DAQMAN DELIVERS THE OLD ONE-TWO: Daqman, who built up 71 points profit in four days last week, landed a Monday one-two to start a new week (winner and 2nd in the same race) at Kempton.
WON 4-1 ARABIAN POET (Ivatt 2nd 9-4)
WITHDRAWAL MAKES WAVES
Stay off the beach! Try Wild Waves instead. One of the favourites, Plage De Havre – ‘plage’ means beach – was seemingly pulled out of next week’s Ebor Handicap this morning.
If that’s confirmed, and the Old Newton Cup winner is out, that leaves Andrew Balding with Subsequent and Wild Waves for the £300,000 handicap.
Balding is running second in the trainers’ table on £4.3m won behind Aidan O’Brien, who is leading on £5m.
But Balding’s 132 winners total is already only 33 behind his grand total for the whole of 2024.
MIGHTY TO PROVE ALMIGHTY
⭕ 2.15 Carlisle Mighty Magnus (Michael Dods) has improved in each of his three starts, all at Ayr, and might be good enough to give away the weight against seemingly modest rivals.
He was last of six on debut in July when the good to soft ground may have counted against him but has done much better since in finishing fourth and winning well last time out in a similar small field as today when he made all the running to win by three lengths. The bare form doesn’t amount to a lot but he seems progressive and is a spot of value here on the Betdaq Betting Exchange.
Valor Spirit was heading the morning market after three solid placed efforts and might well improve for the step up in trip over a tougher circuit. He looks a bigger danger than Dacres Cross who hails from the Kevin Ryan yard (1 winner from last 29).
HOME TIME
⭕ 5.00 Carlisle I’ll stick with Michael Dods to book end the Cumbrian card as he looks to have a good chance here with Homeland who seems to have been treated fairly by the handicapper who has raised him just a pound for his win at Ripon last time out.
The drop back in trip is offset by this being a much tougher circuit and his main market rivals are not arriving in the best of form.
In fact, the biggest danger may come from sprightly 10-year-old Jewel Maker who continues to be competitive off his current mark.
BLAIZE OF GLORY
⭕ 8.40 Hamilton On a day where it seems more about keeping the powder dry Royal Blaize stands out as the day’s nap – we just need to wait until the last race of the day.
The Ewan Williams trained runner is taken to shrug off his 5lb hike for a four length Ayr win on Saturday and can strike again quickly off what now looks an absurdly lenient mark.
DAQMAN’S BETS on Betdaq Betting Exchange
2.15 Carlisle (win 10)
BET 3.3pts win MIGHTY MAGNUS
5.00 Carlisle (win 10)
BET 2.0pts win HOMELAND
★ 8.40 Hamilton (win 10, nap)
BET 9.5pts win ROYAL BLAIZE
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