Saturday’s £150,000 guaranteed Placepot fund comes from Doncaster where the British Flat turf season gets underway. The Lincoln is the big betting race of the day, and we have several other tricky contests to negotiate.
1.15
The action gets underway with the Brocklesby, featuring 17 unraced two-year-olds. NORMAN’S CAY represents the same owner/trainer combination who won this with short-priced favourite Persian Force in 2022, and Amo Racing-owned newcomers show a profit on their debuts. January foal KAMAKAMELEON is likely to be well forward for the in-form Dylan Cunha yard and should also go well.
7 Kamakameleon
11 Norman’s Cay
1.50
Four-year-old geldings have a great recent record in the Spring Mile and those drawn between stalls 1 and 8 have a seven from 30 record across the past ten renewals for a profit of £90.00 to a £1 level stake at SP. PRESSURE’S ON ran two cracking races against pace/draw biases at Newmarket last spring and fared best of the closers when runner-up at Wolverhampton on his comeback. He’s in stall 6. Ed Bethell has a fine record with his turf handicappers in the spring (March to May) who were returning from a break of at least 150 days, scoring with ten of the 29 qualifiers since 2021 for a profit of £22.25. Stable debutant NAEPOINT fits the bill.
8 Naepoint
22 Pressure’s On
2.25
JAMES’S DELIGHT did well to finish eighth of 20 in the Group 1 Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot on his final start last term, as he blew the start and was poorly drawn. Since gelded, his 6f record on ground with cut in it, below Group 1 level, reads 11112 (4-5) with the defeat by a neck. AL SHABAB STORM shaped well on his comeback at Wolverhampton, finishing a close-up third in a 7f Listed race, and will appreciate the drop back to 6f.
3 Al Shabab Storm
5 James’s Delight
3.00
BOTANICAL arguably needs further than this mile trip but is very consistent on ground described as good or softer, recording form figures of 11122 (3-5), making him an ideal Placepot play in this eight-runner Listed contest. Banker.
1 Botanical
3.35
ORANDI, winner of the Irish Lincoln on his reappearance, has finished in the first three in eight of his last nine starts and should go well if stall 2 is no disadvantage. LATTAM, runner-up in this race 12 months ago, has a fine record when fresh and has place claims again for the in-form Julie Camacho yard.
9 Lattam
19 Orandi
4.10
Newcomers owned by Amo Racing, regardless of age, have a 51 from 244 record (21% strike-rate) for a profit of £36.76 to a £1 level stake at SP. The Ralph Beckett-trained SQUARE NECKER is likely to take high order on his debut and his trainer has won this race twice in recent years. Banker.
10 Square Necker
