DAQMAN FINDS THE LADY AT 7-1: Saturday king Daqman was in top form for Aintree yesterday, choosing only two of his selections to target a higher return. Both won. The result was a 36.50 profit from two astute bets at Kempton.
WON 7-1 RAVEN’S LADY
WON 7-2 HUNAINA
NOW HE’S 9-1 UP ON PRICEWISE: The gap widened to a 9-1 lead for Daqman over Pricewise in their value search in the advertised races. Daqman is 53 points clear (Daqman +27.50, Pricewise –25.75) to a single unit on each selection at SP.
CLOUDS ROLL AWAY FOR TIGER
Remember the heavy-ground hard luck stories of Cheltenham? It’s going to be same again for Aintree, but this time drying weather means all that winter form in the mud could be turned over like a ploughed field.
Apart from a drop of light rain later in the week, ‘breezy and cloudy’ is the forecast and the current ‘good to soft, soft in places’ is destined to become the amazing billiard-table of Liverpool lawn.
The best turf in the world, it dries out quickly. The official forecast: ‘An uneven look, depending which course you are on; currently soft, good to soft with heavy patches.
“Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be dry, and the opening day on Thursday should see us start on the slow side of good.’
A run down the market shows you that Tiger Roll, Anibale Fly and Seeyouatmidnight are the recent gambles. How do they tie in with better ground? (BETDAQ offers at time of writing on the left).
Well, Tiger Roll and Gold Present seems to be best on a soundish surface, according to past results in this survey of the top 10 in the market.
12.0 Total Recall won soft (3), soft-heavy (2), good to soft (1)
13.0 Blaklion won soft (3), heavy (2), good (1)
13.0 Tiger Roll won good (3), good to soft (2), yielding (1), soft (1)
13.0 Anibale Fly won heavy (2), yielding-soft (2), yielding (2), soft (1)
18.0 Minella Rocco won soft (3), good to soft (1)
19.0 Seeyouatmidnight won heavy (4), good to soft (3), soft (2) good (1)
23.0 The Last Samuri won soft (6), good to soft (3)
23.0 Ucello Conti good to soft (2), very soft (2), soft (1), good to firm (1)
27.0 The Dutchman won heavy (3), good to soft (2)
27.0 Gold Present good to soft (4), good (1)
CUP IS A TIZZARD BENEFIT
2.35 Exeter (City Of Exeter Challenge Cup) How tight some handicaps are these days? Last year’s winner off 10st 7lb had me looking down the card but there’s only 6lb between top and bottom weight.
Lord Napier has beaten only losers and Morianour won just his maiden, whereas 6.4 BETDAQ offer Dinos Benefit made a leap forward first run for Colin Tizzard (2m Chepstow) and, as a 3m Points winner, looks the powerful one for the mud.
4.45 Exeter This handicap’s a bit ‘windier’, with almost a two-stone gulf between novice form.
If Daniel Sansom rides Plantagenet (7.0 BETDAQ taken) like he did at Plumpton, they may find him hard to catch over this shorter trip.
5.30 Carlisle Largy Glory, 5.9 on BETDAQ this morning as I write, is related to a Derby winner and a multiple Champion Hurdle hero.
She gets around a stone from most in this bumper and has Brian Hughes riding for Stuart Crawford, with the combo 3-5 on this course and the trainer 5-9 in bumpers there.
DAQMAN’S BETS (staked to win 20)
2.35 Exeter
BET 3.75pts win (nap) DINO’S BENEFIT
4.45 Exeter
BET 3.25pts win PLANTAGENET
5.30 Carlisle
BET 4pts win LARGY GLORY
DAQ MULTIPLES: 3 x 1pt win doubles, 1pt win treble, the above
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