A horrible day in Australia was largely salvaged with a good winner sent via Twitter in the last at Caulfield.
Eclipse Day at Sandown and a good card at Haydock with the Lancashire Oaks and the Old Newton Cup. Sandown is Good to Firm, Firm in places despite some morning rain. Haydock is Soft.
I don't put up horses on here just for the sake of it and some weeks it's really difficult to find many that I want to suggest. Last week and this have been very thin on the UK stuff and that trend continues today. There are two or three possibilities but nothing definite at this stage.
Eclipse Stakes
The Fugue is favourite and she has marginally the best figures.She flopped badly here last year but subsequently scoped dirty. She's a very solid and admirable mare and hard to knock but generally I like to look for 3-y-olds here especially if the classic generation looks above average which I think is the case this year.
Night Of Thunder was no match for Kingman last time at Ascot but there is no shame in going down to that horse who is potentially outstanding. His Guineas win is terrific form and it's just whether he can stay the mile and a quarter. Kingston Hill was clear second best in the Derby and again there is real merit running second to another potentially outstanding one in Australia. The drop back in trip here is a bit of a negative though as is the rattling fast ground. I'm not sure he'll actually run and won't be surprised if he's pulls out if the track seems very firm.
The O'Brien trained ex US horse Verrazano ran well at Ascot and and is another with a hope if he can find a bit more over this trip but he's far from certain to stay.
There's a sound chance I'll back Night Of Thunder but I'll wait until closer to off time and see if Kingston Hill is actually running.
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