A P O’Brien heads to Doncaster on Saturday looking to claim
the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy for a fourth time in 6 years. He sends Newmarket
winner Aloft and once-raced Jacobean over, with William Buick and Colm
O'Donoghue taking the rides. Jacobean impressed on debut, racing in the rear before making big strides towards the finish to take second behind stable mate Royal Navy Ship, in a maiden at the Curragh.
Royal Lodge winner, Elm Park heads the market (5/2
Boylesports) and is my pick for this feature race. Group 2 winner last time,
and can stretch to four consecutive wins here. The colt appears to go on any
ground, having won on soft, good, and good-firm most recently, and the forecast
soft shouldn’t cause any problems. Trainer, Andrew Balding, is looking for his first Group One winner on home-soil since 2003, when Casual Look won the Oaks Glory at Epsom. Andrea Atzeni takes the ride, and would
love to cap a very good season, with a Group 1 winner on Saturday.
In all the race should be competitive, and a good one to watch, and there's case for a few of these to beat off the favourite.
In all the race should be competitive, and a good one to watch, and there's case for a few of these to beat off the favourite.
There’s plenty of racing action on Saturday, with meetings
at Aintree, Chepstow, Doncaster, Leopardstown (IRE), Newbury, Stratford, Wexford
(IRE), and finally, evening racing on the all-weather from Wolverhampton.
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