Dave Brignull

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Monday's horse racing thread 🧵 Stratford 3.20 Let It Rain 6/4 NEXT BEST Taunton 2.40 Great Dance 5/1 each way Taunton 3.40 Kap Vert 7/4 Wolverhampton 7.00 Champion Again Ole 15/8 Wolverhampton 8.00 Crimson Rambler 6/5 NAP I know LET IT RAIN was pulled up at Newbury but the ground was pretty horrendous that day. This better surface looks ideal and with the promise of more to come given her unexposed profile I can see her bouncing back in a big way here. It is the only ride of the day for Harry Skelton and with a bit of luck it should be a winning one. The money came for GREAT DANCE on debut suggesting they knew she was quite a nice mare in the making. She duly obliged looking a nice prospect too. Things didn't work out at Huntingdon but I can forgive her that as it was a decent race being a Listed contest. She goes hurdling now and could have quite a bit of improvement in her so at the prices is worth chancing here. I'm keeping Hobbs and White horses on side at present and KAP VERT looks a good bet at Taunton on Monday. This horse made a winning start over fences at this track and then was handed a couple of tough asks at Kempton and Ascot. The form form last time looks really strong and with the ground perfect here and more to come back at a venue he likes he should run a big race. I know he lacks a run but CHAMPION AGAIN OLE showed a good attitude to get off the mark at Kempton when last seen and that form has produced plenty of winners since. This trip is ideal and despite the 7lb rise looks to have plenty going for him with Oisin Murphy an eye-catching jockey booking too. After some good efforts in defeat it was good to see CRIMSON RAMBLER off the mark at Southwell last week. He showed a good attitude to get on top and beat the right horse in Karakula Dancer as well. The step up to a mile certainly helped him so with more to come over this sort of trip I'm expecting him to follow up against these.

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🚨 BREAKING: Harry Cobden has been officially announced as JP McManus's new number one rider in Britain and Ireland, with the former champion jockey's new role to begin in May