden and from a stable out of form.
Call The Cops has managed to win on the soft but has always been crying out for a sound surface and, though Kim Bailey claims off Magic Money in a bid to get the edge, I think Barry Geraghty can boss this one.
WETHERBY:
The real McCoy is back, prepared to chase for minor goodies today after he could only sit and watch the big Easter egg slip from his grasp at Fairyhouse.
Rosslyn Castle (2.05) looks like one of those grinding-it-out jobs where McCoy refuses to accept his mounts quirks, and this horse has plenty.
Mailer Tree won easily yesterday but his form after a win in two senior races is pulled up and 13th. Cool Sky (3.45) can complete a McCoy double.
WOLVERHAMPTON:
The Flat has been flat all right. I hope it comes alive tomorrow, with the old Great Met and City and Suburban double of handicaps back together on the Derby-trial card at Epsom.
Meanwhile, Charlie Hills is talking up his 1,000 Guineas chance, Kiyoshi, or at least ‘my father fancies her quite strongly,’ he tells the Racing Post. Dad is sorely missed by punters everywhere, Charlie boy.
Love Excel (7.45) looks one to be on for Team Hills, returned to the track where he broke his maiden in December. As with his first run last year, he did not find Kempton to his liking, and the drop back to 7f and the Wolver track will suit.
YARMOUTH:
So there is a Flat (turf) card today! Newmarket-by-the-sea will be back to sweaters and pullovers at the start of the season of evening meetings, and nothing else easily wrapped up.
Sir Michael Stoute upset a maiden-race system of mine yesterday. No I won’t tell you what it is: I gave you two winning lays in another maiden, didn’t I!
Ryan Moore is at Yarmouth for Mairise (5.25), related to one of the trainer’s most famous of his many improvers, Notnowcato, who rose from obscurity to win the International at York.
After three quick runs, and gelded over the winter, Mairise has been working well on the Newmarket gallops and the son of Authorized will be hard to beat here.
‘Cato’ also had some quiet maidens and won first time in a handicap for the best cricketer to train horses.
DAQMAN’S BETS (each staked to win 20 points)
BET: 0.7pts win and place GRANDILOQUENT (1.45 Kelso)
BANKER: BET 20pts win (nap) CALL THE COPS (1.55 Ludlow)
BET: 4pts win on each MANDARIN SUNSET and (saver) CLONDAW KNIGHT (2.15 Kelso)
BET: 4pts win COOL SKY (3.45 Wetherby)
BET: 7.4pts win MAIRISE (5.25 Yarmouth)
BET: 10.5pts win LOVE EXCEL (7.45 Wolverhampton)
DAQ MULTIPLES: 4 x 1pt win trebles and 1pt acca CALL THE COPS (1.55 Ludlow), ROSSLYN CASTLE (2.05 Wetherby), MAIRISE (5.25 Yarmouth) and LOVE EXCEL (7.45 Wolverhampton)
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