Straight from the horses Mouth 26/5/12

****Please keep checking as more will be added, if they become available, up until 11am on the day of racing***

Brian Meehan

14:30 Haydock – Archbishop 7/1

Fine effort on return when a winner everywhere but the line – beaten a nose – in strong company at Newmarket. Deserves recompense on faster ground and home work suggests he is continuing to improve.

15:00 Haydock – Elusivity 14/1

Four-year-old sprinter has maintained the progress he made throughout last year, running a blinder over 5f – just a shade short of ideal - in Newmarket Group 3 last time. Up one more grade but back to six, he must be a threat to all, especially as he continues to sparkle on the home gallops.

15:45 York – Catfish 14/1

Big filly won twice last year, ending with an improved display to win over the trip at the Glorious Goodwood meeting. She has matured physically over the intervening 10 months and can run a big race, albeit that she could be a little ring-rusty

17:15 Haydock – Hometown Glory  9/2

Very fluent winner, despite a difficult trip – forced very wide on the home turn – second time out at Wolverhampton. Continues to please at home and should make a bold bid.

17:35 Goodwood – Boragh Waters SP

Has given a fair bit of encouragement at home, but the combination of a very slow start and the outside draw, from which she veered away from the rest at Kempton, proved an impossible double handicap. Sure to go better, but probably needs more experience to get competitive.

18:45 Newbury – Lobelia SP

Indesatchel filly shaped with promise at Bath and should progress to hold each-way claims.

19:50 Newbury – Sandbetweenourtoes SP

twice beaten for finishing speed when carrying confidence over seven furlongs this spring. May be helped by the drop to six furlongs and has a good place chance.

20:10 Lingfield – Muhdiq SP

Promising on debut over the course and if he can get going a little earlier, he will be hard to keep out of the money.

Tim Easterby

15:00 Haydock – Confessional  40/1

The five-year-old gelding won nicely at Chester recently and has come out of the race very well. He won't mind the fast ground and has won at Haydock previously.
It will be a very tough ask taking on previous Group winning horses, like Tangerine Trees, Sole Power, Borderlescott etc. However, he has put in some very good performances in handicap company and deserves to take his chance on Saturday.

Marcus Tregoning

15:55 Goodwood - Nile Knight
Nile Knight is our first 2yo runner of the season. He has a good attitude like his sire, but is sure to be wiser for the experience
17:35 Goodwood – Ebtisama
Ebtisama makes her debut having been slow to come to hand. Top of the ground is likely to suit and she should learn plenty from the race
16:35 Chester – Watered Silk
Watered Silk is well drawn in one and hopefully will be capable of a creditable display if handling the track

Alan King

15:20 Goodwood – Grumeti 2/1

The plan for the versatile Grumeti, who finished third in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival before winning the big Anniversary Hurdle at Aintree, had been to head for the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap (formerly the Bessborough) at Royal Ascot, but Alan has now decided to take in Goodwood on the way.

   He explained: "The handicapper put Grumeti up 6lb to a mark of 89, but that would still not make him a certainty to get in at the Royal meeting. I looked up last year's Duke of Edinburgh and the last horse to make the cut was rated 91, so if runs well at Goodwood he might climb up the ratings sufficiently to get a run at Ascot. However, I would hate to let this Goodwood race pass us by so as to wait for Ascot and then find that we do not get in."

Robert Cowell

15:00 Haydock - Monsieur Joe 11/1 and  Spirit Quartz 25/1

We are all looking forward to 3.00pm at Haydock Park tomorrow, when Monsieur Joe and Spirit Quartz will line up in the Group 2 Temple Stakes . . . Both horses have been running well this season and both have entries in The King's Stand at Royal Ascot mid-June . . . Jim Crowley takes the ride on Spirit Quartz and Monsieur Joe will be ridden by Pat Cosgrave . .


Roger Charlton

15:00 Haydock - Bated Breath 4/1
has been a wonderfully consistent horse and he seriously deserves to win his first Group race having been placed in most of the top sprints. He is in good form, looks well and ready to go and todays race will tell us whether the option of the Kings Stand is a good alternative to the Black Caviar route in the Golden Jubilee.





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