Boxing Day Canadian for Wolverhampton

The one racecourse debutant in Lingfield Parks 2:10 Maiden has been taken out in favour of an engagement at Southwell tomorrow. The level attained by the five remaining that have already seen the racecourse appears to be nothing special. ROYAL BIRTH looks to set the standard to beat from the limited form on offer with its best run coming over this trip and Adam Kirby in the saddle. Perhaps we need look no further!

The withdrawn Kantara Castle had beaten Jazzy Lady on its last outing off a very sedate pace and I would not have been surprised to see the placing reversed in the 2:40. Southwell form doesn’t translate well onto different surfaces but the manner of RESOLUTE’s victory was commanding enough to suggest that it will be very competitive even in this better company.

In the 3:45, on the clock, Ferryview Place and Taxiformissbyron set the standard but whereas the former has no trip history, the latter has put up a woeful performance.  TUKITINYASOK has more to do here than when scoring LTO over C&D at 25-1 but there looked to be more to come on that occasion and its record of having run twice above the standard required for the company it has been keeping over this trip, should not be ignored.

With the exception of a few the remainder of the field appear to be a poor fit for this trip in the 4:15. SINGZAK and Odin have maintaining some level of form but Odin looks out of its depth in this company. Arashi, in amongst some inconsistent performances during 2013 ran exceptionally well to win over the trip at Kempton Park in a 0-75 but is still 4lb higher than when achieving that feat. I have concerns with Fresa over this trip when compared to SINGZAK who has proven to be competitive over C&D.   

The level of consistency from MISS AVONBRIDGE and form figures of 2112522 are hard to ignore in the 4:45 having only been out of the first two once in her seven runs. There is some concern that she is starting rack up to many seconds. There are multiple C&D winners in the race including the selection but Two No Bids, George Fenton, Barbados Bob and Powerful Pierre last wins all came in lesser company than found here. The lightly raced Striking Echo is also worthy of note, returning to the C&D of its only win from 6 runs when beating the 78 rated He's A Striker.

Have a fun Boxing Day J

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