Thursday's Two-Year-Old (2yo) Racing Update (26th August)

At first glance, my trackers in my last post, looked pretty disappointing. However, I’m hoping a few who finished down the field will improve for their second start and even better price. 

The first tracker was Sense Of Duty who obliged at odds of 2/9. 

Let’s move on. 

I had two trackers in the first at Salisbury. Firstly, Dark Swansong who opened up around 7/2 the night before. It left me with a dilemma as I wanted an each way price. Before I made my mind up he'd been supported into 11/4. In the end, the Clive Cox colt went off at 15/8. No bet for me. Dark Swansong ran a decent race finishing second to Hierarchy, who made it tow out of two wins and looks a nice type. 

My second tracker in this race was the Roger Varian trained Leuven Power who took a walk in the market. I was pretty sure today wouldn’t be the day. I will watch the betting next start. Leuven Power was slowly away and never involved. Perhaps one not to give up on just yet. 

Another worth remembering is the John Gosden trained Delphinus who looked to be finding her feet late on. 

16:50 Tipperary (IRE) 26 Aug 2021 

A couple of interesting trackers in this one as the O’Brien’s take each other on with potentially two nice fillies. Aidan runs the Galileo filly History who cost a cool 2,800,000 gns at the October Sales. History made her debut at the beginning of the month and made a good impression finishing second to Cairde Go Deo who looks a nice type herself. History is sure to come on plenty here but I will take a shot at the Joseph O’Brien filly Awesome Wonder if I can get an each way price, been supported from 13/2 into 5s at the time of writing. Awesome Wonder cost 140,000 euros at the Orby Sales and also made a nice debut when staying on fifth at Naas at the start of the month. It’s definitely not just between these two with other smart newcomers entering the mix. 

14:40 Carlisle 26 Aug 2021 

A Bryan Smart newcomer to note is Emperor Caradoc. Often, newcomers are sometimes worth watching on debut. 

14:00 Ffos Las 26 Aug 2021 

Two trackers again here and one is the odds on favourite for trainer Richard Hughes. Ring Of Beara ran a cracker at Goodwood last month when finishing second to Imperial Fighter at Goodwood, that looks decent form so any improvement should see the Wootton Bassett colt involved at the finish. My next tracker actually ran in the same race and will have to take a giant step forward here. The Mick Channon trained Bazalgette needs to improve but I will chance a very small speculative each way at 25s and hope he can sneak a place. 

Thanks for reading and good luck.

Author: Craig Newton 

Loves Me Likearock Wins Nicely (24th August)

I thought I was onto a winner with my selection on Saturday Invigilate at Chester and was pretty pleased with the start the Acclamation filly made, that was as exciting as it got I’m afraid as she faded the final furlong and finished third. I had a pretty decent bet so it wasn’t the best start to the Saturday and it didn’t get much better as HMS Endeavour was pulled out before his run at Curragh. My last tracker was the Charlie Hills trained LOVES ME LIKEAROCK who won nicely at Lingfield at short odds. I did mention a couple of trackers on Sunday on twitter that won too. KIng Of Conquest and Ernest Rutherford. Let’s hope for a better day on Tuesday when a few trackers I have been waiting for run. 

16:40 Newbury 24 Aug 2021 

It looks like shortie to hopefully get the ball rolling when the William Haggas trained Sense Of Duty makes her second start. The Showcasing filly had certainly been showing something at home as backed into second favourite at Newmarket on her debut at the beginning of the month. Sense Of Duty didn’t get going until getting a clear passage a furlong out and despite still looking green made up ground right to the line to finish second, not sure how strong the race was but William does rate Sense Of Duty and hopefully she can do the business second time out here. 

17:05 Salisbury 24 Aug 2021 

This looks like a tasty race to be honest, should I keep my money in my pocket? Yes but will I? No, probably not. I have two trackers in this but first I do like to follow Martyn Meade and his 2yos as he seems to bang winner after winner and runs Account here. We already have two debut winners in the field who will have extra weight to make life more difficult here but still can’t be ruled out. First tracker is the unraced Roger Varian Leuven Power for the King Power team of course. Roger does rate the Cotai Glory colt and if strong in the market could well be in the mix here. I really am trying to stay away from debutantes so at the minute it looks like It will be my next tracker Dark Swansong who will carry my hard earned cash if the price allows. The Dark Angel colt is trained by Clive Cox and bought for 100,000 gns at the October yearling Sales. Dark Swansong was unfancied when making his debut at Newbury in July when going off 10/1 and was certainly too green to challenge the leaders when finishing fourth but staying on at the finish. I can see an improved effort here and will need to be with a few nice types entered. An each price and I will be on. Clive doesn’t have the best record here which is a worry. A couple more trackers worth looking out for: 

17:35 Salisbury 24 Aug 2021 

This is another tough one but I will have a speculative bet on the Gary Moore trained Breezy Storm who out ran her odds at Goodwood last month when finishing sixth at 80/1, tough one so will keep it small. 

13:30 Yarmouth 24 Aug 2021 

Delphinus could be a nice one for John Gosden but I Imagine short for her debut here. 

Good luck and thanks for reading.