Hopefully followers may of took my advise and backed Mohaafeth 4.45 Newmarket yesterday. He stayed on strongly to win under Jim Crowley. My earlier advised bet Naval Crown was a shade unlucky to get caught in the last 50 yards or so, a drift off the rail let the winner sneak through on the inside, jockey William Buick will not like to see his error, as it cost him the race, no jockey likes letting someone up the ‘inner’ at any stage of a race, unless all chance is gone.

Today has some good races at Newmarket. The Craven Stakes at 3.35, is normally a good guide for the colts classic the 2,000 Guineas in the first week of May. Master Of Seas was second recently to Naval Crown in Dubai, he needs to relax a bit better in his races, but has solid claims here. Oxted 3.00 looks a good thing, he is a group 1 winner, so a listed race should be a formality today.

At Newcastle 7.25 My Swallow has the excellent Richard Kingscote riding him, and has a good chance of winning again, trainer Sir Michael Stoute uses Kingscote a lot of late, and the combination have been getting plenty of winners.

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Some hotly contested races today at Newmarket on the flat. Naval Crown 2.25 was a recent winner in Dubai over 1m. Today he drops back to 7f for a competitive handicap, but I think he is the one to beat. Later in the card at 4.45 Mohaafeth races on grass after his win on the all weather at Lingfield, he was quite impressive that day, and could well win again today.

With Harry Skelton bagging 3 winners yesterday at Southwell, he has gone 2 clear of rival Brian Hughes in the battle to be champion jump jockey 20/21. Skelton has some good rides today at Cheltenham, and starts with a favourite at 1.30, although I would not be surprised to see that one get beat. I do think Oakley 5.00 has solid each way claims, he has good form on ground when soft and also good, so he will be fine today. His run at Ascot in December was ok, off a break, he can give a good account of himself here.

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Really good to see the Grand National won by a lady jockey for the first time. Rachel Blackmore has been riding really well for many years, and after being the leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival in March, winning on Minella Times just caps a great season for her, and also her boss Henry de Bromhead, who trained the winner and the second on Saturday.

On to todays cards. With drying ground conditions, the ground at Huntingdon should be good. Stylish Dancer would be my idea of the winner of the 4.00. She tackles fences for the second time, and despite a large rise in the weights, she was impressive when winning last time, and proven she acts going right handed, having won at Hereford previously over the smaller obstacles. The last race on the card is a bumper, I thought Shantou’s Melody may be too good for his rivals in that.

On the level at Redcar, Super Over 2.20 has a good chance of winning. A good second on debut,at Newcastle on an artificial surface, the grass today should pose no problem, and it is a race that does not look overly strong on the ones that have ran before. So should get off the mark.

A good week ahead, with the first day of Newmarket tomorrow, a number of trial races this week for the ‘classic’s’,so changes in the betting for the big two guineas races for the three year old colts and fillies coming up in a few weeks very likely.

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