Plenty of rain over the last few days in the UK has made a big difference. Most of the tracks today have testing conditions underfoot. At Newmarket the first race was won by Lost in Space, ridden by young Cieran Fallon, who is now second jockey for Qatar racing. So it is nice for the young rider to get off to a decent start in his new job. He galvanised his mount in the latter stages of the 7f event, to win going away from the heavily backed favourite.

At Goodwood where it is described as “Heavy”, some really good races on offer. Lullaby Moon 1.15 is having only her third race, and is now with her third trainer ! Not too sure what is going on with her owner, but if she recaptures her first run when she won, she will have a decent chance in this, ground is a concern. At Windsor, Fox Chairman has solid claims in the 3.15. He should be ok on the ground, and has some good runs of late in group races. This is a really tough race, but I can see him being a shade too strong for likely main rival Extra Elusive.

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I didn’t advise a selection yesterday to my subscribers. But had a nice winner on Wednesday. With Pythagoras 1.35 Beverley advised at 11/10 in the morning, backed into a shade of odds on, he was a ready winner under jockey Andrea Atzeni. Today has the tight turns of Chester starting at 1.40. Chase The Dollar won gamely at Ayr and he would be my choice to win again in the 2.40 race. Only 5 line up, so I would expect rider Tom Marquand to make plenty of use of his mount here, I think if he does dictate the race he could be hard to pass. At Pontefract 3.20 Revolver goes for a fifth win in a row, and I would not be betting against the Sir Mark Prescott trained runner, despite the rise in the handicap, he keeps winning, so confidence is high, and vast improvement over the season so far.

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Interesting couple of races today at Windsor , on ground that will ride ride pretty quick. Star Cactus 2.05 has top weight of 9.7 to carry, faced with 3 rivals she is going to be a short priced favourite to win again. She has proved she stays well, and I expect her to follow up from a win last time.

Later at 4.20 First Winer has a really good chance of winning again, he is going to be quite short in the betting market, but should be good enough to win again here.

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