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Wednesday's horse racing thread 🧵 Uttoxeter 12.43 Woodland Park 11/10 NEXT BEST Lingfield 1.00 Lord Harcourt 10/11 NAP Warwick 1.22 Local Derby 12/1 each way Warwick 1.52 Cornish Comedy 7/4 Uttoxeter 2.43 Jacques Clouseau 13/2 each way Lingfield 3.30 Lazzar 10/3 With Prince Imperial likely to go forward and this better ground a plus WOODLAND PARK should get himself back in the winners enclosure here. He shaped well on reappearance and then just had too much ground to make up when third last time. He has more to come especially over this trip and this is a winnable opportunity. I thought LORD HARCOURT did really well to win over C&D last time. He caused himself a bit of trouble early on which resulted in him losing ground and he had enough to do in the straight but powered home to get up under Kieran Shoemark. He clearly has a bit in hand off this mark and is expected to follow up against these and the money is coming. I know LOCAL DERBY hasn't shown a great deal but he looks just the type to do better now handicapping for the first time and with Chris Gordon in good form he might surprise a few here. I expect him to be ridden more forward this time and at a double-figure price I'm happy to pay to find out. There was plenty of encouragement in that chase debut from CORNISH COMEDY and with improvement a near certainty I can see him going one better against these. He looks well handicapped and if settling better early should see out his race much stronger here. I do like Il Va De Soi but the drying ground definitely won't be in his favour so I'm taking a chance on JACQUES CLOUSEAU on chase debut. He has only had 4 starts under Rules and ran well beaten just half a length looking like he needed the run on return at Southwell. Now sent over fences he has lots more to come and I can see him going close. I was impressed with how LAZZAR won over C&D last time. He broke sharply and made all convincingly. The runner-up Tokyo Joe has won impressively since so the form has been franked. If he gets away smartly again he could take an awful lot of catching here.

Thursday's US horse racing thread 🇺🇸🧵 Churchill Downs 7.18 Joe Shiesty 7/4 Gulfstream 7.38 Sister Troienne 6/4 NEXT BEST Churchill Downs 7.47 Aeolian 5/6 NAP Churchill Downs 8.45 Royal Spa 15/8 Churchill Downs 9.14 Fleetingly 8/1 each way Back at Churchill Downs JOE SHIESTY could prove hard to beat here. He swung for home still full of running over C&D 3 starts back and kept rolling in the stretch. The runner-up Arrest Me Red is useful enough and the fourth Epic Ride has won since so the form has been boosted. He has been beaten twice since but ran well in defeat at Keeneland and back here is a massive player again. Looking forward to seeing SISTER TROIENNE in the feature. She was improving with experience when last seen and showed a smart change of gear to sprint away from them at Keeneland last month. She is open to further improvement and deserves a crack at Stakes company now. Spirit Doll has potential too and I expect the pair to battle it out so might have a reverse forecast as well for some insurance. No surprise to see AEOLIAN favourite for this. I thought she ran huge at Keeneland last month. The winner Jewel Box kept intimidating her in the stretch and it was only a lack of experience that cost her on the day. She is sure to improve from that and this looks a good opportunity to come out on top. Hopefully Jose Ortiz swings a bit wider and she has daylight as I can see her really opening up in the closing stages. This is a good race and I do respect Regaled but I have to side with ROYAL SPA off the back of that win at this track when last seen. She had Regaled held in third that day and she has since franked the form. Even the fifth Corningstone has won both starts since so the form really stacks up. She has Tyler Gaffalione on top and everything points towards another big run. Can't help but feel FLEETINGLY is a good bit of value here. She is by Justify and looked good justifying strong support at this track on just her third starts Stateside (previously trained by Aidan O'Brien). She has been beaten the last twice but has shown promise in defeat and could still be capable of more so looks overpriced in this race.

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