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Eyecatcher: Al Muheer (D.Nicholls)
A horse currently rated 98 who won the International Handicap at Ascot last year off 99, AL MUHEER was bought by Dandy Nicholls and looks ready to be plotted up for a big handicap. He caught the eye in the Totesport Mile at Goodwood when after settling...
Eyecatcher: One Way Or Another (J.Gask)
We’ve had a couple of decent winners in the last two weeks and it seemed set to continue today when we advised ONE WAY OR ANOTHER @ 16-1 in the 3.30 Doncaster. His price collapsed to 8-1 SP and it seemed like we were about to land a canny bet....
Eyecatcher: City Dancer (D.Nicholls)
The 16-1 SP didn’t tell the full story of this former Alan Berry inmate as his Betfair SP was 11.74 after a huge late plunge. Having been placed in very good company off 95 he was racing 88 on Saturday. Slowly away he endured a nightmare run and...
Eyecatcher: Myplacelater (D.Elsworth)
This filly finished third in the Cheshire Oaks on the first day of the Chester May meeting, but undoubtedly she would have won the race given any other track. She was finishing so well, having not got the run of the race and finding the tight nature...
Eyecatcher: Oh Crick (A.King)
Twist Magic was a brilliant winner of the Victor Chandler Chase, but the one to catch the eye was OH CRICK who ran on well back in third. To understand this eyecatcher we have to get inside the mind of his trainer Alan King, who was more than bullish...
Eyecatcher: Muktasb (D.Shaw)
Putting a nine-year-old flat horse up as an eyecatcher isn’t normally the convention, but MUKTASB certainly caught the eye in today’s 3.45 Lingfield over 6f. Returning from a 194 day lay-off Derek Shaw’s gelding was dropped out a few...
Eyecatcher: Phidippides (Evan Williams)
Ludlow 12/11/09 I’ve never seen a novice hurdler this season who looks more like a possible top-class chaser in the making than Evan Williams’s PHIDIPPIDES. Third on his racecourse debut in a Kempton (hardly a track that would have suited) bumper...
Eyecatcher: Strawberrydaiquiri (Sir M.Stoute)
Newmarket 3/10/09 Although we cannot see her running again this season, Strawberrydaiquiri is a horse to savour for next season. Already a winner of her first four races this season all over 1m (each time getting on top inside the final furlong), she...
Eyecatcher: Free Grain (J.Dunlop)
Salisbury 3/9/09 John Dunlop has done well with all Free Grain’s siblings, including Group 1 winner Pure Grain, and this filly gave the impression first time up that there’s plenty of scope and improvement to come in finishing 6th in this...