Tanya Stevenson
Tanya's Blog, April 15
More of the same today on Racing UK with a double-header to delight, yet I still can’t buy a winner as I’m going through a horrendous run of late. Hopefully I’m going to get a break on Saturday and disappear for a few days so I can freshen up for Sandown’s Bet365 Gold Cup weekend and then a busy May.
My hopes today are pinned firmly on Barney McGrew, who I thought ran a stormer at Doncaster on Lincoln Day, he finished so strongly Phillip Makin did well to pull him up and although Michael Dods hasn’t been in top form, this is just the horse to kick-start the run.
In your papers Squall is 7-4 favourite but he has taken a walk on the exchanges out to 4-1 now, with Chiefdom Prince and Diesentric battling it out for favouritism. However, I will stick with Squall, probably more fool me, but Jeremy Noseda’s runners aren’t running that badly.
Elusive Pimpernel had a racecourse gallop at Kempton on Easter Saturday, to no doubt blast the cobwebs out and the Rowley Mile course will play to his strengths, he could start odds-on.
At Cheltenham I want to be on Spring Jim in the first as he ran well at the Festival.
TANYA’S POINTERS
Four of the last 8 favourites have won Newmarket’s 1.50
Richard Hannon’s last nine runners in the Craven Stakes at 3.35 have produced three winners and two placed horses
Barry Hills runners are to be avoided in Newmarket’s 5.20
Paul Nicholls has had three winners and a second in Cheltenham’s 2.10
The last eight favourites have been beaten in Cheltenham’s 3.55
Nicky Henderson has had three winners from his last eight runners in Newmarket’s 5.05
Andrew Balding’s last 12 runners have produced five winners, two seconds and a third
Brian Meehan has a 36% strike rate at Ripon
Richard Fahey and Paul Hanagan have teamed up for eight winners from their last 11 runners
