The Novice Tipster

  1st Nahanni 25/1 - 70 2nd Walk Of Stars 16/1 - 65 3rd Desert Crown 2/1 - 60 Nahanni was very unexpected. But he is a winner at Epsom, and he took to the track very well. He won over 1m 2f that day and stayed on well held off all challengers. United Nations who came 4th that day, has since won a Listed race. He has won twice over 1m 4f so we know he stays and i think they way he won his race over 1m 2f here, it looked like the extra distance will be perfect. He actually has done nothing wrong in his races, the only time he was beaten was on debut where he was very slow out the stalls, left at the back and was just beaten by his stablemate who was on his 3rd run. Could be a dark horse here.  Walk Of Stars was actually beaten by United Nations, who was the horse who Nahanni soundly beat at Epsom. Walk Of Stars will be fine at this distance, his sire is Dubawi and dam was a 1m 4f winner. So it shouldnt be an issue. In fact his dam was related to several NH horses including Whisp...

  1st Hurricane Lane 9/1 - 90 2nd Mohaafeth 13/2 - 85 3rd Bolshoi Ballet 11/10 - 80 4th Third Realms 14/1 - 75 and just for reference One Ruler scored 65 and John Leeper 60. They were clear of the rest of the field.  I have to say i was surprised by the one who scored most here. He hadnt even crossed my radar (silly i know), and this is why i do these systems, as it has a good look at ALL the runners. Also, you may notice that Saffron Beach scored 50 and was the highest, the boys here have all scored higher. We will find out if thats good or bad. Hurricane Lane is the unbeaten son of Frankel, he is a full brother to Frankels Storm who is a class 3 winner over 1m 4f. There was always question marks to if Frankel had the stamina and we will never know, what we do know is that his offspring certainly do, with an impressive strike rate of 20% at this distance, and in fact even further too!! So watch out for the St Leger if he does go well here. His dam won over 2m and ran well at ...