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The picture postcard surroundings of Maisemore Park play host to the annual Gloucester Races on Sunday March 29 when racegoers will be treated to an afternoon of high calibre action with many of the sports top names in competition.
Ground conditions are likely to be perfect on Sunday (first race is due off at 12.45) with the current assessment being “good and good to soft in places” with showers in the forecast towards the end of the week.
And one man very much looking forward to the meeting is local owner and major sponsor of pointing in the West Mercian area, Jeremy Hill, as he is likely to see his hopes pinned to the mast of three horses on the card.
Dollanstown represents Hill in the PPORA Club Members Restricted contest where the gelding will bid to reverse recent form with Carrillo, who beat him by half a dozen lengths when they last locked horns at Charlton Horethorne over two-and-a-half-miles
Hill is upbeat that the switch back up in trip to three miles will play out in favour of his representative especially as Carrillo will now be meeting him on revised terms as a result of that success.
He said: “My theory is that three miles suits my horse rather than the one that beat him last time as he is a strong stayer in my opinion. It’s going to be close between the pair again but I’m pretty positive about the form being reversed.”
The Will Biddick-trained Illico De Cotte has been a model of consistency since joining his present yard and he can keep the ball rolling in the Conditions (Level 2) For Novice Riders where he will again be partnered by Molly Armytage.
Hill commented: “Molly and her syndicate recently purchased a share in the horse for her to ride and shortly afterwards he bolted up at Badbury Rings by 30 lengths. He seems to run very well for her
“Although he was beaten next time by Gelino Bello that form has a very strong look about it as the winner is unbeaten in two starts in points and is definitely going in the right direction.”
The last leg of the Hill triumvirate is Jack Black, who will be making his debut in point to points after being purchased out of Dan Skelton’s yard and switching to the Herefordshire base of new handler Chris Barber.
Having boasted some placed form under Rules, Hill has fingers crossed the seven-year-old might be good enough to go close at the first time of asking in the Six Years Old And Over Maiden.
He said: “I recently bought a share in Jack Black and I have been down to Chris’s yard to see him and the horse looks in great condition – so it’s a case of all systems go on Sunday. I will be surprised if he does not run a big race.”
The opener on the card is the West Mercian Area Conditions Level 2 race with just six entries, but despite the small field, it has a very competitive edge and the answer to the conundrum might lie with Tara Storm, who did not shape too badly on his comeback in a hunter chase at Stratford.
Underfoot conditions should be spot on for the son of Blue Bresil and he will have derived considerable benefit for the Stratford blow out. He is narrowly taken to get the better of Ted’s Friend.
The GB Pointing YHM Series 4&5yo contest is basically a shop window for a number of buy to sell yards and the betting market along some paddock inspection could yield substantial clues as to the winner with so many horses making their debuts in public.
On first inspection the pair that stand out are Herbies Sock, owned and trained by Tom Lacey, and the Biddick representative Strictlycommercial as he is closely related to a number of winners under Rules.
Lacey does so well in these types of event that he always has to be kept on the right side while Strictlycommercial represents the same team who were behind No Drama This End 12 months ago before he went to the sales and joined Paul Nicholls.
While the concluding Flat Race is even more of a guessing game from a punter’s point of view, however, once again the betting might well provide all the right clues so keep ’em peeled!
The theoretical pin has dropped on the chances of Gina Andrews’ newcomer Bateleur and Moorhead, who has some racecourse experience in the bag when runner-up behind a very promising type in the shape of Lunar Trix at Larkhill earlier this month.
One significant change for this years meeting is that all races will now be run RIGHT handed instead of left handed and this has caused disquiet in some quarters but clerk of the course David Mansell is clearly confident that the switch is in the best interests off all concerned
He explained: “Let’s face it, nobody likes change but some of the comments that have been made are ridiculous especially the one that jockeys will need an Uber to get back to the paddock after pulling up
“I think and believe once the riders get used to it they will see the light and, in my opinion, it will give the paying customers an overall better view of the afternoon’s action
He added: “The course is, after all, a natural amphitheatre and is in great shape ahead of Sunday. It looks a picture with a fantastic covering of grass and I just hope the weather stays kind to us.”
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