Equinties - future stars?

Gm Equinauts

I'm not sure what heights she can reach, but MAMMAS GIRL is defo one to keep on side moving forward.

She'd been in the pipeline for such a long time. I'm now just more relieved than anything a) because she delivered the hype and b) because now I don't have to check every day for her entry.

On to the next gamble. Now, let's dive in.

Headline Roundup

Sibling stars?

As we mentioned in yesterday’s newsletter, a full-sister to CALYX was making her debut yesterday at Kempton.

If you didn’t see, she sliced through her race under Rob Havlin to bolt up in the 19.00.

COPPICE looked good on debut and has already got people talking about the 1000 Guineas for her.

However, she wasn’t the only well-bred sibling to secure success yesterday as a full brother to ADAYAR got his head in front on just his second start at Newmarket.

MILITARY ORDER, a FRANKEL out of ANNA SALAI, relished the better ground and step up to a mile as he beat his stablemate ANCIENT RULES by a comfortable three quarters of a length – he is now a 25/1 poke for the Derby.

The two-year-old starred in a Godolphin four-timer on the Rowley Mile and after the race, Appleby said "I really like this horse. He does everything so easily at home that he doesn't know what it's all about at the races. He has the same profile as his brother, and we'll put him away after that."

BHA takes action

Just days after The Jockey Club confirmed the Cheltenham Festival would remain a four-day event, the BHA joined in to further listen to industry demand by making some alterations to the 2023 racing calendar.

It's almost as if the failings and subsequent meltdown of the Tory party has injected some fear into dusty governing bodies of the sport. Noone is too big to fail.

Don’t get too excited though. Of our 10,000+ races in a year (fuck that's a lot), the BHA plan to cut and ‘redistribute’ 120 flat races and 50 jumps races – the analogy ‘drop in an ocean’ comes to mind.

These are the conditions of the alterations made:

Of the four bullet points above, the final one holds the most interest as it will allow overseas-trained runners (Irish plot jobs) to raid our low-grade handicaps, something Irish trainers will be pleased to see.

This is obviously a step in the right direction, and you have to at least give the BHA that, however, this will have no long-term benefit to our sport and the redistribution element of this is bs – you either cut the races or you don’t, it’s as simple as that.

More:

WincantOFF

Wincanton Racecourse have had to call off their Sunday fixture, which was set to have the opener televised on ITV (a big blow for them), due to hard ground - a real theme this year!

The seven-race card will now be held at Ffos Las on the same day and Chepstow is set to host Taunton’s cancelled meeting next Wednesday.

This is just one meeting in a whole string of events (Bath has been un-raceable all summer due to the lack of rain, and multiple race days have been cancelled due to slipping on bends) as if God himself is even telling the BHA to chop some races.

In all seriousness, with all these weather events causing issues within our sport, grounds staff and course caretakers really should hold an emergency meeting to try to work out what they need to do better.

Risk on

12.50 MISS DOLLY ROCKER

Only just headed lto by a previous strong bet. That's the form to beat. Full bet at 6/4.