UK/IRE/Overseas Weekender

Hi Steck

I see that you have been doing well, well done

If you dont mind me asking, what form guide do you use to study UK? Is it available online?

I have been looking for a decent online racecard for UK, the ones available through the local operator dont pass muster.

Question aimed at anyone else as well

Thanks

www.sportinglife.com/racing/racecards - there are others, but this is as good as anything online for UK & Irish racing.

R2 Salisbury (Sunday) Ladweb win or E/W. Am posting this tonight as the price may well collapse tomorrow. Ladweb must have the word 'soft' in the going description to be anywhere near his best. At present Salisbury is good to firm and he has been priced up accordingly (7s widely available, 8s with Ladbrokes). However, both the forecasts I've seen say there will be a deluge over Salisbury tonight and tomorrow morning and that is likely to turn the ground to soft or even heavy. On soft ground he's likely to be a 7/2 shot or shorter and will be hard to beat. Be warned, though, that there may be some deductions if some of his rivals are pulled out because of soft ground.

I see Zelzal destroyed his field yesterday over in France. It was a Gr 3 and he reversed form with a horse who beat him well in the guineas last time - moon trouble. I'm quite sure the horse needs a bend and wasn't suited by the straight course last time. I think highly of the horse and i was glad to see he's back on track.

Keep it up Steck sorry I missed but was busy punting Ireland so no problem cheers again

Doesn't look as if Salisbury has had as much rain as expected, but there's still time....

R6 Auteuil (French Champion Hurdle) Le Grand Luce E/W. Second in this last year and should go well again, especially with stamina doubts about the two favourites, Un De Sceaux and Blue Dragon (who are both front runners and may take each other on). The selection finished second to Un De Sceaux over a shorter trip last time and could well reverse that form today. Is widely available at 14/1 in the UK and should be no more than half that price.

Last one for today. R4 Downpatrick Boris De Blae. Won on his only previous appearance here and will have come on for his reappearance when fourth in a good race at Killarney last month. Sure to have been well schooled for his chasing debut and, with conditions to suit, should take some beating against this opposition. 6/4 or bigger is a good price.