Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Beverley and Brighton this afternoon

Typical Tuesday sport this afternoon at Beverley and Brighton, i.e. very low grade indeed. The best event at the former track is the 10 furlongs handicap at 16.15 CET, which looks quite tricky. Danehillsundance (David Brown/ Robert Winston) was runner-up in a similar contest last time and is obviously one for the short list, but it is not certain that he can give weight to the consistent Fujin Dancer (Kevin and Amy Ryan) and Ahlawy (Frank Sheridan/ Lee Vickers). Iron Out (Reg Hollinshead/ Phillip Makin) is the best outsider; he has not won on grass for ages but is slipping down the weights. Half an hour later, the much improved Polish World (Peter Midgley/ Barry McHugh) can complete a June hat-trick in the 7 furlongs handicap. However German-bred Northern Flyer (John Quinn/ Paul Hanagan) meets him on better terms than when they met over this CD a fortnight ago and can reverse the placings this time, while Mister Jingles (Richard Whitaker/ Michael Stainton) is another possibi lity in an open race.

At Brighton, trainer Michael Wigham can land a double with the top-weights Yourgolftravel Com (Steven Craine) over 1 1/2 miles at 16.30 and Multahab (Toby Atkinson) over 5 furlongs at 18.00. Both are course specialists, a huge advantage at this track, although the former is now moving up in distance. Multahab is our best bet of the afternoon; although now 11 years old, he seems as speedy as ever judging by the style of his CD success last week. Another CD winner last week who can go in again under top-weight is Choreography (Jim Best/ Pat Dobbs) in the 7 furlongs hndicap at 16.00.