Dan

Friday's horse racing thread 🧵 Newbury 2.00 Le Frimeur 7/2 Newbury 3.00 Helnwein 1/1 NAP Musselburgh 3.55 Abbey Scope 5/1 each way Newbury 4.07 King Califet 7/2 Musselburgh 4.30 Dearkeithandkaty 6/4 NEXT BEST Wolverhampton 7.00 City Of Poets 5/1 each way Obviously I posted about LE FRIMEUR earlier in the week so took the opening price. Most would have got 3/1 when I mentioned it again yesterday. Good to see him into 2/1 now and still shortening. He was impressive at Chepstow and freshened up has lots more to come and should make it 2-2 here. This looks a great chance for HELNWEIN to get back to winning ways. He bumped into Alexei at Cheltenham and then ran well behind Wilful at Ascot form of which has obviously been franked. He will be suited by this drying surface and this track should suit too so hard to find too many negatives in a winnable race. I backed ABBEY SCOPE yesterday and the money keeps coming. He is now into around 7/2 and looks a great bet to come out on top. He was beaten less than 2 lengths by Devon Skies at Catterick and is open to further improvement on just his second start in handicap company. Unexposed over this trip he should be bang there. That Noble Park form is working out really well so KING CALIFET should have a great chance here. That was just his second start over fences so there is more to come and this step up in trip is also likely to suit so he is worth backing to come out on top here. I was impressed with the way DEARKEITHANDKATY won at this track on penultimate start and he did little wrong bumping into another improver at Sedgefield. Back at this track and with more to come over 3 miles he can resume winning ways. I've been really impressed with CITY OF POETS and I'm not about to abandon him now. He won narrowly at this track last time but was good value for that and is unexposed over this trip so can improve again and come out on top.

Thursday's horse racing thread 🧵 Market Rasen 12.10 Kings Champion 15/8 Punchestown 12.30 Dont Tell Jack 9/4 Punchestown 2.10 Koktail Brut 7/4 Sedgefield 2.34 La Zoubida 5/2 Punchestown 2.45 Powerful 11/10 NAP Market Rasen 2.58 Sandscape 15/8 NEXT BEST I thought that was a promising start from KINGS CHAMPION finishing third on debut in a bumper for Paul Nicholls. Now with Olly Murphy this 5yo is sure to improve now sent over hurdles and I can see him making a winning start under Sean Bowen. The money was down for DONT TELL JACK at Fairyhouse but he failed to give his running. He still has a lot of potential now sent over fences and it would be no surprise to see him bounce back now with Enda Bolger. He seems to do well with these types. I can't help but feel KOKTAIL BRUT is decent value here. I know he has ground to make up with Colcannon on their run in a bumper at Leopardstown but he should relish going over hurdles and I think he could be a nice horse going forward so in a match I want him on side. I put LA ZOUBIDA in my Notebook after she won a bumper at Market Rasen. She was highly tried at Aintree sent off 66/1 but wasn't disgraced and now sent over hurdles could take another sizeable step forward. This is quite a good maiden hurdle but she is clearly promising and is worth chancing. I know POWERFUL has been somewhat a work in progress but he has shown definite promise and ran an eye-catching race when third at Navan on reappearance. Freshened up again and now sent handicapping he looks off a lenient mark here and there shouldn't be any excuses now. The step up in trip definitely saw SANDSCAPE improve again to finish runner-up over C&D last month. The winner Tankardstown Diva has won again since scoring at Ludlow so the form has been franked. He is versatile regarding the ground and should confirm form over Seahouses and go one better here.

Might be calling in sick tomorrow