1.15 Doncaster Know Your Name 1pt each-way AND 2pts win @ 12/1 (Generally, get guaranteed)
No yard is in better form right now than that of Dave Evans, and his winter string are really hitting their stride. I find it very interesting he sends this improving juvenile to contest a race at Doncaster where many of the market principals have questions to answer. He is a double figure price because the Evans yard aren't renowned for getting winners here, but this race has been won in the past by horses with a similar profile and it seems the bigger yards are usually represented by horses who aren't stable leading lights. This horse won with a fair bit in hand at Brighton in my view, and he appears to have improved for the application of a visor. Adam Kirby takes the ride and a rise of 3lb in the handicap may not be enough to stop him. He will have no problem with the ground.
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4.05 Doncaster
Pashan Garh 1pt each-way AND 1pt win @ 16/1 (Sporting Bet, 14/1 generally guaranteed)
Kung Hei Fat Choy 1pt each-way @ 33/1 (Bet Bright, 25/1 generally guaranteed) AND 1pt win @ Betfair SP
I've waited to check ground conditions and Doncaster is now taking more rain and looks like being very soft by the time this last race goes ahead. It will take a lot of getting and it seems best to stick with horses proven in soft ground.
Pashan Garh is a maiden but is in very good form and almost always runs a good race at this track. He stays very well over this trip and handles bottomless ground no problem. He ran a nice race at Newmarket last time out and I think he is a better horse at Doncaster. He is well drawn to get a tow into this from Piceno and the 7lb his claiming jockey takes off could prove invaluable in the later stages. The jockey isn't the strongest, but he is a well balanced apprentice and this horse tends to do things his own way anyway - he isn't a horse you can force into a race and it might be they strike up a good partnership.
Kung Hei Fat Choy was just behind Pashan Garh in a good course and distance handicap run in appalling conditions early this season. He arguably should have won the race, but challenged too soon, and he still looks well handicapped based on that run. A top 3lb claimer has been booked and I think he can be forgiven his Yarmouth run as he raced on the wrong part of the track and was eased two furlongs from home. If he resumes today in the form he was in at Catterick behind Showboating, he has every chance at a price which underestimates his chance.
Profit & loss: day: -10.00 / month: -82.80 / year: +376.70
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